St. John’s wins team title at Cape Cod golf

BREWSTER – Sudden death decided the individual competition and one stroke separated the top three finishers in the team competition as a host of players throughout the state competed in the fifth annual Cape Cod National Golf Club High School Invitational.

St. John’s (Shrewsbury) outlasted a few familiar foes as the foursome of John Pagano, Matt Quinn, Liam Tenney, and Sean Tenney combined for a score of 228 to take town the top team trophy. Fellow Catholic Conference competitors St. John’s Prep (228) and Xaverian (229) fell just short of the top spot for the coveted Sioux Campbell Memorial trophy, which honors long-time professional Jim Campbell’s wife from the Cape Cod National Golf Club. In a match that took over six hours to complete, Ryan Downes of Longmeadow outlasted Aiden Azevedo of Haverhill on the fourth sudden death hole to capture the individual crown. The Massachusetts Junior Amateur Champion Colin Spencer (Mashpee) had to settle for third with an even-par 72.