MANITOULIN—Seven Manitoulin Secondary School (MSS) golfers and one from Wikwemikong High School have all qualified for the Northern Ontario Secondary School Association (NOSSA) championship.
“Our top five golfers on the boys’ team have qualified for NOSSA,” said Jordan Smith, sports coordinator for MSS. “We finished third overall as a team at the North Shore Secondary School Association (NSSSA) championship. This despite the tournament being played on a very rainy, tough day to golf. The North Shore playdowns were held at Stone Ridge Golf Course in Elliot Lake.”
MSS was led by Noah Thorpe who finished second individually in the 18-hole tournament in the boy’s open division, with a score of 81. Rylan Carrick finished fifth overall with a score of 85, while Kyle Nodecker and Corbin Best finished tied for seventh with both posting a score of 92. Lucas Brown posted a score of 94 to finish in ninth place. The MSS team finished third overall in the boys’ division standings with eight players finishing in the top 15.
The MSS girls’ team did really well with two of its golfers tying for first place overall. Ava Corbiere and Amy Smith both posted 18-hole scores of 100, to finish in a tie for first place individually and have qualified for NOSSA. Trinity Cheechoo of Wikwemikong High School, finished in third and also qualified for NOSSA with a score of 110.
“We are looking forward to (this) week when our golfers will go against the rest of the best high school golfers in Northern Ontario,” said Mr. Smith. MSS took 21 golfers, 19 boys and two girls to the NSSSA championship.
The NOSSA championship will also take place at Stone Ridge Golf Course in Elliot Lake on October 2.
