Tyler Mawhinney's 64 leads all First Coast players in high school district tournaments

Fleming Island’s Tyler Mawhinney stole the show among area players in district golf tournaments last week.

Mawhinney, a sophomore, fired a school-record 8-under-par 64 at the St. Johns Golf and Country Club to beat teammates Jaylen Abbas by five shots and Emmett Kuhlenkamp by six to lead the Golden Eagles to a resounding 33-shot victory over Nease in the District 3-3A tournament.

Mawhinney shot 5-under 31 on the front nine, then bounced back from a double-bogey at No. 12 to birdie his last four holes. He posted the second-lowest individual score in the state, across all classifications, second only to a 63 at Grand Palms in Pembroke Pines by Lorenzo Rodriguez of Miami Belen Jesuit in District 13-1A.

Fleming Island, which also set a school record for 18 holes with its 8-under 280, wasn’t the only team who won their district title by healthy margins. Ponte Vedra’s girls won the District 3-2A tournament by 70 shots. The Beachside girls won District 4-2A by 85. And the Lake City Columbia girls won by triple-digits, topping second-place Crawfordville Wakulle in District 2-2A by 100 shots.

The regional tournaments will be Oct. 30-31, with 14 First Coast girls teams and 13 boys teams advancing, along with 13 girls individual qualifiers and 13 boys individuals for a total of 161 players involved. The top two from each region and the top two individuals not on those teams will advance to the state tournaments next month.

In addition, eight at-large teams and eight at-large individuals in each class will advance to the state tournament, based on the FHSAA’s iWanamaker index.

Here are the full district tournament results and regional tournament dates and sites:

BOYS

Class 3A

District 3, at St. Johns Golf and Country Club

Region 1 qualifiers: Fleming Island (280) -- Tyler Mawhinney 64, Jaylen Abbas 69, Emmet Kuhlenkamp 70, Ryan Houck 77, Dylan Frein 77. Nease (313) -- Ryan Nicholson 73, Cooper Diaz 79, Nicholas Adamonis 80, Chase McBride 81, Ethan Tak 84. Creekside (314) -- Bryson Hughes 76, Charle Hipp 77, Ty Martin 79, Ty Martineau 82, Carter Smith 90. Individual qualifiers: Lucas Elliott (Atlantic Coast) 75, Jackson Runquist (Fletcher) 76, William Becker (Bartram Trail) 77.

Notable: Mawhinney set the Fleming Island record for 18-hole score.

Class 2A

District 2, at Lake City Country Club

Region 1 qualifiers: Suwannee (314) -- Dawson Wooley 75, Ty Hurst 76, Clayton Senea 80, Madison Cameron 83, William Slaughter 86. Clay (329) -- Jack Newell 75, Robert Young 78, William Guy 83, Drew Ross 93, John Martin 85. Columbia (330) -- Connor Williams 70, Adyn Pettit 85, Valin Capen 87, Trenton Kirby 86, Landon Stapleton 102. Individual qualifiers: Brock Buhnerkamper (Orange Park) 70, Calvin Edwards (Tallahassee Lincoln) 77, Lucas Wahlstrom (Middleburg) 80.

Notable: Buhnerkamper tied Williams for medalist.

District 3, at Amelia Resort Oak Marsh

Region 1 qualifiers: Ponte Vedra (306) -- Cameron Reed 73, Sean Grzebin 77, Joey Hage 78, Cooper Franklin 78, Easton Oliva 80. Fernandina Beach (333) -- Tanner Millar 79, Colson Hale 80, Decah McDaniel 85, Griffin Banks 89, Brady Steffen 95. Bishop Kenny (338) -- Evan Raynor 74, Adam Enoch 81, Michael Saunders 89, Zach Rich 94, Cade Tucker 94. Individual qualifiers: Dmytro Kulyk (Paxon) 88, Josef Reed (Paxon) 90, Benjamin Reed (Paxon) 93.

Notable: The Sharks got their bid for a seventh state title in a row off to a good start by capturing four of the top five spots.

District 4, at Palatka Golf Club

Region 1 qualifiers: Beachside (291) -- Samuel Ha 69, Nolan Harper 71, Jaspreet Kondal 75, Jonah Nacional 76, Barton Abstein 79. St. Augustine (337) -- Luke Splane 70, Matt Ronan 86, Ryder Averdick 90, Hudson Silbert 91, Noah Dellasala 94. Menendez (348) -- Cash Winch 79, Eli Guernon 88, Noah Fechter 90, Cole Harris 91, Hayden Jackson 117. Individual qualifiers: Trevor Challice (Matanzas) 76, Zachary Williams (Santa Fe) 77, Luke Meredith (Palatka) 80, Trent Spires (Santa Fe) 80.

Notable: Beachside captured four of the top six spots. Ha mixed six birdies with four bogeys at the par-70 course.

Class 1A

District 3, at Quail Heights Country Club

Region 1 qualifiers: Keystone Heights (320) -- Kenneth Guy 72, Alexander Addington 80, Ty Mitchell 82, Nick Binet 86, Jacob Beach 100. Madison (356) -- Jarrod Sullivan 76, Bryson Olive 85, Kit Storey III 94, Tyler Ward 101, Braxton Townsend 109. Lafayette (365) -- Trey Galbraith 76, Harrison Jackson 85, Durand Driver 98, Harris Johnson 106, Jaxson McCray 121. Individual qualifiers: Gavin Barnes (Branford) 85, Turner Hersey (Peniel Baptist) 85, Charles Zink (Bradford) 86.

Notable: The Indians took Nos. 1, 4 and 5 individually on the way to the title.

District 4, at Hidden Hills

Region 1 qualifiers: Episcopal (310) -- Cam Goldknopf 74, Henry Robards 77, Connor Hess 77, Aubrey Fellows 82, Aaron Woods 89. Bolles (322) -- Luke Balskiewicz 73, Enzo Martin 81, Andrew Sharkey 82, Kelly Day 86, Neal Kuthiala 89. Providence (325) -- Keelan Jackson 77, Alexander Stewart 78, Caden Crews 85, Jack Cole 85, Ethan Grossman 86. Individual qualifers: Beckham Cummings (St. Johns Country Day) 87, Matthew Swaim (Bishop Snyder) 88, Ryan Berkshire (Wolfson) 89.

Notable: Balaskiewicz survived a windy day to nip Goldknopf by one but the Eagles captured three of the top four.

Region 1 tournaments

Oct. 30: 1-1A, at Jacksonville Beach Golf Club.

Oct. 31: 2-1A, at Perdido Bay, Pensacola; 3-1A, at St. Johns Golf and Country Club.

GIRLS

Class 3A

District 3, at St. Johns Golf and Country Club

Region 1 qualifiers: Fleming Island (329) -- Kalia Polete 77, Cambree Hodge 81, Chloe Blanc 84, Shayla Abbas 87, Kathryn McNeill 87. Creekside (348) -- Lila Weaver 84, Camila Burgos 84, Anna Jones 87, Kyra Gravelle 90, Neeya Patel 98. Mandarin (350) -- Jenna Leonard 84, Olivia Bass 86, Madelyn Kam 86, Andi Helmly 94, Lauren Enicks 123. Individual qualifiers: Anastasia Dimov (Atlantic Coast) 75, Ashley Mikesell (Bartram Trail) 79, Sofia Cavanagh (Nease) 82.

Notable: Individual qualifiers captured three of the top five spots, led by Dimov as the medalist. On a difficult day for scoring, Polete was the only player on a qualifying team to break 80.

Class 2A

District 2, at Quail Heights Country Club

Region 1 qualifiers: Columbia (335) -- Karlee Gainey 74, Alison O'Brien 77, Megan Ruwe 84, Rayna Hardin 100, Adeline Mock 119. Wakulla (435) -- McKenzie Anderson 90, Hadley Brown 102, Abbott Gauger 121, Jessica Core 122, Reagan Wester 136. Middleburg (457) -- Neva Wilson 78, Sophia Gaeta 122, Reagan Stininger 122, Yonder Lindsay 135, Chloe Toney 139. Individual qualifiers: Ryan Donaldson (Suwannee) 76, Taylor Margarone (Ridgeview) 91, Rebecca Gibson (Clay) 92.

Notable: The Tigers won by the largest margin among area district tournament champions.

District 3, at Fernandina Beach Golf Club

Region 1 qualifiers: Ponte Vedra (311) -- Nancy Cox 72, Stella Moritz 77, Alexandra Drum 77, Kennedy Hronek 85, Shradda Nambiar 91. Fernandina Beach (381) -- Elle Resisner 76, Sadaly Campbell 81, Sarah Smith 111, Zoey Gamba 113, Avery Bellew 136. Bishop Kenny (382) -- Kathleen Crawley 93, Katie Biagini 94, Sophia Rich 96, Candace Aldridge 99, Hannah Harvey 107. Individual qualifiers: Alyssa Hardy (Stanton) 78, Morgan Wilkerson (Riverside) 86, Julianna Leach (Paxon) 96.

Notable: Cox shot her fourth 72 or lower in five post-season rounds and all five Ponte Vedra players finished among the top-10.

District 4, at Palatka Golf Club

Region 1 qualifiers: Beachside (304) -- Sofia Rivera 72, Fiona Clancy 75, Ralienne Nacional 77, Maddie Rathjen 80, Alexia Iordanov 84. Matanzas (389) -- Alexandra Gazzoli 75, Zoe Alred 93, Ana Heartz 104, Jayne Cannaliato 108, SaraKate Vannucci 117. Palatka (437) -- Kaley Giddens 91, Aubrei Reed 110, Tatum White 112, Addilyn Edwards 124. Individual qualifiers: Grace Ko (Gainesville Eastside) 97, Jessica Duff (Menendez) 102, Baylee Mullins (North Marion) 104.

Notable: Every Beachside starter finished among the top six.

Class 1A

District 3, at Quail Heights Country Club

Region 1 qualifiers: Branford (449) -- Claire Bond 94, Bella Hobday 105, Kayleigh Wardle 125, Liberty Ward 125, Wyllow Davis 135. Taylor (496) -- Hannah Corey 116, Faith Gray 121, Hannah Staab 131, Camilia Roman 128. Keystone Heights (591) -- Amber Cunningham 121, Aubrey Brooks 132, Ashlynn Duncan 168, Jasmine Walls 170. Individual qualifiers: Danielle Dailey (St. Joseph's) 79, Zoe Elixson 98 (Union County), Lauren Boatwright (Penial Baptist) 113.

Notable: Dailey was the medalist and won by 15 shots over Bond.

District 4, at Hidden Hills 

Region 1 qualifiers: Bolles (316) -- Chloe McGrath 75, Grace Brefitt 76, Anaiya Naher 76, Maya Miller 89, Taylor Olson 98. Providence (341) -- Alexa Fallis 78, Emma Wells 81, Brooke Thomas 91, Emily Burford 91, Jessee Thompson 96. Episcopal (347) -- Shana Chokshi 76, Sofia Davila 86, Olivia Messana 90, Simryn Chokshi 95, Isabella Gatewood 99. Individual qualifiers: Addy Vogt (St. Johns Country Day) 82, Emily Cone (Christ's Church) 108, Taylor Bechtold (Bishop Snyder) 123.

Notable: McGrath nipped teammates Brefitt and Naher by one shot as Bolles took four of the top nine spots.

Region 1 tournaments

Oct. 30: 1-3A, at Hawkstone Golf Club, Gainesville; 1-1A, at Jacksonville Beach Golf Club.

Oct. 31: 1-2A, at Quail Heights, Lake City.

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Fleming Island races to District 3-3A title behind Tyler Mawhinney's 64