FUTURE NKU PLAYERS CLAIM TITLES

By Marc Hardin
Enquirer Contributor

If Wednesday’s results at the Northern Kentucky Junior Amateur are any indication,  happy days ar ahead for the Northern Kentucky University golf programs.  A pair of golfers who have committed to NKU won the boys’  [Zach Writht] and girls’ [Kristen Smith] championshipsat the 7-UP Junior events at Pendleton Country Club.

Zach Wright, a two-time regional champion at Grant County High, won the 18-under competition with a two-day score of 145.  Wright, who will be a freshman at NKU, carded a 70 on Tuesday and followed with a 75 in the final round.  He finished five shots a head of Chet Wehrman from Conner.

“I was in the group in front of Chet so I didn’t know what was going on.  I was just playing and that’s it,”  Wright said.  “It’s a great momentum builder.  I played well both days and really only had one big number today when I took a triple-bogey on 13.”

Jackson Frame, from Mason County, won the boys 16-under title with a score of 151 which beat Drew McDonald by a stroke.  Other boys’ winners were Summit Hills Paul Huber(154), who finished ahead of Tyler Lippert (165) in the 13-under and Triple Crown’s Ryan Clements (91) who beat Mitchell Schilling (94) in the 11-under.

In girls’ play, the top three finishers in the Annika Division are heading to NKU, but the youngest player of the three won on her home course.  Kristen Smith, an incoming senior at Pendleton County, carded a two-day total of 163 to repeat as champion.  She had one birdie and eight pars and finished ahead of incoming NKU freshmen Katie-Scarlett Skinner (173), a Villa Madonna graduate, and Morgan Larison (177) of Simon Kenton.

“I was extra excited about that,’ Smith said of her second straight win at the event.  “I thought I putted pretty well.  I knocked down10- and 15- foot putts to save par.”

Smith is Kentucky’s lone female representative at the Ryder Cup Junior Golf Academy, a seven-day program conducted annually each summer at the PGA Center of Golf Learning and Performance in Port St. Lucie, Florida.  Smith will be there July 11-17.

Home course advantage also worked for girls’ Wie Division winner Brianna Aulick (196), who golfs out of Pendleton Country Club.  Sarah Fite (199) finished second in the division.

             

           
Player Age
Day 1 Day 2 Total  
Huber Paul 12:13 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 76 78 154  
Lippert Tyler 12:13 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 82 83 165  
Bracken Michael 12:13 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 90 99 189  
Roseberry Trey 12:13 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 95 96 191  
Rich David 12:13 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 94 98 192  
Clark Chandler 12:13 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 97 96 193  

           
Player Age
Day 1 Day 2 Total  
Clements Ryan 11U Jr. Am @ Pendleton 46 45 91  
Schilling Mitchell 11U Jr. Am @ Pendleton 50 44 94  
Herbst Lincoln 11U Jr. Am @ Pendleton 53 42 95  
Berling Ethan 11U Jr. Am @ Pendleton 51 51 102  
Herbst Logan 11U Jr. Am @ Pendleton 52 52 104  
Berling Elliott 11U Jr. Am @ Pendleton 55 51 106  
DeFraites Jack 11U Jr. Am @ Pendleton 58 52 110  
Tarvin Jacob 11U Jr. Am @ Pendleton 57 56 113  
Struck Josh 11U Jr. Am @ Pendleton 62 52 114  
Kennedy Patrick 11U Jr. Am @ Pendleton 61 54 115  
Garrison Blake 11U Jr. Am @ Pendleton 70 61 131  
Bracken Lauren 11U Jr. Am @ Pendleton 70 63 133  
Skinner Tara-Lynne 11U Jr. Am @ Pendleton 70 65 135  
Crawford Carter 11U Jr. Am @ Pendleton 70 66 136  
Boucher Natalie 11U Jr. Am @ Pendleton 73 66 139  

           
Player Age
Day 1 Day 2 Total  
Frame Jackson 14-15 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 76 75 151  
McDonald Drew 14-15 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 74 78 152  
Bauereis Brett 14-15 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 77 79 156  
Gamm Logan 14-15 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 76 80 156  
Squires Austin 14-15 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 82 79 161  
Adams Zach 14-15 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 79 83 162  
Fritz Tim 14-15 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 81 84 165  
Bardo Jackson 14-15 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 82 87 169  
Berling Merik 14-15 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 85 85 170  
Striegel Matt 14-15 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 83 88 171  
Harris Parker 14-15 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 86 86 172  
Lynne Jeff 14-15 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 87 86 173  
             
             
Player Age
Day 1 Day 2 Total  
Wright Zach 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 70 75 145  
Wehrman Chet 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 76 74 150  
Ramsey Phoenix 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 78 73 151  
Weaver Lane 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 76 76 152  
Litzinger Brad 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 74 79 153  
Fredrick Joey 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 75 84 159  
Hamilton Blake 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 82 77 159  
Desmarais Chris 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 81 79 160  
Hibbard Carter 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 84 77 161  
Molen Austin 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 84 77 161  
Livingood Tim 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 81 82 163  
Fangman Adam 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 82 82 164  
Adkins Blake 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 81 83 164  
Kendall Joe 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 79 86 165  
Kelley Jimmy 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 82 87 169  
Miller Andy 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 81 88 169  
Dupont Colin 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 84 87 171  
Stein Seattle 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 84 92 176  
McDowell Taylor 16-18 Jr. Am @ Pendleton 83 105 188  
             
             
             

           
Player Age
Day 1 Day 2 Total  
Smith Kristen A Jr. Am @ Pendleton 83 80 163  
Skinner Katie-Scarlett A Jr. Am @ Pendleton 89 84 173  
Larison Morgan A Jr. Am @ Pendleton 83 94 177  
Hall Kodi A Jr. Am @ Pendleton 95 82 177  
Tierney Courtney A Jr. Am @ Pendleton 92 96 188  
Vice Lauren A Jr. Am @ Pendleton 89 WD WD  
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
Player Age
Day 1 Day 2 Total  
Aulick Brianna W Jr. Am @ Pendleton 102 94 196  
Fite Sarah W Jr. Am @ Pendleton 102 97 199  
Schack Chelsea W Jr. Am @ Pendleton 101 110 211  
Cross Kendra W Jr. Am @ Pendleton 109 107 216  
Cross Kaitlyn W Jr. Am @ Pendleton 115 108 223  
             
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