Ironton wins Ironton Invitational

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The Ironton Fighting Tiger golf team won the 2009 Ironton invitational, today at the Ironton Country Club. Im sure details will be in the Ironton tribune tomorrow, but Ironton shot a combined score of 311 and Athens was second at 321.

Josh Zornes was low medalist with a score of 73.

Good job Fighting Tigers!

[osumufan]

Great job Josh and the rest of the Tigers!

[butcherman108]

Great start to the season congratulation to Josh and the team.

[Amen Corner]

Ironton “Fighting Tiger” Golf

2009 Schedule

(Home dates in Bold Type)



August

10 Ironton Invitational 9:00 AM

(Course will be closed from 9:00 AM till 3:00 PM)
12 South Point (Home) 4:00 PM
13 at Portsmouth Invitational (Ports. Elks) 9:00 AM
18 at Chesapeake (Esquire) 4:00 PM
19 Portsmouth/West Union (Home) 4:00 AM

22 Huntington Invitational (Esquire) 8:00 AM

24 Fairland (Home) 4:00 PM
26 at Portsmouth Clay (Shawnee) 4:00 PM

27 at Portsmouth (The Elks) 4:00 PM

31 at Gallia/River Valley (Cliffside) 5:00 PM



September

2 River Valley/South Point (Home) 4:00 PM
8 at West Union (Adams Co. CC) 4:00 PM

9 Russell/South Point (Home) 4:00 PM

16 Fairland (Home) 4:00 PM

17 at Russell (The Oaks) 4:00 PM

21 (TBA) (Home) 4:00 PM
2222 SEOAL League Tournament at Lancaster (Valley View) 10:00 AM

24 at Portsmouth Clay (Shawnee) 4:00 PM
29 OHSAA Sectional Tournament (Shawnee) 8:00 AM

[BubbleGumTiger]

nice job Josh, looks like we are going to need a bigger trophy case in the trailer park...............

[Rhiannon]

Fighting Tigers win own invitational tourney to open golf season

By Jim Walker | The Tribune

Originally published 03:36 a.m., August 11, 2009
Updated 03:36 a.m., August 11, 2009

PINE GROVE — The Ironton Fighting Tigers are picking up right where they left off.

Despite the loss of leading golfer Nathan Kerns to a college career at Marshall, the Ironton golfers didn’t miss a swing as they captured their own invitational tournament for the second straight year on Monday.

Ironton had a 311-team score to outdistance the 12-team field by 10 strokes over runner-up Athens. Sophomore Josh Zornes led a strong team effort by shooting a 3-over par 73 to take medalist honors.

“We had a great effort for the first time out. One of our goals every year is to win our invitational,” said Ironton coach Jeff Kerns. “The kids really stepped up. Josh had a great day, especially on the front nine.”

Ashland, Ky., was third with 332, Gallipolis 340 and Portsmouth Clay and Wheelersburg tied at 342.

Chesapeake was next with 352 followed by West Union at 360, Jackson 363, South Point 394, Portsmouth 404 and River Valley 429.

Jackson’s Morgan Dobbins was the individual runner-up with a 75.

Zornes — who had a 1-under 34 on the front nine — got plenty of help from his teammates. Five of Ironton’s six golfers were among the top 13 individually.

Andy Holtzapfel shot a 78 including a 37 on the back nine. Josh Cooke had a 79 while Johnathan Williams and Mason Weisgarber each fired an 81. Josh Mullins had a solid round of 85.

Chesapeake was led by Roger Hoback with an 84 and Seth Ransbottom had an 88.

Wes Hall had a 95 and Zac Taylor a 96 to pace South Point.

Ironton will host South Point on Tuesday in a duel match. And play in the Portsmouth Invitational on Thursday.

Ironton Invitational

Team Scores

1, Ironton 311; 2, Athens 321; 3, Ashland 332; 4, Gallipolis 340; 5, Portsmouth Clay, Wheelersburg 342; 7, Chesapeake 352; 8, West Union 360; 9, Jackson 363; 10, South Point 394; 11, Portsmouth 404; 12, River Valley 429.

Individual Leaders

Josh Zornes, Ironton 73

Morgan Dobbins, Jackson 75

Drew Rothenstine, Ashland 77

J.R. McKenzie, Clay 77

Andy Holtzapfel, Ironton 78

Ky Crist, Athens 78

Curtis Goldsberry 78

Josh Cooke, Ironton 79

Nathan Rawlins, Wheelersburg 80

Stephen Kelper, Athens 80

Johnathan Williams, Ironton 81

Mason Weisgarber, Ironton 81

Jordan Cornwell, Gallipolis 81

Team Totals

Ironton 311: Josh Zornes 73, Andy Holtzapfel 78, Josh Cooke 79, Johnathan Williams 81, Mason Weisgarber 81.

Athens 321: Ky Crist 78, Curtis Goldsberry 78, Stehen Kelper 80, Sean Ferguson 85, Nick Pratt 86, Chris Lo Risan 93.

Ashland 332: Drew Rothenstine 77, Jeff Meade 82, Kelly Porter 86, Josh Robinete 87, Nick Blankenship 91, David Hurst 95.

Gallipolis 340: Jordan Cornwell 81, Boeing Smith 85, Nick Saundes 86, Corey Hamilton 88, Rob Canady 90, Daniel Rees 93.

Portsmouth Clay 342: Johnny Ray McKenzie 77, Josh Riddlebarger 82, Cody Bussler 90, CamCaseman 93, Kyle Pollard 93, Nathan Burchett 101.

Wheelersburg 342: Nathan Rawlins 80, Webb Ballard 82, Kyle Cline 90, Bryce Hall 91, Casey Pennington 94, Austin Boyer 94.

Chesapeake 352: Roger Hoback 84, Seth Ransbottom 88, Nick Duffind 89, Gunner Hill 91, Nathan Copley 93, Seth Waggoner 97.

West Union 360: Tanner Huntley 82, Robbie Pell 84, Chris Jones 94, Cody Spriggs 100, Alexandra Bowles 111.

Jackson 363: Morgan Dobbins 75, Dylan Newson 89, Alec Ray 98, Tyler Williams 101, Ayron Lord 129, Josh Wiley 146.

South Point 394: Wes Hall 95, Zac Taylor 96, Wyatt Hall 100, Callie Taylor 103.

Portsmouth 404: Ian Rowland 88, Evan Sommer 89, Levi Porter 106, Cody Minton 113, Joey Amburgey 120.

River Valley 429: Cody Wimmer 94, Matt Ball 110, Zach Poleyn 111, Jacob Leach 114, Dan Goodrich 114, Chris Goodrich 116.

[BubbleGumTiger]

Looks like the Tigers are on a streak........nice job