Dublin’s Blake Solomon has taken the lead after the second round of the 2022 Northeast Ohio Amateur Championship.
Solomon, a member of the Dayton Flyers men’s golf team, birdied three holes on the back side at Windmill Lakes, including a dart at the last to finish again at 1-under par 69 for a two day total of 2-under par 138.
“I got off to a slow start,” Solomon said. “I wasn’t hitting many greens or fairways. Then I hit a good one on 11, drove the green, tapped in a two-putt for birdie. Then I just kept it going from there.”
First round leader Aaron Crewse of Akron overcame a double bogey at the par-4 10th hole to post a second round score of 2-over par 72, and now sits in second place in the Championship while still leading the Mid-Amateur Division at a 1-under par 139 total.
“Actually, I was surprised about today, only because yesterday was the first good round I’ve played all year,” said Crewse. “Looking back on it, I’ll take 72. I hit maybe three or four fairways, so I saw a lot of the golf course.”
Bryan Kordupel of Youngstown and Cade Kreps from Boardman sit T3 in the Championship Division at even par 140.
Medina’s Andrew Grayson shot the round of the tournament thus far with a front nine 30 that lead to a Sunday 66. Grayson now sits in second place in the Mid-Am Division and T5 in the Championship Division.
On the Senior side, Stow’s David Trier shot a second round 72 to jump into the lead at a 6-over par 146 total.
Four players will chase him on Monday from one shot back: Kurt Peterson from Bolivar, first-round co-leader Marc Fried of Solon, Mark Guadagni of Hudson, and Lou Boarman of Mogadore.
Northeast Ohio Women’s Amateur
The second playing of the Northeast Ohio Women’s Amateur Championship began on Sunday for 36 holes at Windmill Lakes, and the leaders in both divisions are up by three shots after round one.
Margaret Williams of Wooster posted a 4-over par 74 to lead the Championship Division by three over Emily Holzopfel from Rayland.
“I played pretty good today,” said Williams. “I haven’t really prepared that much coming into today, so I was pretty happy with the results. Ready to get out there tomorrow and hopefully shoot a better score.”
Canton’s Shirley Vaughn leads the Women’s Senior Division at 75 by three over Gail Hackett, also from Canton.
Vaughn is the sister of Senior Division leader David Trier.
“The course was in great condition,” said Vaughn. “I hit some fairways today. I focused on hitting the center of the greens and making short putts. The greens are very challenging.”
More NEO Am
As always, NOGA’s Facebook page has many player interviews and photos from today at Windmill Lakes.
Men’s NEO Am Golf Genius Scoring | Men’s Final Round Pairings
Women’s NEO Am Golf Genius Scoring | Women’s Final Round Pairings
ROUND 2 RESULTS: Northern Ohio Golf Association
2022 Northeast Ohio Amateur Championship
presented by Great Lakes Auto Network
Windmill Lakes Golf Club, Ravenna – Par 70
Sunday, June 5, 2022
Championship Division
1 Blake Solomon, Dublin, Ohio 69 – 69 = 138
2 Aaron Crewse, Akron, OH 67 – 72 = 139
T3 Bryan Kordupel, Youngstown, OH 72 – 68 = 140
T3 Cade Kreps, Boardman, OH 73 – 67 = 140
T5 Tyler Andersen, Columbiana, OH 71 – 70 = 141
T5 Andrew Grayson, Medina, OH 75 – 66 = 141
7 Jeff Mallette, North Canton, OHIO 71 – 71 = 142
8 Jeff Blechschmidt, Cleveland, OH 75 – 69 = 144
T9 Roni Shin, Rocky River, oh 71 – 74 = 145
T9 Justin Atkinson, Brookfield, Ohio 72 – 73 = 145
T9 Tyler Ankrom, Akron, OH 73 – 72 = 145
T9 Aaron Belcher, Bluffton, Ohio 73 – 72 = 145
T9 Joshua Clay, North Canton, Ohio 72 – 73 = 145
T14 Zander Gibson, Concord, OH 73 – 73 = 146
T14 Chris Okeson, Lyndhurst, OH 70 – 76 = 146
T14 Brandon Jatich, North Canton, Ohio 72 – 74 = 146
T14 Camden Solomon, Dublin, OH 73 – 73 = 146
T14 Vaughn Snyder, Canton, Oh 77 – 69 = 146
T19 Nick Reardon, Galloway, OH 78 – 69 = 147
T19 Brandon Bodis, Avon Lake, Ohio 74 – 73 = 147
T21 Doug Barber, Willoughby, Ohio 72 – 76 = 148
T21 Brian Smith, Amherst, OH 77 – 71 = 148
T21 Andrew Kaye, Avon Lake, Ohio 75 – 73 = 148
T24 Thomas Miano, Stow, Ohio 72 – 77 = 149
T24 Brian Terlesky, Youngstown, ohio 79 – 70 = 149
T24 Kyle Smith, Akron, OH 73 – 76 = 149
T24 Ian Hardesty, Kent, OH 76 – 73 = 149
T28 Jack Herceg, Dublin, Ohio 75 – 75 = 150
T28 Luke Gazarek, Delaware, Ohio 74 – 76 = 150
T28 Luke Johnson, Westerville, OH 78 – 72 = 150
T28 Ben Hogan, Elyria, Ohio 77 – 73 = 150
T32 Nicholas Longano, Concord, OH 77 – 74 = 151
T32 Kyle Buzaki, Stow, Ohio 77 – 74 = 151
T32 Jack Hanus, Bowling Green, OH 83 – 68 = 151
T35 Logan Hooper, Toledo, OH 77 – 75 = 152
T35 Jay Prospal, Twinsburg, OH 73 – 79 = 152
T35 Michael Klaric III, Peninsula, OH 71 – 81 = 152
T38 Zach Glassman, Painesville, OH 77 – 76 = 153
T38 Ryan Chipps, Painesville, Ohio 79 – 74 = 153
T40 Gunnar McCollins, Massillon, OH 74 – 80 = 154
T40 Miles Miller, Dublin, OH 79 – 75 = 154
T42 Mason Frazier, Wooster, OH 79 – 76 = 155
T42 Jacob Sylak, Mineral Ridge, Ohio 77 – 78 = 155
T42 Ayden Richmond, Geneva, Ohio 75 – 80 = 155
T42 Jacob Lowis, Westerville, Ohio 81 – 74 = 155
T46 Rob Loomis, Akron, Ohio 74 – 83 = 157
T46 Colton Vincelette, Wadsworth, Ohio 79 – 78 = 157
T46 Andrew Malkus, Maple Heights, OH 78 – 79 = 157
T46 Brian Beebe, Uniontown, OH 80 – 77 = 157
T46 Eric Wonkovich, Lakewood, OH 77 – 80 = 157
51 Max Crookston, Stow, OH 78 – 80 = 158
52 Matthew Roth, North Royalton, OH 80 – 79 = 159
T53 Blake Hood, Alliance, OH 78 – 82 = 160
T53 Cole Christman, Canfield, OH 83 – 77 = 160
T55 Xander Moran, Kent, Ohio 82 – 80 = 162
T55 Paul Mastros, Wintersville, OH 83 – 79 = 162
T57 Alec Adcock, Canton, Ohio 81 – 82 = 163
T57 Colin Frimel, Medina, OH 85 – 78 = 163
T57 Charles Belden, Canton, Ohio 80 – 83 = 163
T57 Robert McMahon, Cleveland Heights, OH 79 – 84 = 163
61 Jonathan Riemer, Lakewood, Oh 82 – 82 = 164
62 Zach Panek, Bay Village, Ohio 86 – 80 = 166
T63 Emilio Noguez, University Heights, OH 84 – 85 = 169
T63 Conner Stevens, Brookfield, Oh 85 – 84 = 169
T63 Kota Ando, Ashland, Ohio 83 – 86 = 169
66 Adam Wickham, Uniontown, Ohio 81 – 90 = 171
67 Brian Tischler, Cleveland, OH 87 – 87 = 174
WD Brett Kaufman, Westlake, Oh WD
DNF Pj Malik, Pepper Pike, Ohio 82 – DNF
Mid-Amateur Division
1 Aaron Crewse, Akron, OH 67 – 72 = 139
2 Andrew Grayson, Medina, OH 75 – 66 = 141
3 Jeff Mallette, North Canton, OHIO 71 – 71 = 142
4 Jeff Blechschmidt, Cleveland, OH 75 – 69 = 144
5 Joshua Clay, North Canton, Ohio 72 – 73 = 145
T6 Chris Okeson, Lyndhurst, OH 70 – 76 = 146
T6 Vaughn Snyder, Canton, Oh 77 – 69 = 146
8 Nick Reardon, Galloway, OH 78 – 69 = 147
T9 Doug Barber, Willoughby, Ohio 72 – 76 = 148
T9 Brian Smith, Amherst, OH 77 – 71 = 148
T11 Thomas Miano, Stow, Ohio 72 – 77 = 149
T11 Ian Hardesty, Kent, OH 76 – 73 = 149
13 Ben Hogan, Elyria, Ohio 77 – 73 = 150
T14 Jay Prospal, Twinsburg, OH 73 – 79 = 152
T14 Michael Klaric III, Peninsula, OH 71 – 81 = 152
16 Zach Glassman, Painesville, OH 77 – 76 = 153
T17 Luke Stretar, Richfield, Oh 82 – 75 = 157
T17 Andrew Malkus, Maple Heights, OH 78 – 79 = 157
T17 Brian Beebe, Uniontown, OH 80 – 77 = 157
T17 Eric Wonkovich, Lakewood, OH 77 – 80 = 157
21 Matthew Roth, North Royalton, OH 80 – 79 = 159
22 Scott Loudon, N. Canton, Ohio 85 – 78 = 163
23 Jonathan Riemer, Lakewood, Oh 82 – 82 = 164
24 Rob Venrose, Poland, Ohio 87 – 78 = 165
25 Zach Panek, Bay Village, Ohio 86 – 80 = 166
T26 Josh Dankovich, Boardman, Ohio 85 – 84 = 169
T26 Emilio Noguez, University Heights, OH 84 – 85 = 169
28 Brian Tischler, Cleveland, OH 87 – 87 = 174
29 Matt Malone, Ashland, OH 92 – 83 = 175
WD Brett Kaufman, Westlake, Oh WD
DNF PJ Malik, Pepper Pike, Ohio 82 – DNF
Senior Division
1 David Trier, Stow, Oh 74 – 72 = 146
T2 Kurt Peterson, Bolivar, OH 73 – 74 = 147
T2 Marc Fried, Solon, OH 71 – 76 = 147
T2 Mark Guadagni, Hudson, Ohio 73 – 74 = 147
T2 Lou Boarman, Mogadore, OH 74 – 73 = 147
6 Brad Steven, Concord, OH 75 – 73 = 148
T7 David Stover, Pepper Pike, OH 78 – 72 = 150
T7 Mark Borlin, Stow, OH 71 – 79 = 150
T7 Jeffrey Knox, Brecksville, OH 77 – 73 = 150
T10 Rick Bryson, Akron, OH 75 – 76 = 151
T10 Chris Sabo, Akron, Ohio 79 – 72 = 151
12 Robert Schustric, hWindham, Ohio 77 – 75 = 152
T13 Nick Lambos, Canton, OH 73 – 81 = 154
T13 Mike Cassell, Hudson, OH 74 – 80 = 154
T15 Brian Sparrow, Chagrin Falls, Ohio 77 – 78 = 155
T15 Paul Lagrotteria, Elyria, Ohio 75 – 80 = 155
T15 Roger Tolley, Willard, United States 79 – 76 = 155
T18 Tom Baugh, Akron, OH 78 – 79 = 157
T18 Mike Crawford, Sheffield Lake, Ohio 78 – 79 = 157
20 John Toth, Akron, OH 79 – 79 = 158
T21 Jim Durr, Silver Lake, Ohio 80 – 79 = 159
T21 Tim Baker, Chagrin Falls, OH 82 – 77 = 159
23 Randy Crider, Brunswick, Ohio 79 – 82 = 161
T24 Tim Heavner, Alliance, Ohio 79 – 83 = 162
T24 Marc Blaushild, Moreland Hills, OH 83 – 79 = 162
26 Joe Denk, Fairview Park, OH 86 – 84 = 170
27 Matt Timmons, Shaker Heights, Ohio 90 – 83 = 173
28 Ed Marsinek, Ravenna, Ohio 86 – 89 = 175
WD Monty Guest, Solon, OH WD
WD Scott Saari, Avon Lake, OH WD
Women’s Championship Division
1 Margaret Williams, Wooster, Ohio 74
2 Emily Holzopfel, Rayland, Ohio 77
3 Cari Hetler, Green, Ohio 79
4 Emily Baumgartner, Tallmadge, OH 85
Women’s Senior Division
1 Shirley Vaughn, Canton, Ohio 75
2 Gail Hackett, Canton, OH 78
3 Denise Callahan, Canton, Ohio 80
4 Dawn Swit, Chagrin Falls, OH 81
5 Janet Shaheen, North Canton, OH 82
6 Diane Sabo, Painesville, OH 83
