2024 MIAA Division 3 Golf Sectionals: Weston makes it three; Ayer Shirley, Monty Tech repeat; Sandwich takes South

William Goldstein shot a 3-over-par 75 on the Stow Acres Country Club course and led a dominating performance by Weston High School to capture the 2024 Division 3 North Golf Championship.

Tom Lamb (78) also played a big role for the Wildcats, finishing 3 strokes back of Goldstein and Gray West of Manchester Essex Regional, who also shot a 75. Teddy Dreyer and Beckett Huber rounded out the team scoring for Weston, each shooting 8-over 80 to finish as part of a three-way tie for sixth place individually.

The sectional championship was the third in a row for Weston, which also is the two-time defending Division 3 state champion and will try to add to that run in the Division 3 State Championships on Monday, October 21 at Foxborough Country Club. North Reading High School finished second as a team (+50) and Manchester Essex was third (+54). 

Paddy Brown of Minuteman Regional also shot 78 to share third place with Lamb, and Jason Curran of North Reading High School was another stroke back in fifth (79, +7). Vincent Magee of Triton Regional matched Dreyer and Huber with his 8-over 80.

Division 3 Central

Tommy Bergin and Reid Ohanesian swept the top two individual spots and led Ayer Shirley Regional High School to the first outright golf championship in school history as the Panthers captured the Division 3 Central tournament at Kettle Brook Golf Club in Paxton.

Bergin shot a 2-over-par 74 on the par-72 Kettle Brook course, with Ohanesian close behind at 4-over 76. Their efforts helped Ayer Shirley to a +42 team score, which was 2 strokes better than runner-up Maynard High School. Ayer Shirley also was victorious in 2023, winning a tiebreaker over Hopedale High School on a match of cards. 

Aadi Patel (+17, T-20) and Jason Turner (+19, T-24) were the other top scorers in the Panthers' victory at Kettle Brook.

Nathan Copetas (+7) led the runner-up effort for Maynard, finishing in a tie for third with Hopedale's Colin Haynes. Maynard's William Fowler was fifth overall (+7).

Division 3 South

Blaise Chatigney finished as co-medalist and Sandwich High School captured its first sectional championship since 2021, taking home victory in the Division 3 South Championship at The Ridge Club in Sandwich.

Chatigney shot an 8-over-par 79 on the par-71 Ridge Club layout to finish in a share of top individual honors with Ben Catalano of Cape Cod Academy.

Luke Greeley was tied for third (+9) for the winning Blue Knights, who also got scoring performances from Nathan DeBlank and Bradley Moesman, both of whom shot 14-over 85 to join a six-way tie for 17th place overall. Sandwich shot +45 as a team to finish 4 strokes clear of runner-up St. John Paul II, which was led by Isabella Scioletti (T-6, +11).

Monomoy Regional was third as a team at +55, led by Jackson Rocco, who shot +9 to tie Greeley for third individually.

Division 3 West

Ryan Hebert earned medalist honors with a 3-over-par 74 and Montachusett Tech repeated as Division 3 West champion by easily outdistancing the rest of the six-team field at Wahconah Country Club in Dalton.

Beckham Chouinard shot an 11-over 82 and was in a tie for sixth place individually to back Hebert and help the Bulldogs bring home the championship hardware for the second time. Austin Haas tied for ninth (+13) and Quinn Burns was 12th (+15) to round out the scoring for Monty Tech.

The Bulldogs' team score of +42 was well clear of runner-up Lenox High School (+68), with both teams qualifying for the Division 3 State Tournament at Foxborough Country Club.

Joe Abderhalden of Lee High School finished in second place at +6, just 3 strokes back of Hebert. Placing in a tie for third were Gabe Mota of Franklin County Tech and Tyler Labonte of Monson High School, both at +7.