Westfall senior golfer Brendan Biegler is in contention for the Division II boys individual state title after a strong opening round Oct. 11 at Firestone Country Club in Akron.
Biegler carded a 1-over-par
73 and is tied for second with Chesterland West Geauga’s Dylan Phillips, a shot behind Beau Mooney of St. Clairsville heading into the second and final round Oct. 12.
Westfall is tied for seventh (43-over-par 331) with Gates Mills Gilmour Academy, 26 shots behind leader and defending champion Kettering Alter.
Competing in its second consecutive state tournament and third overall, Buckeye Valley is 10th at 342. Harloh Hafner led the Barons (82), followed by Evan Bills (85), Grayson Keller (85), Austin Rose (90) and Jace Haunhorst (97).
Buckeye Valley advanced to state by winning the Central District championship.
The district’s individual state qualifier, Caledonia River Valley's Asher Gates, is tied for 17th after shooting a 78.
Alter has a five-shot lead on Warsaw River View (310). St. Clairsville (314), Ottawa-Glandorf (319), Poland Seminary (323) and St. Bernard Roger Bacon (328) round out the top six.
Chardon Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin is ninth (341), Swanton is 11th (352) and Lynchburg-Clay is 12th (354).
Last season, Buckeye Valley finished second (316) behind Alter (314) in an event shortened to one day because of bad weather. Buckeye Valley’s Sam Reynolds, now a freshman golfer at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, won the individual championship with a 72.
Buckeye Valley finished sixth in 2010.
High school sports reporter Frank DiRenna can be reached at fdirenna@dispatch.com and at @DispatchFrank on X.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Westfall golfer Brendan Biegler eyes OHSAA Division II state title
