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Wheeling Locals Finish High At Junior Amateur

By Staff Reports 4 min read

DAVIS, W.Va. -- Wheeling locals fared well on the fairways Thursday at the final day of the West Virginia Junior Amateur Championship, held at Canaan Valley Resort.

Wheeling's Andrew Pennybacker played to par across three rounds in the boys championship, going 74-70-72 on the Par-72 course to finish fifth out of 68 competitors. On the girls side, Wheeling's Ellie West finished second out of 11 golfers, carding an 80-81-80 across her three rounds. Her placement came down to a playoff.

Charles Town's Tommy Evans took first in the boys championship, and Charleston's Alexis Green did likewise for the girls.

Glen Dale's Drew Marling was tied for 30th, while Wheeling's Will Koegler was tied for 35th and Seth Weidner was 54th. Madeline Potts finished eighth in the girls championship.

West Virginia Junior Amateur at

Canaan Valley Resort, par 72

BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP

1.Tommy Evans (Charles Town) 68-72-71=211

2.Isaac Hutchison (Lewisburg) 75-70-68=213

3.William Johnson (Charleston) 73-69-72=214

4.Cameron Fallon (Parkersburg) 71-73-71=215

5.Andrew Pennybacker (Wheeling) 74-70-72=216

T6. Grant Roush (Mason) 78-69-70=217

T6. Alex Randolph (Bridgeport) 70-70-77=217

T6. Carson Higginbotham (Clarksburg) 72-72-73=217

T6. Wyatt Maynard (Barboursville) 72-73-72=217

10.Bentley Shirkey (Barboursville) 71-76-71=218

11.Tyler Beard (Lewisburg) 78-71-70=219

T12. Parker O’Dell (Hurricane) 75-73-72=220

T12. Bailey Goodson (Blufield, Va.) 81-69-70=220

T14. Carson Sergent (Huntington) 75-75-71=221

T14. Carson O’Dell (Hurricane) 78-72-71=221

T14. Isaac Hayes (Hurricane) 75-73-73=221

T17. Jackson Foster (Barboursvile) 74-76-72=222

T17. Gavin Martin (Scott Depot) 73-75-74=222

T17. William Biddington (Morgantown) 77-72-73=222

T17. Malachi Flohr (Daniels) 75-72-75=222

T21. Grant Winkler (Daniels) 72-76-75=223

T21. Bryson Moorehead (Ridgeley) 77-69-77=223

T23. Justus Mann (Chapmanville) 77-78-69=224

T23. Brady Reed (Kearneysville) 76-75-73=224

T23. Cooper Ward (Beaver) 74-73-77=224

26.Charlie Shultz (Charles Town) 75-74-76=225

27.Peyton Van Meter (Augusta) 77-73-76=226

28.Reese Lang (Waterford) 75-76-76=227

29.Owen Estel (Morgantown) 75-76-77=228

T30. Tyler Stover (Beckley) 76-76-77=229

T30. Drew Marling (Glen Dale) 78-79-72=229

T32. Brody Williams (Morgantown) 76-81-73=230

T32. Jude Walker (Elizabeth) 77-78-75=230

T32. Xavier Honaker (Sandstone) 76-78-76=230

T35. Will Koegler (Wheeling) 82-74-76=232

T35. Ben Carew (S. Charleston) 74-74-84=232

T37. Ayden Pavlik (Beckley) 84-72-77=233

T37. Dawson Goins (Bluefield, Va.) 77-77-79=233

T39. Eli Amburgey (Charleston) 81-76-78=235

T39. Tripp Morrison (St. Marys) 80-75-80=235

T41. Austin Donohew (Evans) 81-82-75=238

T41. Cayden Swink (B. Springs) 80-77-81=238

43.Matthew Riggleman (Petersburg) 80-83-76=239

T44. Wyatt Caplan (Morgantown) 81-81-79=241

T44. Luca Collier (Elkins) 77-84-80=241

T46. William Keenan (Harpers Ferry) 79-78-85=242

T46. Troy Woodford (Glenville) 86-75-81=242

T48. Ryder Vadasz (Martinsburg) 85-80-78=243

T48. Landin Ludwick (Augusta) 80-81-82=243

T50. Cooper Evans (Chapmanville) 83-81-80=244

T50. Nathan Davis (Parsons) 80-80-84=244

T52. Preston Young (Charleston) 78-83-84=245

T52. Brody Lemon (Morgantown) 76-83-86=245

54.Seth Weidner (Wheeling) 85-80-81=246

55.Ryan Lopez (Summit Point) 86-81-80=247

56.Cuyler Spencer (Charleston) 82-84-84=250

57.Brayden Rickmman (Morgantown) 88-85-78=251

58.Tyler Huffman (Fairmont) 85-82-85=252

59.Brayden Noble (Charleston) 85-87-85=257

T60. Xavier Gunter (Charles Town) 89-85-86=260

T60. John Judah Smith (Middlebourne) 93-83-84=260

62.Chase Grigsby (Morgantown) 88-85-88=261

63.Monk Garland (Keyser) 87-92-86=265

64.Owen Gray (B. Springs) 88-89-91=268

65.Wyatt Earl (Charleston) 88-95-86=269

66.Zach Roush (St. Marys) 92-98-87=277

Drake Kimble (Moorefield) 77-89-WD

Marshall Creel (Millwood) 88-88-WD

GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP

1.Alexis Green (Charleston) 80-81-80=241*

2.Ellie West (Wheeling) 85-81-75=241

T3. Audrey Kerr (Bridgeport) 80-81-81=242

T3. Angela Yao (Morgantown) 82-83-77=242

5.Chastyn Viars (S. Charleston) 84-81-81=246

6.Madilyn Buttrey (Williastown) 86-84-83=253

7.Jadyn Snodgrass (S. Charleston) 82-87-89=258

8.Madeline Potts (Wheeling) 87-95-90=272

9.Kate Dotson (Elizabeth) 97-99-94=290

10.Evyn Trembush (Morgantown) 100-101-102=303

11.Charlotte Dudley (Chesapeake) 109-102-99=310

*Denotes won on first playoff hole

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