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STEUBENVILLE -- The Ohio high school golf season teed off on Thursday and Steubenville Big Red notched a win over Indian Creek to open its season victorious.
Taking on Creek at Steubenville Country Club on opening morning, Big Red fired a team score of 164, which was 26 strokes better than the Redskins to take the season-opening victory in the nine-hole duel match.
The win also gives new Big Red golf coach Joe Garay his first win as the team’s head coach.
Steubenville was led by match medalist Andrew Matzorkis with a low score of a one-over par 37. Noah Kokiko followed with a 41 and Jaggar Rawson turned in a 42, while three Steubenville golfers -- Joel Elliot, Patrick Jenkins and Gino Scaffidi -- each carded a score of 44.
For Indian Creek, Riley Guskea was just behind Matzorkis with a three-over 39 for the second best score of the day. Also for the Redskins, Garrin Clark followed close behind with a 40, Maddox Barrrett had a 52 and David Pawelczyk shot a 59.
Big Red is back in action on Monday at Pymatuning Valley.
BILBY LEADS WEST VIRGINIA OPEN
DANIELS -- The 93rd West Virginia Open Championship is headed to the final round with a local golfer atop the leader board.
Follansbee native and Brooke graduate Ryan Bilby moved up five spots with a strong second round at Glade Springs on Thursday, shooting a 66 to sit in the lead at seven-under par going to today’s final round.
Bilby entered the day in the top-10 after an opening round 71 on the Stonehaven Course Wednesday. His Thursday jump up the leader board came on the Cobb Course. Today’s final round is back on the Stonehaven Course.
Bilby, a former standout for the Bruins and Marshall University, is looking for his second W.Va. Open championship after winning the event in 2023.
The W.Va. Open is the biggest event of the season for the West Virginia Golf Association.