County golf tournament: Piper Meredith, Luke Leisinger and Boonsboro emerge victorious

Posted by Admin October 17, 2024 Golf

A pair of streaks continued for Piper Meredith and the Boonsboro golf team in the Washington County Public Schools Tournament on Wednesday at Black Rock.

Meredith, a junior, won the girls title for the third straight year — shooting the low round of any player, boy or girl, for the first time with a 2-over 74 — and the Warriors extended their streak of team championships to eight.

“It’s awesome,” said Meredith, who won Maryland District 1 Class 2A-1A and Central Maryland Conference girls titles earlier this season. “To carry on the legacy that we’ve had set up by the previous players, that’s the Warrior thing to do, carry on that legacy.”

Boonsboro finished with 333 strokes, 15 ahead of runner-up South Hagerstown.

“(The county title streak) absolutely matters to them,” said Warriors coach John Miller. “My team talked about it from the first day of practice. I appreciate them taking it seriously. I thanked them for showing up to practice every day, putting in the work and getting better. The coaches take it seriously and I think that rubs off on the players.”

Meredith, who shot a 69 at Black Rock to win her third straight Maryland District 1 Class 2A-1A girls title on Oct. 7, had a rougher go of it Wednesday but still was seven shots clear of everyone else, boys or girls.

“The back nine, which played as the front nine, was tough. I just couldn’t get my club selections right with the wind conditions. But it was good preparation for states (at the University of Maryland Golf Course on Oct. 28-30), where the conditions will probably be worse.”

Boonsboro senior Kadan Jones, the defending boys champion, and South Hagerstown junior Luke Leisinger tied with 81s and went into a playoff for the boys title that went four holes.

Jones missed a 12-foot par putt for the win on the first playoff hole, the 18th. Leisinger missed a par putt of a similar length for the win on the second playoff hole, the eighth. On the third playoff hole, the ninth, Leisinger nearly holed out a chip for a winning birdie, but the ball hit the flagstick dead center and stayed out of the cup.

The players played the ninth hole again, and Leisinger hit his approach shot from the right rough to 15 feet and sunk the birdie putt for the victory.

“I knew I was bound to have something good happen. Only so much bad can happen before something good,” Leisinger said. “I knew it was a right-to-left putt, which I’m normally pretty good at. I knew it was a makeable putt, took my time, stepped up and drained it.”

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Washington County Public Schools Golf Tournament

(The top four players for each team count toward the team score.)

Boonsboro (333) — Piper Meredith 74, Kadan Jones 81, Nate Montgomery 88, Isaac Wescott 90, Trenten Spencer 93, Landon Waters 97.
South Hagerstown (348) — Luke Leisinger 81, RJ Lirinao 89, Cody Booth 89, Zeke Myers 89, Jack Rhodes 93, Jack Burns 102.
North Hagerstown (365) — Delaney Fuss 82, Sadie Morton 91, Tristan Stiffler 95, Colt Tucker 97, Connor Martz 107, Keegan Warrick 115.
Williamsport (367) — Ryan Dimmick 86, Kingston Doan 88, Cameron Face 91, Mitch Shupp 102, Tanor Koerting 107, Griffin Munn 126.
Smithsburg (385) — Owen Dunne 93, Molly Weaver 93, Ryan Darr 96, Sam Peters 103, Daniel Partlow 110, Leah Hahn 135.
Clear Spring (390) — Sophie Lesher 97, Tyler Sarber 97, Cal Bragunier 97, Isaac Lesher 99, Malea Papa 102, Ben Ly 123.