Manko shoots a 75, Rayl cards 79 to secure win
TRI-CITY AREA— Thomas Manko shot a 75 and Jacob Rayl carded a 79, leading the Almont boys’ golf team to a second-place finish last Thursday at the Blue Water Area Conference League Tournament.
Solitude Golf Links, in Wadhams, served as the tournament venue.
Yale won tournament honors, thanks to a 317 total. They were followed by Almont (328), North Branch (340), Richmond (354), Armada (356) and Imlay City (356).
Thomas Manko led Almont with a 75 at the BWAC Tournament last Thursday. photo by Kevin Kissane.
Cros-Lex also participated but did not field a complete team.
Jack Jellison and Seth VanHoutte rounded out Almont’s top-four golfers. They finished with 87s.
Garrett Roberts led Imlay City with a 93. The Spartans also counted Mitch Allen’s 94, Andy Hintz’s 102 and Quintin Zinger’s 106.
Final BWAC Standings- 1) Almont, 60 points; 2) Yale, 57; 3) North Branch, 44; 4) Richmond, 35; 5) Armada, 25; 6) Imlay City, 19 points; and 7) Cros-Lex, 11.
All-BWAC team- 1) Owen Flaherty, Cros-Lex, 87 points; 2) Yale’s Pat Donnellon and North Branch’s Ian Conley, 80 each; 4) Thomas Manko, Almont; 70; 5) Jacob Rayl, 68; 6) Jack Jellison, Almont, 61; 7) Jake Craig, Yale, 57; and 8) Owen Kosal, 50.
Kevin Kissane has been covering high school sports for the Tri-City Times since 1985. When not standing on a field or court with his camera and notepad, he enjoys golf, travel and family. Kevin is a 1980 graduate of Capac High School, and is also a grad of St. Clair Community College and earned a degree in journalism from Central Michigan University.
