Area Golfers Fare Well in High School Championships

Portland and Greenwich captured state golf championships Tuesday, but high school players from Patch towns in northern and central Connecticut also had fine showings.

Portland won the Division IV championship at Fairview Farms in Harwinton, lead by medalist Nicholas Piersall, who shot a blistering 3-under par 69.

At Tashua Knolls in Trumbull, Catherine McEvoy of Greenwich fired a 1-over par 73 to lead the Cardinals to the girls team title.

Here is how local teams fared, as well as individuals who placed in the top 30:

BOYS, DIVISION IV

team results
5. Somers, 332
19. East Granby, 383

individuals (100 players)
2. AJ Ouimet, East Windsor, 72
3. Dominic Manning, Somers, 76
11. (tie) Matthew Vecchiarelli, Somers, 80
21. (tie) Mason Holt, East Granby, 82
27. (tie) Ian Witzgall, Canton, 84

GIRLS

team results
6. Glastonbury, 370
7. Farmington, 371
11. Berlin, 380
14. Wethersfield, 392
16. Simsbury, 397

individuals (97 players)
11. Katelyn Jylkka, East Catholic, 82
13. (tie) Mia Grzywinski, Farmington, 84
17. (tie) Emma Heim, Suffield, 85
20. (tie) Kelsey Sullivan, Simsbury, 86
22. Elizabeth Andrian, Glastonbury, 88
23. (tie) Morgan Lewis, Farmington, 89
27. (tie) Heidi Kaelin, Glastonbury, 90
29. (tie) Laura Rogers, Glastonbury, 91