Bobcat Golfers Finish KSAC Boys Season Undefeated At Hunter Station On Senior Day, Kameron Kerle Claims Match And Season Medalist Honors

Photos by Clarion Assistant Coach Jackie Kerle – Above: Undefeated KSAC Champs – Front (L-R) Avery Kline, Devon Lauer, James Keenen and Lucas Mitrosky. Back (L-R) Blake Weckerly, Parker Miller, Tanner Miller, Kameron Kerle.

The Clarion Area Bobcats took first place in the last Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference (KSAC) Boys Golf Mega Match at Hunter Station Golf Course in Tionesta on Senior Day, Thursday, September 21st. With the win, the Bobcats, who clinched the team title in the previous match, finished undefeated at 9-0.

This is the third straight undefeated KSAC season for the Bobcats, whose last last loss was September 24th, 2020 as they finished second to Moniteau in a Mega Match at Aubrey’s Dubbs-Dred Golf Course.

Kameron Kerle shot a 35 to claim medalist honors for the match. He also finished as the season medalist at 331, just one stroke ahead of Bobcat teammate Devon Lauer who carded a 332 on the season. This was the third straight season Kam took top honors.

Three Bobcats shot 38, Devon, Lucas Mitrosky and Tanner Miller, putting them in a six-way tie for seventh place, along with Karns City’s Chloe Fritch, and Keystone’s Sean Karg and Jonathan Schultz. James Keenen finished a 40 putting him in a three-way tie for fifteenth. Avery Kline was nineteenth at 42. Avery’s score didn’t count on the team total.

Other Top Ten finishers for the match included: Jack Buckley from Keystone, Braydon Baylor from Keystone and Dawson Wallace from Moniteau who all tied for second place, one stroke off the lead at 36, and Ethan Carll from North Clarion and Joey O’Donnell from Karns City who tied for fifth at 37.

The Individual Top Ten Season standings look like this – first place: Kam Kerle – Clarion (331), second place: Devon Lauer – Clarion (332), third place: Sean Karg – Keystone (348), fourth place: Cayden Baker – Cranberry (365), fifth place: Joe Rapp – A-C Valley/Union (367), sixth place: Lucas Mitrosky – Clarion (369), seventh place: (tie) Tanner Miller – Clarion and Ethan Carll – North Clarion (371), ninth place: Chloe Fritch – Karns City (336) (missed a match) and tenth place: Mason Shaftic – North Clarion (387).

The Bobcats claimed the match championship with 189 points. The rest of the field included: second place – Keystone (195), third place – Moniteau (204), fourth place – North Clarion (215), fifth place – Cranberry (216), sixth place – Clarion-Limestone, seventh place – A-C Valley/Union (262), eighth place – Forest Area (267) and ninth place – Karns City (407).

The season team standings look like this: first place – Clarion, second place – Cranberry, third place – Keystone, fourth place – North Clarion, fifth place – Moniteau, sixth place – Clarion-Limestone, seventh place – A-C Valley/Union, eighth place – Forest Area and tenth place – Karns City.

Clarion Head Coach Jay Kerle shared, “Our first goal has been met by winning all of the KSAC matches. The next step is to win districts as a team so that we can advance to the subregional tournament and take a team to the PIAA state tournament.

“We have six golfers advancing to districts individually- Kameron, Devon, Lucas, Tanner, James and Avery. They will be competing at Pinecrest on October 2 for both individual and team spots to advance.

“Our season overall has been great up to this point, but we still have our sights set on accomplishing a few more goals. Another D9 title and a team at states.” 

(Congratulations to Kam and the Bobcats and other golfers and teams!!!! Thanks to Jackie Kerle for her photos!!)