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Arizona State’s Preston Summerhays is among a group of golfers raised in Arizona who will be competing in the NCAA Division I men’s golf championships in Carlsbad, Calif. (Photo courtesy of Tommy Fernandez/Sun Devil Athletics)

PHOENIX – Memorial Day weekend for many means fueling up boats, loading up coolers and celebrating with family and friends. For a select group of amateur golfers, however, they’ll be seekig drier ground and competing in the 2025 NCAA Division 1 Men’s Golf Championship in Carlsbad, Calif.

Thirty college golf teams, including Arizona State, and six individual golfers have qualified to tee off at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa, starting with 54 holes of stroke play starting Friday and finishing up Sunday. Representing the Sun Devils are 2024 U.S. Amateur champion and three-time All-American senior Josele Ballester, junior Michael Mjaaseth, sophomore Connor Williams, freshman Peer Wernicke, sophomore Fifa Laopakdee and senior Preston Summerhays.

Additionally, from San Diego all the way to Auburn, Ga., former Arizona high school athletes will compete in the final matchup of the 2024-2025 season with the hope of bringing home the ultimate prize in college golf.

Trey Moore

Team: Utah Utes
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Scottsdale
High School: Desert Mountain
Highlights: As one of the youngest competitors in the field, Moore has made a name for himself within the Utes program in just a short amount of time. He earned his high school team’s MVP award in 2023, and he secured two junior tournament titles during his time at Desert Mountain, including the Prescott City Junior Championship. Upside defines Moore’s game, but he’ll need to dig deep into his tool belt to secure a win against the more experienced competitors on the course this weekend.

Davis Johnson

Team: Utah Utes
Class: Junior (Redshirt)
Hometown: Scottsdale
High School: Scottsdale Preparatory Academy
Highlights: From being ranked in the Top 100 for the 2021 recruiting class to recording the team’s lowest stroke average last season (71.7), consistency is the name of Johnson’s game. He is currently ranked 331st according to the World Amateur Golf Ranking, but he’s risen as high as 175th on the list at his best. He’s had three top 10 finishes in the past 104 weeks, and he’ll look to add to that total this weekend.

Henry Dall

Team: San Diego Toreros
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Phoenix
High School: Brophy College Preparatory
Highlights: Yet another freshman on our list, Dall competed as a varsity golfer for Brophy Prep all four years of his high school career. During that time, the program appeared in three Arizona state championships, including securing the state title in 2021 and 2022. Dall’s current index maintains a +3.5, Amateurgolf.com reports, an admirable statistic at any level of golf. Though he has had quite a bit of success in high school, more is expected as he continues to pursue his collegiate golf career.

Mahanth Chirravuri

Team: Pepperdine Waves
Class: Junior
Hometown: Chandler
High School: Hamilton
Highlights: Though his college career started at USC, Chirravuri is now comfortably a part of the Pepperdine program, boasting a scoring average of 71.44 through his first 34 rounds of golf with the program. In more than half of those rounds (18 to be exact), Chirravuri shot below par, and placed second at the Saticoy Showdown earlier this season.

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Johnnie Clark

Team: Oklahoma State Cowboys
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Mesa
High School: Arizona Connections Academy
Highlights: At 6-feet-5, he stands out above much of the competition he sees on the course, literally and figuratively. As a freshman during the 2023-2024 season, Clark was named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team, and he tied for 13th at The Spring Indy at WinStar that very same season. He was also named a second-team AJGA All-American in 2022 and 2023.

Tyler Spielman

Team: Auburn Tigers
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Cave Creek
High School: Brophy College Preparatory
Highlights: The third and final freshman on this list is the 2022-2023 Arizona High School Player of the Year for the Arizona Republic, who was also ranked number one in national high school scoring averages for that season as well. Spielman is no stranger to pressure at a high level, having shot a combined 17-under to win the 2023 AIA state championship. Arizona State expressed interest, but he decided to take his talents down south to Alabama instead.

Tucker Clark

Team: Colorado Buffaloes
Class: Senior
Hometown: Paradise Valley
High School: Arcadia High School
Highlights: Clark has had a storied career at Colorado, showcasing his talents in several tournaments each season during his time swinging his clubs for the Buffaloes. As a true freshman, he helped lead his team to the NCAA regionals for the first time since 2012, and finished fourth on the team with a 72.52 stroke average over 21 rounds of golf (while playing at Notre Dame before transferring). Junior Golf Scoreboard ranked him as the number 15 player in the class of 2020 coming into college.

Preston Summerhays

Team: Arizona State Sun Devils
Class: Senior
Hometown: Scottsdale
High School: Chaparral
Highlights: Summerhays is only one of two seniors on the condensed Sun Devils roster, and with a father who is a Golf Digest Top 50 instructor, it’s clear success on the golf course is in his blood. Summerhays has had a standout career playing golf in Arizona, even earning a sponsor’s exemption for the 2022 WM Phoenix Open. Summerhays shot a career low 62 10-under at the Las Vegas Regional in 2023, and is expected to do much of the same this weekend in Southern California.

Pound-for-Pound

USA Wrestling, FloWrestling and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum has published the National Rankings for high school girls wrestlers for April 2025. This national ranking evaluates all girls enrolled in grades 8-12, and athletes from all 50 states are eligible for selection.

These rankings have heavily impacted by two major USA Wrestling events, the Women’s Nationals in Spokane, Wash., along with the National Girls High School Recruiting Showcase in Las Vegas, Nev., In addition, all of USA Wrestling’s Regional competitions were evaluated, as well as a number of other national and state-level competitions.

With the Women’s Nationals serving as a World Team Trials event at the U15, U17, U20 and U23 levels, a number of athletes changed weight classes in order to try out for Team USA.

With the addition of weight classes in the post-season competition, the committee has brought back the 95-pound weight class (which is not included in most state high school seasons). The #1 wrestler in this month’s ranking at 95 pounds is Madison Healey of Pennsylvania.

Those who have remained ranked #1 but at different weight classes are Jaclyn Bouzakis of Pennsylvania (100), Morgan Turner of Illinois (105) and Everest Leydecker of Arizona (120).

Four other new #1 athletes in this ranking are Heather Crull of Indiana (110), Emma Bacon of Pennsylvania (125), Daniella Nugent of Massachusetts (140) and Tilisa Matakaiongo of Utah (235).

The athletes who remained at #1 at the same weight class are Epenesa Elison of California (115), Aubre Krazer of Pennsylvania (130), Taina Fernandez of Maryland (135), Violette Lasure of Pennsylvania (145), Piper Fowler of Tennessee (170) and Brooke Huffman of Wisconsin (190).

The Pound-For-Pound (P-4-P) rankings had significant changes, including a new #1 athlete, Everest Leydecker of Arizona, who has qualified for Senior-level Final X, won the Senior World Team Trials Challenge Tournament, and earned a spot  on the U.S. U20 World Team.

Rounding out the top five of the Pound-For-Pound rankings are #1 Leydecker, #2 Fernandez, #3 Bouzakis, #4 Crull and #5 Fowler. Athletes who have moved up into the top 25 in the P-4-P are #13 Abbi Cooper of California, #14 Daniella Nugent of Massachusetts, #19 Tilisa Matakaiongo of Utah, #21 Cassandra Gonzales of Minnesota, #23 Taylor Whiting of Wisconsin and #24 Harlee Hiller of Illinois.

The final ranking for the year will be posted in early July prior to the annual USMC Junior and 16U Nationals in Fargo, N.D. The final ranking will include assessment of USA Wrestling’s Women’s National Duals in Westfield, Ind. in June, as well as the rest of the major national-level competitions organized by a variety of wrestling organizations.

Coaches, parents and athletes are encouraged to provide information about specific athletes and their achievements throughout the year for the committee to consider. If they have information on specific girls who should be considered for ranking or updates on their achievements, please send it by email to girlsrankings@usawrestling.org. The quality of these rankings continue to improve as people choose to share updated information.

A summary of preps sports competition from area schools over the past week. Send scores and highlights to joe@therecordns.org.

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
Deerfield Sectional

Dylan Benjamin (triple jump, long jump), Ben Crane (1,600-, 3,200-meter runs) and William Landwer (100, 200 dashes) won two sectional titles apiece on Thursday, May 22, to highlight a team championship for New Trier at the IHSA Class 3A Deerfield Sectional.

Benjamin set personal bests in both his events, jumping 6.82 meters and 14.22 meters in the long and triple jump respectively. Landwer ran the 100 in 10.54 seconds and 200 in 21.57, while Crane crossed at 4 minutes 18.49 seconds in the 1,600 and 9:04.83 in the 3,200.

The Trevians scored 102 team points, well ahead of runnerup Hersey (62) and third-place Evanston (47.5).

Joey Papanicholas added a victory in the 800 (1 minute 57.8 seconds) and teamed with Martin Issa, Evan Shu and Jordan Kreiner to finish first in the 4-by-800 relay.

Other state qualifiers for New Trier were Michael Goerlick in the triple jump (5th place, 13.57 meters); Oliver Neuenschwander in the pole vault (3rd, 4.31 meters); and Dylan Nemerovski, Will Miller, William Hanahan and Landwer in the 4-by-100 (4th, 42.6 seconds).

Miles Lyons was Loyola Academy’s lone champ on the day, winning the 400 with a time of 48.06. Teammate Louis Hebson also qualified in the event, finishing third at 50.18.

The pair teamed with Joseph Keane and Ezekiel Whitehead to qualify for state in the 4-by-400 relay, placing second at 3:22.21.

Demi Ogunkola was the Ramblers’ other state-qualifier with a triple jump of 13.69 meters, good enough for fourth.

Highland Park had two state qualifiers: Dylan Dominguez (3,200, 2nd, 9:16.71) and Brian Hatoum (1,600, 4th, 4:21.35).

Central Suburban South championships

William Landwer won the 100- and 200-meter runs to pace New Trier to a first-place team finish on May 14.

Ben Crane won the 1,600, Jordan Kreiner the 800 and Joey Papanicholas the 3,200 for the Trevians, who also won the 4-by-100 relay (Landwer, William Hanahan, Will Miller, Dylan Nemerovski) and 4-by-800 (Crane, Vincent Noble, Martin Issa, Declan O’Neill).

BASEBALL
New Trier 3, Highland Park 0

Henrik Conniff hurled the shutout while striking out five on Thursday, May 22, as the Trevians earned the league-crossover victory between the top teams in the Central Suburban North (Giants) and South.

Jake Bentivenga recorded three hits and three RBI for New Trier.

The Trevians had six All-Conference selections: Trey Meyers, Ben Toft, Caiden Carpenter, Zach Perchik, Conniff and Greg Camptelli, who was the division’s pitcher of the year.

Loyola 14, DePaul 10

The Ramblers pounded out 10 hits to win the league-crossover matchup on May 17.

SOFTBALL
Regina 17, Holy Trinity 3

Clare Levar hit two triples and tallied two RBI to lead the Panthers to the regional victory on Wednesday, May 21.

New Trier 11, Vernon Hills 0

Sofia Norbot went 3-for-3 with a home run in the Trevians’ conference-crossover victory on May 19.

Loyola 14, New Trier 0

Emilia Bartholomew homered and tallied 6 RBI to lead the Ramblers to the rivalry victory on May 17, marking Loyola’s seventh straight victory.

New Trier 6, Glenbrook South 0

Lyla Andelin and Sofia Norbot had RBI knocks in the fifth inning to propel the Trevians on May 13, when New Trier clinched the top spot in the Central Suburban League South Division.

Five Trevians were named to the All-CSL South team: Lyla Andelin, Trinity Andelin, Kennedy Glinn, Harper Glinn and Illana Styles, the latter of whom was named the divisions offensive player of the year. Junior Jenna Maclachlan was the league’s defensive player of the year.

GIRLS SOCCER
New Trier 9, Juarez 0

Addy Randall scored three times and Dami Balogun and Christina Tobon two times apiece in the Trevians’ postseason opener on Tuesday, May 20.

Cristo Rey St. Martin 1, Regina 0

The Panthers were tripped up in the regional championship on Tuesday, May 20.

Regina 4, Woodlands Academy 3

Evie Kroeger scored the game-winning goal in overtime in the Panthers playoff win on Saturday, May 16.

Katie Salazar chipped in two goals for Regina.

New Trier 9, Vernon Hills 0

Eight different Trevians scored, including Kelsey Westol and Peyton Colegrove, in a league crossover match on May 13.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL
New Trier 23-25-25, Glenbrook North 25-18-20

The Trevians finished their conference slate with a victory on Tuesday, May 20, to move to 22-10 overall and 7-3 in the Central Suburban South.

Lake Zurich 21-25-25, New Trier 25-15-23

The Trevs were upended by the powerful Bears (32-3) on Monday, May 19.

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