NJ golf highlights: Ramapo's Harry Cohen wins Bergen Individual Championship; full results
ORADELL – Harry Cohen came painfully close to winning twice before, and the Ramapo sophomore finally won a title.
Cohen won the season-ending Bergen County Individual Golf Championship on Thursday at Hackensack Golf Club. And it was all the more satisfying after he twice went to a playoff this season and came up short.
“A lot of second places, so it’s just a really good feeling to get a win,” Cohen said. “I’m happy, and hopefully I can take this momentum into summer golf and shoot some good scores.”
Cohen won “The Luciano” by five strokes after his 5-over-par 77 at difficult Hackensack GC, combined with last week’s 5-under 66 at nearby Soldier Hill GC, gave him an even-par 143.
“He’s a special kid, and he had two heartbreaking losses in playoffs this year,” Ramapo coach Brian Gogerty said. “But the perseverance that he has, you can’t match it. The kid’s a competitor, and he just loves to play golf.”
Tenafly senior Jayden Ko was runner-up with 148. His 74 at Hackensack was the best round of the day in an event named in honor of Dan Luciano, the retired legendary coach who this year celebrates his 100th birthday.
“I just tried to stay in the moment today, every shot,” Ko said. “It’s my last high school round, so I tried to have fun with it.”
Three golfers shot 151 and the tie was broken via match of cards. Northern Highlands sophomore Ryan Klarreich shot 78 on Thursday and was third. Don Bosco freshman Aarush Malmandi shot 80 and was fourth, and Bergen Catholic senior Ryan Applin closed with 79 and was fifth.
Cohen’s five-stroke lead entering Thursday's finale was no sure thing. That’s because Hackensack GC, with its difficult hole placements combined with the wind, made it arguably the toughest challenge a North Jersey high school golfer faced this season.
“I tried not to think about it as best as I could, and just try to take it one shot at a time,” Cohen said of the five-shot lead. He finished with two birdies, five bogeys and a double-bogey.
During the season, Cohen lost in a playoff at the Arcola Invitational and lost in a playoff at the Big North Conference Bergen Bracket Championship. He enjoyed a stellar final week, though, leading Ramapo to Monday's NJSIAA Group 3 title and finishing seventh in the all-groups Tournament of Champions. And now he owns an individual crown.
“I actually hit it very well today, but the putting wasn’t amazing,” said Cohen, who had a quartet of three-putts and one four-putt. “But I guess it was good enough.”
“For a high school sophomore to come out here, and come out here with a five-stroke lead, and hold on to a five-stroke lead with as hard as this golf course was playing, he’s a special talent,” Gogerty said. “Kids like him don’t come around all that often. He’s got a bright future ahead of him.”
Bergen County Individual Championship
At Hackensack GC, Oradell
Par: 72
Harry Cohen, Ramapo 66-77-143
Jayden Ko, Tenafly 74-74-148
Ryan Klarreich, Northern Highlands 73-78-151
Aarush Malmandi, Don Bosco 71-80-151
Ryan Applin, Bergen Catholic 72-79-151
Liam White, Bergen Catholic 76-76-152
Michael Asselta, St. Joseph 75-77-152
Henry Nord, Ramapo 77-77-154
Liam Moloney, St. Joseph 73-82-155
Ryder Hodgson, Bergen Catholic 72-85-157
Jun Chun, Old Tappan 75-80-155
Rhys Burgess, Indian Hills 75-83-158
Michael Crosby, Tenafly 76-82-158
Noah Eide, Ramsey 80-80-160
Tommy Padilla, Northern Highlands 79-81-160
Stephen Viray, Don Bosco 79-82-161
John Minnetian, Tenafly 82-80-162
Alex Na, River Dell 80-82-162
John Souva, St. Joseph 77-85-162
Jaden Aroesty, Dwight-Englewood 80-84-164
Julius Viray, Don Bosco 80-87-167
Jack Sposa, Ramapo 78-90-168
Jordan Weiss, Ramapo 81-88-169
Cameron Ward, Don Bosco 77-92-169
Steven Roche, Indian Hills 78-92-170
Matt Volmar, River Dell 78-92-170
Ethan Shacknow, Fair Lawn 81-91-172
Dylan Sawyer, Pascack Hills 81-92-173
Edward McElroy, Dumont 81-93-174
Danny Sadrulah, Pascack Hills 80-95-175
Ryan Ledlow, Ramsey 81-96-177
Dwight-Englewood, Glen Rock, Cresskill win at NJIC
EMERSON – Freshman Jaden Aroesty’s whirlwind week of golf for Dwight-Englewood culminated with a couple of championships.
Aroesty shot the best score at Friday’s NJIC Championship, a 3-over-par 74 at steamy Soldier Hill Golf Course, and led the Bulldogs to the Meadowlands Division title.
Aroesty’s 74 came one day after he was the only player from the small-school NJIC to advance to next week’s Bergen County Luciano Individual Championship at nearby Hackensack GC. He qualified after shooting 80 on Thursday here at Soldier Hill during the Bergen Nassar Team Championship.
Dwight-Englewood carded a four-player 320 to win the Meadowlands title, and that was a double-digit improvement over its last two 18-hole tournaments. In addition to Aroesty’s 74, Danny Lax was Meadowlands runner-up with 79, while Todd Merson shot 81 and Zach Wolpov 86.
“A 320 is a good score, because we’re coming in lower than our sectional and county,” Dwight-Englewood coach Dan Farinola said. “And that was our goal, to finish the last tournament with the lowest round.”
Glen Rock won the Colonial Division title with 340 and its quartet swept the top four spots. Will Casper was division champ with 83, Kevin McKegney was runner-up with 84, Brendan Burkhardt third with 86 and Jack Gault fourth with 87.
Cresskill won the Patriot Division with 365. Gavin Kim was division titlist with 82, Abigail Kim was third with 87, Min Sun Kang shot 95 and Andy Lee 101.
Aroesty was five strokes better than the field and earned his 74 via three birdies, four bogeys and a double-bogey.
“The pins were in the same spots [as Thursday] and the tee boxes were moved up, so it made the course shorter and more predictable,” Aroesty said. “And I was used to the greens, and the speed of it, and really dialed in on the greens.”
NJIC Championship
At Soldier Hill GC, Emerson
Par: 71; Yardage: 6,225
Colonial Division
Glen Rock 340
Eastern Christian 435
Hawthorne 465
Butler 483
Manchester 551
Individuals (99 or better)
Will Casper, Glen Rock 83
Kevin McKegney, Glen Rock 84
Brendan Burkhardt, Glen Rock 86
Jack Gault, Glen Rock 87
Adam Avery, Butler 96
Ethan Nashold, Eastern Christian 97
Meadowlands Division
Team scores
Dwight-Englewood 320
Leonia 384
Hasbrouck Heights 391
Ridgefield 495
St. Mary 496
North Arlington 501
Individuals (99 or better)
Jaden Aroesty, Dwight-Englewood 74
Danny Lax, Dwight-Englewood 79
Logan Rendzio, Hasbrouck Heights 80
Todd Merson, Dwight-Englewood 81
Zach Wolpov, Dwight-Englewood 86
Christian Yun, Ridgefield 89
Daniel Keh, Palisades Park 92
Taekyu Lim, Leonia 94
Stacy Han, Leonia 95
Rachel Kang, Leonia 96
Ian Schaeffer, Hasbrouck Heights 98
Nathan Kang, Leonia 99
Patriot Division
Team scores
Cresskill 365
Saddle River Day 422
Waldwick 428
Park Ridge/Emerson 466
Midland Park 480
New Milford 522
Individuals (99 or better)
Gavin Kim, Cresskill 82
Braden O'Shea, Midland Park 85
Abigail Kim, Cresskill 87
Sahil Polepalle, Saddle River Day 94
Minsung Kang, Cresskill 95
Mike Cicero, Saddle River Day 97
Bergen Team Championship is a three-way battle
EMERSON – The closest three-way battle in decades at the Bergen County Golf Team Championship and the winner by a tiny little stroke was … Don Bosco.
The Ironmen won the Large Schools title at “The Nassar” by one stroke over Ramapo and three strokes over Bergen Catholic on Thursday at sunny Soldier Hill Golf Club.
“It just speaks to the talent level in Bergen County,” Don Bosco coach Gerard Ross said. “Everybody’s shooting low numbers, and that’s what I love about it. I love the fact that we have a bunch of talented golfers in this county and they bring their ‘A’ game when it matters.”
Don Bosco carded a shoot-five, count-four score of 301, while Ramapo shot 302 and Bergen Catholic 304 on a par-71 course that played 6,225 yards.
St. Joseph won the Small Schools title with 311, while River Dell was runner-up with 329 and Dwight-Englewood third with 331.
Meanwhile, the team championship serves as the first round of the 36-hole Bergen Individual Championship and Ramapo standout sophomore Harry Cohen owns a five-stroke lead after shooting 5-under-par 66.
The final round of “The Luciano” is next Thursday at nearby Hackensack GC and three players are within six strokes of Cohen. Don Bosco freshman Aarush Malmandi shot 71 and is five strokes back. Bergen Catholic teammates Ryan Applin and Ryder Hodgson shot 72 and are six shots off the lead.
Don Bosco by a stroke
How good was Don Bosco? You needed an 81 or better to qualify for next week’s Bergen individual championship and five Ironmen made it with room to spare. In addition to Malmandi’s 71, Lucas Hofmeister shot 74, Cameron Ward 77, Stephen Viray 79 and his freshman brother, Julius, had 80.
Coaches were permitted to view the scoring online – players were not allowed to check their phones – and Ross said following along with the hole-by-hole battle against Ramapo and Bergen Catholic was agonizing.
“The live scoring that we used, terrifying,” Ross said, “because every hole the score gets updated, and we went back and forth with Ramapo. There was a challenge that came from Bergen Catholic midway through the round. And the last two holes, as the scores came in, we didn’t know how this was going to turn out.”
St. Joseph by 18
This marked St. Joseph’s first year competing in the Small Schools division and it dominated with the 311. The Green Knights have gone the entire season doing battle regularly with Don Bosco and Bergen Catholic and more than holding their own against the heavyweights.
Liam Moloney led St. Joseph with 73, Michael Asselta had 75 and John Souva 77. Padraig Leahy rounded out the scoring with 86.
“We’ve been really improving our games from the beginning of the season and we’ve been coming on strong and playing well,” St. Joseph coach Kevin Rooney said. “We’ve been a consistent team and I’m proud of these guys and it’s a nice way to end the season and gives us some momentum going into next year.”
Cohen is a handful
Cohen has been North Jersey’s top player this season. He earned Thursday’s 66 and five-shot lead thanks to six birdies and just one bogey. He has only had one bogey in each of his last two 18-hole tournaments.
Cohen has to wait a week to continue, but first he and the Green Raiders are headed to Monday’s State Boys Championship at Raritan Valley in Bridgewater. They seek a Group 3 title.
“It’s a little weird,” Cohen said of waiting a week, “but I think it might be better, to just not even think about it. It’ll be a little hard, but it’s fine. I just have to keep doing what I’m doing and it should be fine.”
A hole-in-one
Pascack Hills junior Daniel Sadrulah, 18, had his first career hole-in-one, on the 161-yard 11th hole. That was the difference in him making the cut to the Luciano, as he shot 80. He knew to put the ball away in his bag “right away.”
“I pulled out my 7-iron. I was between my 7 and 8,” Sadrulah said. “I decided, ‘I’ll just choke down on my 7 and see how that goes.’ It started left, starting fading a little bit, it bounced, and I thought it was just five yards from the hole. Nothing too big. And then the guys at the tee in front of us started jumping and yelling and everything.”
Bergen County Nassar Team Championship
At Soldier Hill GC, Emerson
Par: 71; Yardage: 6,225
Large Schools
Don Bosco 301
Ramapo 302
Bergen Catholic 304
Tenafly 315
Northern Highlands 323
Old Tappan 324
Ridgewood 332
Fort Lee 336
Fair Lawn 363
Bergen Tech 364
Small Schools
St. Joseph 311
River Dell 329
Dwight-Englewood 331
Pascack Hills 336
Paramus Catholic 338
Indian Hills 338
Ramsey 342
Demarest 362
Glen Rock 367
Mahwah 384
Individuals (89 or better)
(Boys 81 or better advance to next week's
Luciano Individual Championship)
Harry Cohen, Ramapo 66
*Rebecca Lee, Fort Lee 70
Aarush Malmandi, Don Bosco 71
Ryan Applin, Bergen Catholic 72
Ryder Hodgson, Bergen Catholic 72
Ryan Klarreich, Northern Highlands 73
Liam Moloney, St. Joseph 73
Jayden Ko, Tenafly 74
Lucas Hofmeister, Don Bosco 74
Jun Chun, Old Tappan 75
Michael Asselta, St. Joseph 75
*Cassandre Mayer, Paramus Catholic 75
Rhys Burgess, Indian Hills 75
Michael Crosby, Tenafly 76
Liam White, Bergen Catholic 76
Cameron Ward, Don Bosco 77
Henry Nord, Ramapo 77
John Souva, St. Joseph 77
*Aileen Kang, Fort Lee 78
Jack Sposa, Ramapo 78
Matt Volmar, River Dell 78
Steven Roche, Indian Hills 78
Tommy Padilla, Northern Highlands 79
Stephen Viray, Don Bosco 79
Julius Viray, Don Bosco 80
Noah Eide, Ramsey 80
Alex Na, River Dell 80
Danny Sadrulah, Pascack Hills 80
Jaden Aroesty, Dwight-Englewood 80
Edward McElroy, Dumont 81
Ethan Shacknow, Fair Lawn 81
Jordan Weiss, Ramapo 81
Ryan Ledlow, Ramsey 81
Dylan Sawyer, Pascack Hills 81
First 2 alternates
John Minnetian, Tenafly 82
Parker Rollins, Ridgewood 82
Did not make cut
Braden Bhalla, Ridgewood 83
Hoewon Park, Tenafly 83
Noah Rubach, Tenafly 83
Luke Chang, Old Tappan 83
Tim Clune, Old Tappan 83
Zach Miller, Old Tappan 83
Reese Taubin, Ridgewood 83
Kevin Agranovich, Pascack Hills 83
Danny Lax, Dwight-Englewood 83
Todd Merson, Dwight-Englewood 83
Hayes Williams, Ridgewood 84
Adam Sincavage, Bergen Catholic 84
Nico Pantello, Northern Highlands 85
Nick Theodorou, Don Bosco 85
Chris Vrtis, Bergen Catholic 85
Nikhil Sahu, Bergen Catholic 85
Jayden Na, River Dell 85
Owen Moynihan, Mahwah 85
Dawson Lin, Dwight-Englewood 85
Zach Wolpov, Dwight-Englewood 85
Mike Buckley, Old Tappan 86
Chase Collum, Northern Highlands 86
Matt Ketas, Bergen Tech 86
Alex Jolakian, Ramapo 86
Padraig Leahy, St. Joseph 86
Nick Spelda, River Dell 86
Zach Taylor, Paramus Catholic 86
Jaden Han, Mahwah 86
Brendan Burkhardt, Glen Rock 86
Nicolas Gorenstein, Demarest 86
Charlie Cannold, Bergen Tech 87
Darren Coyle, St. Joseph 87
Dylan Ayer, Ramsey 88
Allen Magie, Paramus Catholic 88
Alvyn Kwon, Demarest 88
Danny Fasano, Fair Lawn 89
Marcos Rodriguez, Paramus Catholic 89
Evan Copchonak, Indian Hills 89
*Girls cannot advance to Boys Individual Championship.
Passaic Tech sweeps at Passaic County Championship
WAYNE - Passaic Tech posted its first sweep at the Passaic County Golf Championship, with junior Tyler Cammarota winning the individual crown and the Bulldogs repeating as team titlist.
Cammarota carded 5-over-par 75 on Wednesday at the Preakness Valley West Course to finish one shot ahead of the two-time defending champion, DePaul senior Damian Scelba.
Passaic Tech won the team title with a shoot-five, count-four score of 333 that was 22 strokes ahead of Wayne Valley and 25 better than DePaul.
“Two years in a row, and it’s the first time the school’s ever seen it, Cammarota said, “But we’ll be back here next year for three.”
Golf continues to grow in popularity at Passaic Tech, and all five players finished in the top 15. In addition to Cammarota’s 75, junior Thomas Scheidegger shot 85, senior Brian Gaboda 86, freshman Zach Soder 87 and senior Matthew Antonucci 94.
“Two [titles] in a row after never having won one, it’s surprising,” Passaic Tech coach Jeff Bargiel said. “This team, they enjoy their company together, they go out and play on their own time, which is rare, and they click. They get along great, and they’re constantly practicing, competing, pushing each other, which I encourage, and then it shows when we go and play.”
Cammarota won it with two birdies, five bogeys and a double-bogey. His chipping and putting was the difference.
“My putting and chipping kind of saved me,” said Cammarota, who last week won the Big North Passaic Bracket individual crown and led the Bulldogs to the team title. “I didn’t hit many greens. I think I hit nine out of 18 greens, and I was draining putts from 10 feet to help me get up-and-down every time.”
Passaic County Championship
At Preakness Valley GC, West Course
Par: 70
Team scores
Passaic Tech 333
Wayne Valley 355
DePaul 358
Wayne Hills 381
West Milford 385
Lakeland 400
Hawthorne 447
Eastern Christian 454
Passaic Valley 455
Individuals (Top 15)
Tyler Cammarota, Passaic Tech 75
Damian Scelba, DePaul 76
Michael Snyder, West Milford 77
Lex Ferguson, Wayne Valley 83
Jimmy Veale, Wayne Hills 83
Tristan Davison, Lakeland 85
Ryan Hayes, Wayne Valley 85
Thomas Scheidegger, Passaic Tech 85
Brian Gaboda, Passaic Tech 86
Robert Oechslin, DePaul 86
Zach Soder, Passaic Tech 87
AJ Diagostini, Wayne Valley 92
Vincent Maione, DePaul 93
Joey Caiton, Wayne Hills 93
Matthew Antonucci, Passaic Tech 94
Bergen Catholic among 5 winners at Big North Bergen Bracket
ROCKLEIGH – Ryan Applin, his Bergen Catholic teammates, and their longtime coach, Jim Jacobsen, all had something to celebrate.
Applin led Bergen Catholic to the Big North Conference Golf Bergen Bracket overall title Friday. His 4-under-par 68 paved the way for the team’s shoot-five, count-four score of 294 and 12-stroke margin over Ramapo.
“We felt that we were a good team and we weren’t performing well, so this felt like redemption,” Jacobsen said.
Applin, a senior, then won the individual title at Rockleigh Golf Course after surviving a two-hole playoff against arguably North Jersey’s hottest player, Ramapo sophomore Harry Cohen. Applin won with two pars.
Meanwhile, Jacobsen, who took charge of the Bergen Catholic program in 1983, became the first coach in New Jersey history – in any sport – to reach 1,200 career victories.
Jacobsen won his first-ever match here at Rockleigh and said, “This is where I started it all 41 years ago, so to do it here, and get 1,200, it’s a great feeling.”
There were five division champions:
Bergen Catholic won the United with the 294 and Don Bosco and St. Joseph shared second at 309. In addition to Applin’s 68, Ryder Hodgson had 74, Liam White 75 and Adam Sincavage 77.
Ramapo won the Freedom with 306 and Ridgewood was runner-up with 319. In addition to Cohen’s 68, Harry Nord had 73, Alex Jolakian 81 and Jordan Weiss 84.
Tenafly won the National with 314 and Old Tappan was runner-up with 325. Jayden Ko led Tenafly with 71, good for third overall, while Michael Crosby had 74, John Minnetian 81 and Noah Rubach 88.
River Dell won the Patriot with 335 and Ramsey was runner-up with 342. The Golden Hawks had a quartet in the 80s: Matt Volmar 81, Jayden Na and Matt Scipioni 83 apiece and Alex Na 88.
Fort Lee won the American with 334 and Fair Lawn was runner-up with 357. Rebecca Lee led the Bridgemen with 76, Aileen Kang had 83, Nick Park 85 and Ina Song 90.
Applin played his final seven holes at 5-under to force a playoff. He won on the second playoff hole, the par-4 18th, with a 2-foot putt, after he made a 6-foot putt on the first-playoff hole, the par-4 10th, to extend the match. That first par putt was huge considering he pulled his drive left of the cart path and his first chip was shy of the green.
“My mentality was just, ‘Dig it out of the dirt,’ and I feel that’s what won it for me today,” said Applin, the first to win Big North and NJIC titles after winning the latter while at Park Ridge. “I got down early today, and just to be able to battle back, never quit, that’s what I did the best today.”
Big North United Championship
Bergen Bracket
At Rockleigh GC, Rockleigh
Par: 72; Yardage: 6,298
United Division
Bergen Catholic 294
Don Bosco 309
St. Joseph 309
Paramus Catholic 348
DePaul 368
National Division
Tenafly 314
Old Tappan 325
Demarest 362
Pascack Valley 447
Bergenfield 463
Freedom Division
Ridgewood 319
Ramapo 306
Northern Highlands 320
Indian Hills 343
Paramus Catholic 401
Patriot Division
River Dell 335
Ramsey 342
Pascack Hills 353
Mahwah 364
Westwood 381
American Division
Fort Lee 334
Fair Lawn 357
Dumont 391
Dwight Morrow 440
Individuals (90 or better)
Ryan Applin, Bergen Catholic 68*
Harry Cohen, Ramapo 68
Jayden Ko, Tenafly 71
Henry Nord, Ramapo 73
Mike Asselta, St. Joseph 73
Ryder Hodgson, Bergen Catholic 74
Michael Crosby, Tenafly 74
Liam White, Bergen Catholic 75
Jun Chun, Old Tappan 75
Liam Moloney, St. Joseph 75
Stephen Viray, Don Bosco 76
Parker Rollins, Ridgewood 76
Rebecca Lee, Fort Lee 76
Adam Sincavage, Bergen Catholic 77
Julius Viray, Don Bosco 77
Lucas Hofmeister, Don Bosco 77
Damian Scelba, DePaul 77
John Souva, St. Joseph 77
Luke Chang, Old Tappan 77
Branden Bhalla, Ridgewood 77
Ryan Klarreich, Northern Highlands 78
Rhys Burgess, Indian Hills 78
Steve Roche, Indian Hills 78
Aarush Malamandi, Don Bosco 79
Tommy Padilla, Northern Highlands 79
Nico Pantello, Northern Highlands 80
Noah Edie, Ramsey 80
John Minnetian, Tenafly 81
Alex Jolakian, Ramapo 81
Matt Volmar, River Dell 81
Cassandre Mayer, Paramus Catholic 82
Zachary Taylor, Paramus Catholic 82
Reese Taubin, Ridgewood 82
Cameron Ward, Don Bosco 83
Chase Collum, Northern Highlands 83
Jayden Na, River Dell 83
Matt Scipioni, River Dell 83
Jaden Han, Mahwah 83
Aileen Kang, Fort Lee 83
Padraig Leahy, St. Joseph 84
Hayes Williams, Ridgewood 84
Jordan Weiss, Ramapo 84
Dylan Ayer, Ramsey 84
Ethan Shacknow, Fair Lawn 84
Jack Sposa, Ramapo 85
Ryan Ledlow, Ramsey 85
Danny Sadrulah, Pascack Hills 85
Owen Moynihan, Mahwah 85
Nick Park, Fort Lee 85
Robert Oechslin, DePaul 86
Tim Clune, Old Tappan 86
Marcus Shim, Westwood 86
Michael Buckley, Old Tappan 87
Chris Vrtis, Bergen Catholic 88
Allen Magie, Paramus Catholic 88
Noah Rubach, Tenafly 88
Alex Na, River Dell 88
Dan Goldman, Pascack Hills 88
Daniel Fasano, Fair Lawn 88
Eddie McElroy, Dumont 88
Nick Gorenstein, Demarest 89
Dylan Sawyer, Pascack Hills 89
Zach Miller, Old Tappan 90
Ian Chung, Demarest 90
Matt Olear, Mahwah 90
Ina Song, Fort Lee 90
*-Applin won on second playoff hole
Holy Angels repeats as Bergen girls champ
TEANECK – Holy Angels is leading a charge in North Jersey girls’ golf that could culminate with ground-breaking results at the NJSIAA Championship.
The Angels continued their dominance by repeating as titlist at Bergen County Girls Golf Championship on May 3 with a record-breaking score at Overpeck Golf Course.
Holy Angels carded a staggering shoot-five, count-four score of 3-over-par 291. That indicates the all-girls parochial school in Demarest can become the first North Jersey school to win the State title since the four-score format was introduced in 2009.
“I think it’s possible,” Holy Angels coach Pat Dunne said of winning the State title on May 16 at Raritan Valley CC in Bridgewater. “And I think these kids realize that.”
But wait, North Jersey golf fans, there’s more: Immaculate Heart, Wednesday’s runner-up with 316, and Bergen Tech, third with 327, also remain among the state’s top teams. It should be noted that, at last year’s NJSIAA Championship, Holy Angels was runner-up, Bergen Tech third and Immaculate Heart fourth.
“Girls golf, ladies golf, has come a long way, and they’re all striving to be better, and they’re all playing and working hard,” Bergen Tech coach Susan Polonsky.
“It’s nice bringing North Jersey teams to compete at the highest level in the State tournament,” Immaculate Heart coach Lauren Rhein said, adding, “And it’s just kudos to the work ethic, because I think that speaks volumes.”
North Jersey is thriving the past few seasons thanks to the influx of young talent, and Wednesday’s leaderboard underscores it:
Holy Angels sophomore Angelina Kim won the individual title with 4-under 68, while fellow Angels sophomore Inha Jun shot 71 and was runner-up via match of cards.
Two of North Jersey’s latest freshmen standouts were third and fourth, with Paramus Catholic’s Cassandre Mayer third with 71 and Immaculate Heart’s Skylar Lee fourth with 72.
Holy Angels had four players finish in the top 10. In addition to Kim’s 68 and Jun’s 71, senior Amelia Shen was fifth with 75 and freshman Olivia Lee was ninth with 77.
“The kids have been great all year,” said Dunne, whose team’s next tournament is Monday’s North Sectional at Great Gorge GC in Vernon. “They’re not satisfied with how well they play. They just want to keep playing better. They work hard, they go to their lessons, they come to my practices, they hit buckets of balls, and they deserve everything they get.”
“Our team dynamic is better. It was good last year, but we’re definitely having a better season this year,” said Kim, whose team’s biggest obstacle likely will be two-time defending State champion Wardlaw-Hartridge. “We work well together as a team, cheer each other up.”
Bergen County Girls Golf Championship
At Overpeck GC, Teaneck
Par: 72; Yardage: 5,786
Team scores
Holy Angels 291
Immaculate Heart 316
Bergen Tech 327
Demarest 368
Ramapo 372
Ridgewood 372
Old Tappan 380
Northern Highlands 400
Individuals (Top 30)
Angelina Kim, Holy Angels 68
Inha Jun, Holy Angels 71
Cassandre Mayer. Paramus Catholic 71
Skylar Lee, Immaculate Heart 72
Amelia Shen, Holy Angels 75
Victoria Jolakian, Ramapo 76
Marisa Flores, Immaculate Heart 76
Bella Crespo, Bergen Tech 76
Olivia Lee, Holy Angels 77
Olivia Pak, Bergen Tech 78
Rebecca Lee, Fort Lee 78
Aubrey Lee, Bergen Tech 80
Alana Flores, Immaculate Heart 80
Chloe Kim, Old Tappan 80
Aileen Kang, Fort Lee 83
Kate Giletta, Indian Hills 84
Tei Kim, Demarest 86
Ava Heins, Northern Highlands 87
Madisyn Falto, Immaculate Heart 88
Clair Song, Demarest 88
Julia Vizanko, Ridgewood 89
Sharanya Agarwal, Holy Angels 89
Emma Cammalleri, Demarest 90
Reese Fishman, Ramapo 91
Isabella Del Bosco, Immaculate Heart 92
Charlotte Celiberti, Ridgewood 92
Katherine Lim, Bergen Tech 93
Boram Shim, Old Tappan 94
Eleanor Ha, Northern Highlands 95
Jenny Yang, Ridgewood 95
Holy Angels win Big North girls title
Sophomore Angelina Kim led Holy Angels to the Big North Conference girls golf championship and captured the individual title.
Kim shot even-par 70 at Valley Brook Golf Course in River Vale on April to finish one stroke ahead of another All-North Jersey standout, junior Marisa Flores of Immaculate Heart.
Kim and Holy Angels carded a shoot-five, count-four score of 10-over 290, while Bergen Tech was runner-up with 307 and Immaculate Heart third at 317 in the nine-team Championship Flight.
For Holy Angels, sophomore Inha Jun shot 72, and senior Amelia Shen and Olivia Lee each shot 74, while Sharanya Agarwal had 78. All five Angels finished in the top 10 among the 76 players who posted scores.
Kim, who last year placed fourth at the NJSIAA Championship, had four birdies and four bogeys to edge Flores, who had three birdies and four bogeys. Jun and Bergen Tech’s Bella Crespo were a stroke behind with 72.
In the Adjusted Flight, Wayne Valley won with 307, Ramsey was runner-up with 316 and Passaic Tech third with 319.
Big North Girls Championship
At Valley Brook GC, River Vale
Par: 70
Championship Flight
Team scores
Holy Angels 290
Bergen Tech 307
Immaculate Heart 317
Ridgewood 338
Demarest 350
Old Tappan 356
Ramapo 356
Indian Hills 364
Northern Highlands 397
Individuals (Top 30)
Angelina Kim, Holy Angels 70
Marisa Flores, Immaculate Heart 71
Inha Jun, Holy Angels 72
Bella Crespo, Bergen Tech 72
Olivia Pak, Bergen Tech 74
Amelia Shen, Holy Angels 74
Olivia Lee, Holy Angels 74
Aubrey Lee, Bergen Tech 76
Chloe Kim, Old Tappan 76
Victoria Jolakian, Ramapo 78
Sharanya Agarwal, Holy Angels 78
Skylar Lee, Immaculate Heart 79
Reese Fishman, Ramapo 79
Jessica Danckwerth, Wayne Valley 79
Julia Vizanko, Ridgewood 80
Gaby Becker, Indian Hills 81
Izzy Del Bosco, Immaculate Heart 81
Sofia Pangan, Passaic Tech 82
Claire Song, Demarest 82
Jenny Yang, Ridgewood 85
Maddy Lukang, Bergen Tech 85
Charlotte Celiberti, Ridgewood 85
Ava Heins, North Highlands 86
Alana Flores, Immaculate Heart 86
Tei Kim, Demarest 86
Emma Cammalleri, Demarest 88
Jackie Williams, Ridgewood 88
Kate Giletta, Indian Hills 89
Erin Joyce, Paramus 89
Claire Giletta, Indian Hills 89
A hole-in-one
Congratulations to Bergen Tech senior Freddie Cicoria, who had a hole-in-one Wednesday at Paramus GC. Cicoria aced the 125-yard fifth hole in a match against Fair Lawn.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: NJ golf highlights: Ramapo's Harry Cohen wins Bergen County title
