Gose leads BW at County Cup; Orange takes team title

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One bad day doesn’t define a career … or even a season.

That’s what Olen­tangy Orange coach Mark Cor­ica said after see­ing his team win last Thursday’s Delaware County Bank Cup at Glen­ross — a per­for­mance com­ing on the heels of one of the worst put together by the Pio­neers all season.

“Of the six teams here, we were the only one with­out a dis­trict qual­i­fier,” Cor­ica said. “We didn’t play well at sec­tion­als Tues­day in Granville, but today we shot a 295 — a score that was eas­ily a new school record. I guess that just goes to show you never give up because you never know what is going to happen.

“One bad day doesn’t ruin a career,” he added. “That said, I went with vir­tu­ally the same guys as I did in Granville, and it worked out.”

Austin Wal­lace led the way, fin­ish­ing with a school-record two-under-par 68 over the 6,500-yard par-70 Glen­ross course to secure medal­ist honors.

“The weather was much bet­ter than Tuesday’s, we were at a dif­fer­ent course and this was the last match of his career,” Cor­ica said, “so he had an entirely dif­fer­ent men­tal out­look than he did ear­lier in the week. He chipped and putted much bet­ter and kept the ball in play … and it’s a lot eas­ier to score when you keep the ball in play.”

Other Pio­neer scor­ers included Luke Buchy, who fin­ished with a 74; Ben Kunz, who closed with a 75; and John McHale, who fin­ished with a 78. Buchy’s score was the fourth-lowest among indi­vid­u­als and Kunz’s was tied for the fifth-lowest to give orange three of the top six scor­ers in action.

As for the rest of the field, Olen­tangy Lib­erty secured runner-up recog­ni­tion with a 302, Big Wal­nut was third with a 305, Olen­tangy fin­ished fourth with a 315, Delaware Hayes was fifth with a com­bined 333 and Buck­eye Val­ley com­pleted the scor­ing with a 339.

The Patri­ots were pow­ered by Cameron McCloskey, who fin­ished with a 71. Max Hel­green (75), Grady King (78) and George Dun­lap (78) also chipped in.

Kyle Gose led the Golden Eagles with a two-over par 72 — the third-lowest score among indi­vid­u­als. Other BW scor­ers included T.J. Cow­ans, who fin­ished with a 76; Kyle Bash, who fired a 78; and Chad Lit­tle, who had a 79. Also see­ing action were Ryan Cun­ning­ham, who posted an 82, and Evan Can­nell, who recorded an 85.

Big Wal­nut, which returns four sopho­mores in Gose, Bash, Cun­ning­ham and Lit­tle, fin­ished the sea­son with a record of 128–90.

The Braves were paced by Nick Morrison’s 76 while Dylan Aho­nen (79), Evan Wil­son (82) and Donal Baker (82) also con­tributed on the scorecard.

The Pac­ers, who shot their low­est round of the sea­son, was paced by Kyle Gab­bert, who fin­ished with an 18-hole score of 78. Other scor­ers included Grant God­frey, who fin­ished with an 80; Cole Hafer­man, who fin­ished with an 86; and the duo of Cody Ross and Jor­dan Lan­ham, who had 88s.

Buck­eye Val­ley, led by Clay Walter’s 76, rounded out the scor­ing. Other Baron con­trib­u­tors included Adam Fri­d­ley, who fired an 83; Austin Doubikin, who had a 90; and Cameron Hol­comb, who also had a 90.

The event was the 20th-annual install­ment of the show­case spon­sored by the Delaware County Bank, which started in 1992 at Mill Creek.

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