Golf: Bishop Brady’s Boule win D-III individual title, Savary finished second in girls’ championship
Published: 10-19-2024 11:20 PM |
Finishing your senior season as a champion is something that student athletes dream of. Aiden Boule experienced that this past week - twice. After leading Bishop Brady to a Division III team title on Thursday, Boule earned his second title of the week by claiming the D-III individual championship on Saturday at Brady’s home course, Beaver Meadow in Concord.
Boule entered Saturday’s final round in a tie at the top of the leaderboard with Owen Wilkinson of Stevens. Both golfers carded a 9-over par in Thursday’s first round at Rochester Country Club, three strokes ahead of Bishop Brady freshman Chase Connor and Derryfield’s Mitch Grunbeck.
Eighteen holes later, Boule once again found himself in a tie, this time with Lebanon senior Ben Britton. Britton was tied for seventh at 15-over, six strokes behind Boule after the first round, but had the best round on Saturday, carding a 9-over. Boule shot a 15-over at Beaver Meadow, giving both competitors a two-round total of 24-over. Boule won the playoff hole to claim the title, becoming Brady’s first individual champion since Nick Grimbilas in 2018.
“I’m so happy for Aiden’s dream ending,” Bishop Brady head coach Jason Bird said. “Aiden is so competitive with himself. He is at his happiest when playing like he has been.”
Wilkinson shot a 16-over in the second round to finish at 25-over, one stroke behind Boule and Britton to finish third. Grunbeck (26-over) and Coe-Brown senior Alex Myslinski (29-over) finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
Connor (33-over) and Brady teammate, sophomore Luke Bedard (35-over), finished seventh and ninth, while John Stark sophomore Landon Duclos (35-over) came in 10th.
Brady earned some more hardware on Saturday when sophomore Mady Savary finished runner-up in the girls’ individual state championship.
Dover senior Carys Fennessy shot a 3-under on Oct. 5 at Campbell’s Scottish Highlands, four strokes ahead of Savary. Fennessy shot a 5-under at Beaver Meadow and Savary carded a 2-under, giving Fennessy a two-day total of 8-under to win the title.
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Savary’s combined score of 1-under was 18 strokes ahead of Windham senior Cassidy Gallant (17-over).
“Mady makes the best course management decisions,” Bird said. “She’s a natural athlete, I’m just glad she picked golf.”
Savary, who also plays on the Bishop Brady field hockey team, was the medalist in Thursday’s team championship, scoring 3-over, six strokes ahead of Boule.
Exeter senior Jascha Johnston won the D-I title with 1-over par, eight strokes ahead of runner-up Nolan Cahill of Keene, crushing the rest of the field in Saturday’s second round with a 5-under. Cahill had the second-best D-I score at Beaver Meadow at 4-over.
Concord sophomore Zach Nelson finished sixth (14-over), moving up five places from his 11th place spot that he was in after the first round at Canterbury Woods on Tuesday.
Portsmouth sophomore Grey Gagnon won the D-II championship with a combined score of 3-over, shooting a 1-over at Beaver Meadow and a 2-over on Tuesday at Windham Country Club.
Bow senior Owen Webber was 11th (24-over) and Merrimack Valley senior Isaak Davis was 13th (30-over).
In D-IV, Mascenic senior Josiah Hakala dominated the rest of the field, shooting 6-under at Beaver for a two-round total of 10-under. Gorham’s Jack Saladino was the runner-up - 17 strokes behind.
Hopkinton senior Bronson Ammann improved from fourth to third place with a 10-over. Hillsboro-Deering junior Gavin Ford (17-over) was sixth.