Woods Cross’ Clayton Schmitt won medalist honors at Lakeside Sept. 5, shooting a three-under 68 while leading the Wildcats to the first place. Five other players finished in the top 10 – contributing to the team score of 280 – with Dylan Markisich tying for third with a 70, Brooks Bybee and Jackson Bodily tying for fifth with a 71 and Landon Day and Josh Allen tying for seventh with a 74. Sam Bennett and Tyler Allen rounded out the scores for Woods Cross with a 78 and 79, respectively. 

“This tournament was a really good day for us,” said head coach David Simon. “Some of the boys played to the ability that I have thought they could play all year. It was really fun to see the team excited about how they played.”
Markisich is currently leading the individual Region 5 standings with a 69.7 scoring average while the Wildcats are third with a 295.7 team score.

“Hopefully this helps our confidence moving forward for the rest of the season,” Simon said. “It is a really good region for golf and it will continue to be a tight race to see who wins the region.”

Viewmont

Viewmont’s Corver Barnes had a round of two-under-par 69 to place second at Lakeside, helping the Vikings to a second-place showing as a team. Also shooting in the 70s were Oliver Gladwell with a 74 and James Gardner with a 75.

Other scores for Viewmont were Joe Gladwell 80, Chase Dalton 87, Kimball Essig 88, Jack Clegg and Sam Simmons 89.

Gardner sits at sixth in the Region 5 individual standings while Oliver Gladwell is 10th for the fifth-place Vikings.

Bountiful

Bountiful’s Ty Cottle tied for third with a round of 70 at Lakeside with the Redhawks coming in fourth as a team. Jeff Danowski, Andrew Johnson, Cody Forbes and Scotty Theobald shot 78s with Jack Jordan (80), Luke Smith (81) and Taylor Nardelli (82) rounding out the scores.

Overall, Bountiful sits in first in Region 5 as a team with a 293.3 scoring average with Cottle’s 74.0 average ranking him fourth and Jordan (fifth), Forbes (11) and Danowski (12th) in the top 12.