October 11, 2023
WINDSOR, Ont, - St. Joseph's Rams golfers finished in the top 25 at OFSAA. Jack Zylstra
carded a 73, eighth best on day two, after a round of 75 on day one, to place
12th overall (148) in the boys golf open division at the Ambassador Golf Club.
Parkside C.I.'s Zander Battaglia (right photo) placed 36th in the high school division with rounds of 86 and 84 (170). Lucas Smith won the open division (65-71-136) and Ben Brazier, the high school division (70-76-146).
Jade Tep-Chhun finished 23rd at OFSAA girls golf at the Batteaux Creek Club in Collingwood, with a two day total of 160 (78-82). Emily McKee won the OFSAA title, defeating Shelby Harwick
in a playoff hole, after both finished at 144.
October 3, 2023
MITCHELL, Ont. - Jade Tep-Chhun is returning to OFSAA. Tep-Chhun won the Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association (WOSSAA) girls golf title, carding a six-over 78, today at the Mitchell Golf and Country Club.
The St. Joseph's Rams golfer won by 10 strokes and heads to OFSAA, the high school provincial championship, in the open division. The top six in A flight advance to OFSAA, at Batteaux Creek, in Collingwood, October 11-12. St. Joe's Katelyn
Fox had a 62.
September 28, 2023
UNION, Ont. - Jack Zylstra is returning to OFSAA. The St. Joseph's Ram won the Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association (WOSSAA) boys' golf title, shooting a 75 over 18 holes Thursday at the St. Thomas Golf and Country Club.
A year ago, Zylstra won the OFSAA high school division. This year Zylstra heads to the provincial championship in the open division. Dorchester's Ryan Johnson was tied 13th with Rams' Gryffin Gold, both carding an 82. St. Joe's placed third in the team standings behind Strathroy and London Aquinas.
September 21, 2023
UNION, Ont. - Jack Zylstra is the Thames Valley Region Athletics (TVRA) boys' golf champion. The St. Joseph's Ram carded a 18-hole round of 73, to lead the field of 60 players, at the TVRA championship today at the St. Thomas Golf and Country Club. Zylstra led the Rams to second in the team standings, with Gryffin Gold, Callum Besley and Will O'Brien.
September 19, 2023
LONDON, Ont. - Jade Tep-Chhun is the Thames Valley Region Athletics (TVRA) girls' golf silver medalist. The St. Joseph's Ram carded a 18-hole round of 79, in A flight at the TVRA championships, at Thames Valley Golf Club. Celina Yeo, of London Aquinas, won the tournament with a 73, leading her school to the A flight team title. The Central Elgin Titans team of Janay Gillard, Sloane Maudsley and sisters Becca and Sandra Nurton, took the B flight (nine holes) team title.
September 12, 2023
BELMONT, Ont. - Zander Battaglia fired an impressive round of 73, on his way to winning the 14-15 years old division at the junior tournament. Battaglia finished top of the leader board with a two day total of 152. Liam Metzger was second with a 162. Kalan Gillard won the 16-17 years old division, carding a 154 over the two rounds of 18. Liam Miskelly placed second with a 160. Gunnar Shaw and Logan Reid tied for lowest score in the U9 division, each firing a 47 over nine-holes
September 6, 2023
UNION, Ont. - Greg McKegg, of St. Thomas, won the club championship at the St. Thomas Golf and Country Club Sunday. Cole Fulton finished second. McKegg played the 2022-23 hockey season with the Bakersfield Condors, in the American Hockey League. In July, 2022, McKegg signed to a two-year, two-way contract with the Edmonton Oilers.
September 2, 2023
WOODSTOCK, P.E.I. - Mary Ann Hayward is the 2023 Canadian Women's Senior golf champion. Hayward won the tournament with rounds of 75-76-76 for a 277 total, Friday at Mill River Golf Resort. Hayward shot a final round of four-over 76 to finish the tournament at 11-over. The member of the St. Thomas Golf and Country club, previously won the senior championship in 2010, 2011 and 2013. Hayward, a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame, also won the Super Senior championship, which ran concurrently throughout the tournament.
October 13, 2022
KOMOKA, Ont. - Jack Zylstra is an OFSAA champion. The St. Joseph's Rams student won the high school division, at OFSAA boys golf, today, at Fire Rock Golf Club. Zylstra carded a two day score of 152, two strokes lower than Cole Thompson, of Grimsby Blessed Trinity HS. Matthew Javier, led North York Crescent school to the team title, by dominating the open division and tournament overall.
October 12, 2022
KOMOKA, Ont. - Jack Zylstra is within striking range of provincial gold. The St. Joseph's Ram sits tied for third place overall, after carding a 74, on day one of the OFSAA boys golf championship, at FireRock Golf Club.
Matthew Javier, of Crescent school, in North York, leads the field, after firing a two-under 70.
Eric Zhao, also from Crescent school, is two strokes back, even at 72, over 18 holes.
October 3, 2022
GRANTON, Ont. - Jade Tep-Chhun will be taking her clubs to OFSAA. The St. Joseph's Grade 10 student placed second at WOSSAA girls golf, today, at The Fox Golf Club. Tep-Chhun carded an 81, including two birdies over 18 holes. Celina Yeo, of London Aquinas, ran away with the gold medal, with a round of 72. Kassandra Rombouts, from Strathroy Holy Cross, finished third, with an 84. The trio will be in the Open division at OFSAA.
August 10, 2022
BRACEBRIDGE, Ont. - Andrea Lai, from the St. Thomas Golf and Country Club, won the Golf Ontario 2022 peewee girls championship, Tuesday, at the South Muskoka Curling and Golf Club. Lai won by two shots, carding rounds of 75 and 76, her two lowest scores of her career, shooting seven over par.
October 5, 2021
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Kayleigh Trowman was 10th at the Canada West women's golf championship, helping the University of British Columbia Okanagan Heat to the team silver medal, at the Squamish Valley Golf Club. The fourth-year from St. Thomas, had a 13-over par 157.
September 30, 2021
UNION, Ont. - When the St. Joseph's Rams have the two low individual scores of the tournament, that makes them a tough team to beat. Jack Zylsta and Owen McIntyre tied for the low score, both carding an 18-hole round of 77, before Zylsta won in a playoff, leading St. Joseph's to the Thames Valley Region Athletics Tri-County boys' golf team title.
September 29, 2021
KOMOKA, Ont. - St. Joseph's Ram Jadelina Tep-cchun finished second at the Thames Valley Region Athletics (TVRA) girls' golf tournament at Firerock Golf Club, with a 18 hole score of 79.
October 15, 2020
SURREY, B.C. - Kayleigh Trowman captured her second event on the B.C. rivalry series, shooting a two-over 74, to win by one stroke, at the Northview Golf and Country club. The third year arts major at the University of B.C. Okanagan campus in Kelowna, has two wins, a fourth and a ninth place finish after four of eight events. Trowman from Port Stanley is a graduate of Parkside Collegiate.
April 20, 2020
OLIVET, MI. - Nicole Deweyert, of Dorchester, has been named to the 2019-20 Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-Great Lakes Region team. The senior at Olivet College earned All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) First Team honours, posting the league's third best stroke average of 79.5 over six MIAA rounds. Over 13 total rounds during the fall season, Deweyert had a 79.2 stroke average. Her low round for the season was a MIAA course record of 72, on October 2, 2019, at the Zollner golf course, in Angola, Indiana. Deweyert is a four-time All-MIAA selection, earning First Team in 2017 and 2019 and second team in 2016 and 2018. The alumna of Lord Dorchester Secondary School, finishes her collegiate career as Olivet College's career stroke average leader at 81.6 strokes over 68 career rounds, including a 78.6 stroke average over 23 league rounds.
October 17, 2019
DORCHESTER, ON. - Sarah Gallagher missed qualifying for OFSAA girls' golf during her Grade nine year at F.J. Hayden Secondary School, in Burlington. A year later Gallagher made up for it, firing off her career best round helping the 15-year capture the OFSAA open division championship, today at Pine Knot Golf and Country Club. Gallagher, four under for both days combined, won by five strokes (65-73-138), over silver medalist Alexis McMurray (69-74-143), out of Oakville Iroquois Ridge.
It was a sweep of the medals, by Greater Horseshoe Athletic Conference (GHAC) golfers, with Nicole Gal, from Oakville Holy Trinity finishing third (70-74-144). Julia Alexander-Carew, another golfer from the GHAC, won the high school division, by five strokes (74-82-156), over Grace Holijak, of Barrie Eastview (83-78-161). Mikayla Bourgeois, from Mississauga St. Marcellinus, placed third (83-80-163), winning in a playoff hole over Woodstock C.I.'s Madeline Choi (85-78-163).
October 16, 2019
DORCHESTER, ON. - Sarah Gallagher is the first round leader, in the open division at the OFSAA girls' golf festival. The 15-year old from F.J. Hayden Secondary School, in Burlington, shot a six-under 65 on day one, of the two day provincial event, at the Pine Knot Golf and Country Club. Gallagher leads Alexis McMurray, of Oakville Iroquois Ridge, by four strokes. McMurray won a bronze medal a year ago.
October 15, 2019
DORCHESTER, ON. - The best female high school golfers in Ontario are descending upon Dorchester this week. Pine Knot Golf and Country Club is host to the 2019 OFSAA girls' festival, a two round provincial event Wednesday and Thursday. Golfers from as far away as Kingston, Ottawa, Sudbury, Thunder Bay and Elliott Lake, will be shooting for a provincial title, in one of two divisions, Open, with 34 golfers, or High School, featuring 60 golfers. Madison Telford, out of Parkside Collegiate Institute is the lone representative from Elgin County. Telford will be among eight golfers from the Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association (WOSSAA), including Jillian Friyia, the WOSSAA champion, from London Oakridge.
October 4, 2019
UNION, ON. - Ben Landers wasted no time securing his spot, while Peter MacDougall needed a few extra holes. Both golfers, along with the London Oakridge Oaks team, are heading to OFSAA, the high school provincial boys’ golf championship after qualifying at the Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association (WOSSAA) tournament. Landers captured the individual title, winning by six strokes, with a round of 69, over the 18-hole course, at the St. Thomas Golf and Country Club. McDougall needed a third playoff hole to break a tie with Central Huron’s Devin Durand, after both shot rounds of 81.
September 30, 2019
LONDON, ON. - Madison Telford will have to wait for a call to return to OFSAA. The Parkside Stampeder golfer just missed qualifying for the provincial high school championships, placing ninth, in the A flight division, at Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association (WOSSAA) girls’ golf, at the Thames Valley Golf Club.
Jillian Friyia, of London Oakridge, won by 13 strokes, carding a 78 over the 18-hole event. The top six individuals
(Gabby Harrison, of Arva Medway, Madeline Choi, of Woodstock C.I., Kira Turner, London Central, Shreya Dalal, London Lucas and Karolyn Rombouts, Strathroy
Holy Cross) and winning team, the London Aquinas Flames, advance to OFSAA, hosted by the Pine Knot Golf and Country Club, in Dorchester, October 16-17th.
September 26, 2019
UNION, ON. - John Orlebar defended his Thames Valley Region Athletics Tri-County boys' golf title. With his low individual score of 78, Orlebar led the East Elgin Eagles to the team title, with Landon Underhill and Ryan Smith. The Eagles' combined score of 264
was six shots better than the St. Joseph's Rams' team of Jack Zylstra (team low 85), Aiden Shaw and Owen McIntyre.
The Parkside Stampeders (Luke Trowman, team low 83, Quinntin Gocan, Seth Carroll) placed fourth.
September 25, 2019
LONDON, ON. - Madison Telford is aiming for a return to OFSAA. The Parkside Stampeder golfer made step one, finishing sixth, in the A flight division, carding a 95 over 18 holes, at the Thames Valley Regional Athletics (TVRA) girls’ golf championships, at Westminster Trails. Telford advances to the Western Ontario Secondary Schools Athletic Association (WOSSAA) tournament, at the Thames Valley Golf and Country Club in London, Monday, September 30th. This year, Pine Knot Golf and Country Club, in Dorchester, hosts OFSAA,
October 16-17th.
Madeline Choi, from Woodstock Collegiate, is the TVRA A flight champion with a round of 83. St. Joe's won the TVRA Tri-County B flight team title.
September 27, 2018
UNION, ON. - Third time is a charm for Sheldon Pryce. The Clinton St. Anne’s golfer finished with the low score of 76, over 18 holes, to capture the WOSSAA boys’ golf title, at the St. Thomas Golf and Country Club. Pryce edged Mitchell Watt, of St. Marys DCVI, by one stroke and was two shots lower than Tillsonburg Glendale’s Griffin Sinden and London Oakridge’s Isabella Portokalis, who both tied for third, carding a 78. The Oakridge Oaks' foursome of Portokalis, Calvin Norris (79), Kevin Frehner (81) and Jillian Friyia (87), took the team title by 12 strokes.
September 25, 2018
LONDON, ON. - Madison Telford will be teeing off at OFSAA again. The Parkside Stampeder had a round of 88, the third lowest round, at the Western Ontario Secondary Schools Association (WOSSAA) girls’ golf championship, during rainy and windy conditions, at Westminster Trails. Telford qualifies for OFSAA, the provincial high school championship, for the fourth time in her career.
September 20, 2018
UNION, ON - John Orlebar fired an 84 to win the TVRA Tri-County boys' golf individual A flight title, at the St. Thomas Golf and Country Club. The East Elgin secondary school golfer helped the Eagles' team place fourth.
With three scores in the 80s, the St. Joseph's Rams won the Tri-County team title by 12 strokes, with Brett Chapman (85), Owen McIntrye (86) and Aiden Shaw (89).
Jayden Boddy also carded an 85, to help Dorchester place third, while Luke Trowman led Parkside CI with an 88. In B flight action, Central Elgin Titan Rob Schivers led the way with an 81.-16.
September 18, 2018
LONDON, ON. - Madison Telford, of Parkside Collegiate, fired a round of 89, in the 18-hole A flight, while teammate Kenzie Laskin was second in B flight, at the Thames Valley Regional Athletics girls' golf championships, at Westminster Trails. Laskin finished one shot behind B flight winner Caitlin Moss, of Woodstock Collegiate. Megan Hepburn carded a 62 in B flight.
August 2, 2018
ST. THOMAS – Madison Telford leads the Girls' division, on the Junior Tyson Golf Tour, after seven events. Telford won both the Ingeroll and Highland Open and finished third at Sawmill Creek, on July 26th. The St. Thomas Golf and Country host a tour stop, on Thursday, August 16.
August 1, 2018
ST. THOMAS – Stephanie Byerson-Butler,
a graduate of Central Elgin Collegiate this past June, will be teeing off for Olivet College, a private Division III school, just outside of Detroit, Michigan.
The 18-year old will be golfing with her good friend, a fellow CECI graduate and now teammate, Taylor Elley.
May 20, 2018
UNION, ON. - Brett McIntosh carded a three-under 141 over two rounds, capturing his second Early Bird Invitational, at the St. Thomas Golf and Country Club. McIntosh fired a four-under 68 on day two, passing day one leader Charles Fitzsimmons, to win by three shots. Fitzsimmons had a day one round of 73 and a two shot advantage over McIntosh, Eric Ross and Drew Symons. Henry Mulder won the B flight and Mike Hutchinson, took the C flight.
October 12, 2017
KINGSVILLE, ON. - Landon Johnstone placed 15th, in the open division, at the OFSAA boys' golf championship, at the Kingsville Golf and Country Club. The Central Elgin Collegiate Institute athlete had the best result for Elgin County, with six over two day combined score. He shot s 73, after a 77 on day one.
Johnstone, along with teammates Brady Johnstone and Satshia Tep-Chhun, placed 12th as a team. Tep-Chhun was 66th (+24 83 85), on the individual board, while Brady was 73rd (+27 84 87).
Jack Ferguson, from Parkside CI, was 16th (+13 77 80), in the open division, while St. Joe's Brett Chapman, finished 22nd (+34 83 95), in the high school division.
October 12, 2017
NORTH BAY, ON. - Taylor Kehoe is the OFSAA girls' golf champion. From Strathroy DCI, Kehoe won by two shots, compiling a two round total of 155. Her 74 on day one, put her at top the leader board and she remained there, even with an 81 on day two. Kehoe also won the WOSSAA title. East Elgin Eagle Felica Moyer finished 63rd, with a two round total of 207.
October 11, 2017
KINGSVILLE, ON. - Landon Johnstone, of Central Elgin Collegiate and Jack Ferguson, from Parkside CI, are tied for 16th, in the open division, after day one, at OFSAA boys' golf, at the Kingsville Golf and Country Club. Both carded rounds of 77 (+5). CECI's Satshia Tep-Chhun, fired an 83 (+11), while team-mate Brady Johnstone, shot an 84 (+12). The Titans' are tied for 10th, in the team standings. Day one leader, with a two shot lead, is Peyton Callens, from Simcoe Holy Trinity, after a sizzling 70 (-2). Callens is heading to Texas A&M University, in the fall of 2018. In the high school division, St. Joseph's Brett Chapman shares 28th place, after a round of 83 (+11).
October 11, 2017
NORTH BAY, ON. - Taylor Kehoe has a three shot lead after a day one round of 74, at the OFSAA girls' golf festival, at the North Bay Golf and Country Club.
Kehoe, out of Strathroy DCI, won the WOSSAA title, on September 26. East Elgin Eagle Felica Moyer is 65th. The second and final round goes Thursday.
September 28, 2017
UNION, ON. - A 32 over the back nine carried Jack Ferguson to the top of the leader-board. The Parkside Stampeder shot a 74 over 18 holes, to win the WOSSAA boys' golf championship, by two strokes, at the St. Thomas Golf and Country Club. Zach Friesen, of Woodstock St. Mary's finished second, with Brady Johnstone, of the Central Elgin Titans and Evan Connell, from London Laurier, tying for third place, with 77's. Johnstone and his Central Elgin Titan teammates, Satshia Tep-Chhun and Landon Johnstone, repeated as team champions, combining for a score of 237. Ferguson, Friesen and the Titan trio, advance to OFSAA, at the Kingsville Golf and Country Club, October 11-12.
September 26, 2017
LONDON, ON. -
Cindy Felicia Moyer will be teeing off at OFSAA. The East Elgin Eagle won the high school division, at the WOSSAA girls' golf championship, at Westminster Trails, carding an 87 over 18 holes. The top team in the 'A' flight open division and the low three individuals, not on that team, qualify for OFSAA, as well as the three low scores, in the high school division.
OFSAA is October 11-12, in North Bay. Taylor Kehoe, from Strathroy DCI, won the open division, with a tournament low individual score of 72. Woodstock C.I.'s Madeline Choi, finished second, carding a 77, one shot lower than Rylie Grogan, of London Mother Teresa. London Lucas took the team title, with Cindy Won, Aarushi Vasudev, Shreya Dala and Helena Woodburn, combining for a best score of 289. Parkside's
Madison Telford, scored a 93 for her round, fourth best in the open division.
September 21, 2017
UNION, ON. -
Aidan Smith, of Lord Dorchester, fired a round of 73, to win the Thames Valley Region Athletics (TVRA) Tri-County boys' golf championship, by four strokes, at the St. Thomas Golf and Country Club. Smith led the LDSS to second place in the team standings. The Central Elgin Titans won the 'A' flight team title, with a combined score of 233, with Landon Johnstone, Satshia Chhun and Brady Johnstone, finishing
two-three-four on the leader board. The West Elgin Wildcats (Owen Lunn, Josh McQuade, Connor Grexton, Gavin Lunn) won the 'B' flight title.
The top six teams, in 'A' flight, and next four low individuals not on those teams, advance to WOSSAA,
back here, on Thursday, September 28.
September 19, 2017
DORCHESTER - Cindy Won fired a tournament low score of 66, leading London Lucas, to the Central Division team title, at the Thames Valley Region Athletics (TVRA) girls' golf championships, at Dorchester Golf Club. Woodstock College Avenue won the Tri-County team title. The 'A' flight featured 18 holes, while 'B' flight had nine. Lord Dorchester's team of Marissa Chesney (shot a 49), Alison Granger and Jolin Payne, captured the Tri-County 'B' flight title. London Beal won the Central division 'B' flight, led by Haley Teixeira's round of 45.
September 29, 2016
UNION, ON.- Landon Johnstone shot a 76, to lead St.
Thomas Central Elgin C.I. to the WOSSAA boys' team golf championship, at the St.
Thomas Golf and Country Club.
The threesome of Johnstone (76), Brady Johnstone (ninth place, with an 83) and
Satchia Tep-Chhun (86), finished five strokes better than London Oakridge. Cole
Friyia led Oakridge with round of 78, good enough for runner-up to Landon.
The CECI team and Friyia advance to the OFSAA championship, hosted by the
Saugeen Golf Club, in Port Elgin, October 11-13.
Sam Manfredi, of St. Thomas Parkside, tied three others for third place, carding
a 79, but won a play-off, to earn his berth to OFSAA. Dorchester’s Jason Boddy,
Stratford Central’s Trent Zorgdrade, and Jake Watt, from St. Marys DCVI,
finished tied fourth. London St. Thomas Aquinas placed third as team, just a
stroke behind Oakridge.
Tri-County had three schools in the top six, with
Central Elgin winning, followed by Parkside, in fourth place and Lord
Dorchester, sixth.
September 27, 2016
LONDON, ON.- Hailey Barkley fired a 75 over 18 holes, to win the ‘A’ flight at the WOSSAA girls' golf, hosted by Westminster Trails Golf Club. The Strathroy DCI athlete finished three shots over Jordan Jarrett. But Jarrett led her St. Marys DCI team, including Aimee King and Robyn Lewis, to first place, in the ‘A” flight. London St. Thomas Aquinas (Alyssa Burgess, J.J. Sparling, Payton Sparling) finished second.London Beal (Kendra Squires, Hailey Teixeira, Rachel Johnston) won the ‘B’ Flight. Stephanie Byerson, of St. Thomas Central Elgin Collegiate, was the ‘B’ flight individual winner, four shots over Alannah Gosnell, of Woodstock C.I.
September 22, 2016
DORCHESTER - Alyssa Burgess led London St. Thomas Aquinas to the girls' team title, at the Thames Valley Regional Athletic Central golf tournament.
September 20, 2016
ST. THOMAS - The Central Elgin Titans’ boys team
retained their team title, at the Thames Valley Region Athletics Tri-County golf
championship, held at the St. Thomas Golf and Country Club.
The Titans won by three shots over St. Mary's, led by individual champion,
Landon Johnstone, who shot a 74, one better than St. Mary’s Davey Morton.
Completing the Titans’ team were Brady Johnstone and Satschia Tep-Chun.