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PGA Golf Club to Host 2025 PGA Professional Championship Starting Sunday

The 2025 PGA Professional Championship presented by Club Car, Corebridge Financial and Rolex returns this week to a familiar setting—PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida, a venue with an extensive history in hosting PGA of America Member Championships.  The 57th PGA Professional Championship will be contested April 27-30 on PGA Golf Club’s Wanamaker […]

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PGA Golf Club to Host 2025 PGA Professional Championship Starting Sunday

The 2025 PGA Professional Championship presented by Club Car, Corebridge Financial and Rolex returns this week to a familiar setting—PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida, a venue with an extensive history in hosting PGA of America Member Championships. 

The 57th PGA Professional Championship will be contested April 27-30 on PGA Golf Club’s Wanamaker and Ryder Courses. This marks the second edition of the Championship to take place at PGA Golf Club (2021), while the Club also has hosted numerous Senior and Assistant PGA Professional Championships as well as the PGA of America’s annual Tournament Series and Winter Championships. 

First held in 1968, the PGA Professional Championship is golf’s largest all-professional national championship. The 312-player field of PGA of America Golf Professionals represents all 41 PGA Sections.

The Champion and top 20 finishers will earn a spot in the 107th PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, May 12-18, as members of the Corebridge Financial Team. 

Defending Champion Ben Polland (Jackson, Wyo.) will be making his seventh start in the PGA Professional Championship. The 34-year-old shot 2-under-par 286 to win the 2024 PGA Professional Championship by three strokes at Fields Ranch at PGA Frisco. He was the lone player to finish under par and became the first player from the Rocky Mountain PGA Section to win the PPC. 

That victory propelled Polland to 2024 PGA Professional Player of the Year honors and earned him six PGA TOUR starts this season. The PGA Director of Golf at Shooting Star of Jackson Hole has made the most of those opportunities, making three consecutive cuts at the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, Puerto Rico Open and last week’s Corales Puntacana Championship.

“I’ve had a lot of confidence in general after winning it last year,” said Polland. “It’s a big deal. It’s our National Championship. I know how many great golfers there are and how difficult it is to win. Last year on that last day coming down the stretch on the back nine and holding onto the lead gave me a lot of confidence. That has helped me in these TOUR events this year, making these cuts. All of these experiences are feeding me for the next one.”

Polland looks to take full advantage of that confidence and valuable experience as he defends his title. 

“There are obviously a lot of great players that qualified for this,” said Polland. “The experience of playing in a four-day tournament isn’t necessarily there for everyone. Making the cut is the first goal and that is a really hard one to do, 312 players cut down to 90. You have to really play conservative, smart golf to do that and not make any silly mistakes. The last two days is managing everything to make sure you have a chance to win or finish in that top 20. That’s everyone’s goal.” 

Polland owns a strong track record at PGA Golf Club, highlighted by a fifth-place finish in the 2021 PGA Professional Championship and a victory at the 2016 Assistant PGA Professional Championship. 

“I was excited to see that venue,” said Polland. “I’ve played there before, won before, but so have 100 other players. We play that course a lot in the winter series events and a bunch of other tournaments. Everyone is really familiar with it. There’s not really an advantage there to who knows the course better than others because everyone knows it. 

“I think it’s great, especially the Wanamaker, a great Championship course because of how demanding it is with the wind and water on so many holes. You have to plot your way around and play smart, which I think is a strength of mine.”

Polland is one of 16 past PGA Professional Champions in the field: Alex Beach (2019), Rich Berberian Jr. (2016), Michael Block (2014), Matt Dobyns (2012 & 2015), Scott Hebert (2008), David Hutsell (2011), Darrell Kestner (1996), Jesse Mueller (2022), Rod Perry (2013), Ron Philo Jr. (2006), Jeff Roth (1993), Steve Schneiter (1995), Braden Shattuck (2023), Bob Sowards (2004) and Ryan Vermeer (2018). 

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The South Florida PGA Section will be represented by 21 players in the field, the most of any PGA Section. Evan Bowser (LaPlaya Golf Club), Matt Cahill (Seminole Golf Club), Dakun Chang  (Seminole Golf Club), Tyler Collet (John’s Island Club), Tom Cooper (Pine Tree Golf Club), Eric Costa (West Bay Club), Drew Dietter (The Club at Olde Cypress), Andrew Filbert (West Bay Club), Domenico Geminiani (Old Corkscrew Golf Club), Ashley Grier (The Legacy Golf and Tennis Club), Justin Hicks  (Stonebridge Golf & Country Club), Jared Isaacs (Adios Golf Club), Michael Kartrude (The Bear’s Club), David Ladd (Champions Club at Summerfield), Nick Latimer (Medalist Golf Club), Justin McCarraher (Heritage Bay Golf & Country Club), Mike Midgette (Delaire Country Club), (Alan Morin – The Club At Ibis), Ron Philo Jr. (Palm Beach State College), Justin Smith (Bonita Bay Club) and Jeremy Wells (Cypress Lake Golf Club). 

Preston Cole, the Lead Assistant PGA Golf Professional at Quail Hollow Club, will attempt to become the first PGA of America Golf Professional from that year’s PGA Championship host site to earn a spot in the field through the PGA Professional Championship. 

Stephanie Connelly-Eiswerth

Stephanie Connelly-Eiswerth

Darrell Kestner, PGA Director of Golf at Deepdale Golf Club, is slated to compete in his 31st PGA Professional Championship and surpass Jim White’s record for most PGA Professional Championship appearances. 

Stephanie Connelly Eiswerth, PGA Teaching Professional at San Jose Country Club and 2023-24 Women’s PGA Professional Player of the Year, returns for her fourth PPC following a T-26 finish in 2024. Connelly Eiswerth is one of 10 women in the field. 

The Championship will offer a $750,000 purse and $66,700 to the Champion. A 36-hole cut will take place Monday to the low 90 scorers and ties, and a 54-hole cut Tuesday to the low 70 scorers and ties. 

All four rounds will be broadcast by NBC/Golf Channel. All times listed are Eastern. 

Sunday, April 27: 4-6 p.m. (NBC Sports App & Web) and 7-9 p.m. (GOLF Channel tape delay)

Monday, April 28 – Wednesday, April 30: 3 – 6 p.m. (GOLF Channel)

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Williams Finishes No. 13, First IUP Javelin All-American Since 2009

Story Links PUEBLO, Colo – IUP sophomore thrower, Kaylla Williams, was a competitor in the NCAA Track & Field Nationals, her second time competing in the event. Williams finished in the top 13 of the competition, with a throw of 44.78, qualifying her as a second-team All-American.     Williams is a […]

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PUEBLO, Colo – IUP sophomore thrower, Kaylla Williams, was a competitor in the NCAA Track & Field Nationals, her second time competing in the event. Williams finished in the top 13 of the competition, with a throw of 44.78, qualifying her as a second-team All-American.  
 
Williams is a first-time All-American and the first Crimson Hawk women’s outdoor track and field All-American since Lizzy Cunningham earned it in the 400 hurdles in 2017. Williams is IUP’s first All-American women’s thrower since Tiffany Corle in 2009.
 
Bloomsburg sophomore Kelly Leszcynski took home the National Title, Slippery Rock junior Isabella Bartoletti finished No. 11, and Shippensburg senior Abby Reasoner finished just behind Williams as No.14.

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USA Cadet Men To Battle For Bronze In Colombia After 17-11 Loss To Canada

Story Links Medellin, Colombia – May 24 – The USA Men’s Cadet National Team suffered their first loss at the Pan Am Aquatics Championship with a 17-11 loss to Canada earlier today. Adin Shin scored four goals and Hunter Coleman added three in the loss. Ethan Wallace recorded 11 saves in […]

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Medellin, Colombia – May 24 – The USA Men’s Cadet National Team suffered their first loss at the Pan Am Aquatics Championship with a 17-11 loss to Canada earlier today. Adin Shin scored four goals and Hunter Coleman added three in the loss. Ethan Wallace recorded 11 saves in cage. Team USA will now meet Colombia for the bronze medal on Sunday at 1pm pacific time. Live streaming is available by visiting PanAmSportsChannel.org with live stats at 6-8Sports.com. 

Canada built an early 2-0 lead in the first but Team USA battled back with two straight, the second from Coleman, to tie the game with 2:25 left in the period. Canada closed the period strong with two straight to go in front 4-2 after the first. Canada kept it rolling in the second, building a 6-2 lead with 2:47 to play. Andrew Schneider and Adin Shin scored two of the next three goals to trail 7-4 at intermission.

Shin scored to start off the third quarter, cutting the deficit to two at 7-5. That was the theme for the quarter as the United States would continually get within two goals only to see Canada go back ahead by three. That was the margin after three as Canada led 11-8 going to the fourth. Canada wouldn’t let things get any closer in the fourth, outscoring Team USA 6-3 to keep control of the match on the way to a 17-11 win.

Team USA went 2/8 on power plays with no penalties attempted while Canada went 2/8 on power plays and 1/1 on penalties. 

Scoring – Stats

USA 11 (2, 2, 4, 3) A. Shin 4, H. Coleman 3, J. Davis 1, R. Keane 1, F. Pintaric 1, A. Schneider 1

CAN 17 (4, 3, 4, 6) I. Khramstsov 6, R. Salem 3, A. Rashed 2, D. Wang 2, J. Coxford 1, E. Griffioen 1, N. Porter 1, N. Loo 1

Saves – USA – E. Wallace 11 – CAN – E. King 11

6×5 – USA – 2/8 – CAN – 2/8

Penalties – USA – 0/0 – CAN – 1/1



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Women’s Track & Field: Rogahn-Press Finishes Fourth in 400 to Earn All-American Honors at NCAA Outdoor Championships

Story Links Rogahn-Press GENEVA, Ohio – Macalester College first year Ariella Rogahn-Press (Albuquerque, N.M./Bosque School) placed fourth in the finals of the 400 meters at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday at SPIRE Institute. Rogahn-Press earns All-American honors with […]

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GENEVA, Ohio – Macalester College first year Ariella Rogahn-Press (Albuquerque, N.M./Bosque School) placed fourth in the finals of the 400 meters at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday at SPIRE Institute. Rogahn-Press earns All-American honors with her fourth-place finish.

In a tight race, Rogahn-Press held on to fourth with a time of 54.34, .02 behind Marina Miller of MIT and .02 ahead of Sarah Schermerhorn of Hope. Emory’s Eva Charchidi won the race in 53.94, with McKenzie Reser of Augustana (Ill.) taking second with a time of 54.07.

This is the second All-American award this year for Rogahn-Press, who also was an All-American in the 400 indoors with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March. The top eight finishers in each event earn All-American accolades.

The race ends an outstanding debut season for Rogahn-Press. She was named the MIAC Rookie of the Year for both the indoor and outdoor seasons, and currently holds the school records in the 200 and 400 indoors and the 100, 200 and 400 outdoors after just one year at Macalester. In Friday’s prelims, Rogahn-Press broke her own record in the 400 with a time of 53.88, the 11th-fastest time ever run at the Division III level. She is the third Macalester women’s track & field athlete to earn All-American honors both indoors and outdoors in the same season and in the same event, joining Phoebe Aguiar ’19 in the 800 meters (2019) and Mary Schlick ’87 in the 1500 meters (1986 and 1987).

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Brown’s National Championship in the 110 Meter Hurdles Sparks #6 Men’s Track & Field to a Third-Place Finish at NCAA Outdoor Championships

Story Links GENEVA, OHIO — Jamir Brown became #6 Rowan’s second national champion in a row in the 110 meter hurdles as the Profs claimed a second-consecutive third place finish on the final day of the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at the SPIRE Institute in […]

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GENEVA, OHIO — Jamir Brown became #6 Rowan’s second national champion in a row in the 110 meter hurdles as the Profs claimed a second-consecutive third place finish on the final day of the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

Brown ran a 13.75 in the finals where teammates Jason Agyemang was a close second (13.82) and Anaias Hughes was seventh (14.71) as the trio claimed First-Team All-American Honors. Brown joins Kwaku Nkrumah in giving Rowan its second consecutive national champion in this event. The hurdles crew netted 20 team points, the most by any team in a single event at the meet to help give the Profs a total of 44.5 points in the three-day meet.

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Rowan also claimed First-Team All American honors in the 4×100 relay and the 200 meters on the day.

Shamar Love, Robert McKinney, Elijah Hendricks, and Evan Corcoran ran a 39.72 to break the school record in the 4×100 finals for a national runner-up finish. The foursome previously set the mark in the preliminary round on Thursday (39.97).

In the 200 meters, Rajahn Dixon placed eighth in a season-best time of 21.13 while Hendricks scored his second All-American honor, placing ninth (21.42).

Wisconsin-LaCrosse totaled 84 points to win the team title with Wisconsin-Eau Claire in second place (56 points).

The Profs return to Glassboro with 11 All American accolades including Brown, Agyemang, and Hughes in the 110 meter hurdles, Dixon and McKinney in the 200 meters, the 4×100 relay (Love, McKinney, Hendricks, Corcoran), the 4×400 relay (Jarquil Young, Nana Agyemang, Lowrentzky Ambroise, and Luke Halbruner), the Javelin (Damitrius Hester), and the High Jump trio (Jamile Gantt, Arrington Rhym, and Noah Wampole).

 



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#20 Women’s Track & Field Caps NCAA Outdoor Championships with All-American Honor for Jones

Story Links GENEVA, OHIO — Nyla Jones placed fifth in the 400 meter hurdles to earn All-America capping the Rowan Women’s Track & Field Team appearance at the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships on Saturday. The three-day meet was held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. FINAL RESULTS The […]

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GENEVA, OHIO — Nyla Jones placed fifth in the 400 meter hurdles to earn All-America capping the Rowan Women’s Track & Field Team appearance at the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships on Saturday. The three-day meet was held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

FINAL RESULTS

The freshman ran in the finals 1:01.46 to claim First Team All-American honors, improving on her time of 1:02.36 in the preliminaries.

As a team, the Profs totaled seven points to finish in a tie for 38th place. MIT (56 points) edged Washington University (47 points) for the team title.

In all, Rowan returns home with four All-Americans including Jones, Molly Lodge (400 meter hurdles/Second Team), and two honors for Izzy Deal (Shot/First Team and Javelin/Second Team).

 

 



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The Class of 2025 Is Unveiled

Every year a number of local high school athletes continue their athletic careers in addition to being students. As has been customary in the past, we salute those who either live in or attend school in Burbank and will be continuing to work on developing their skills in sports while enhancing their educational objectives. Here […]

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Every year a number of local high school athletes continue their athletic careers in addition to being students. As has been customary in the past, we salute those who either live in or attend school in Burbank and will be continuing to work on developing their skills in sports while enhancing their educational objectives.

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Here are those that will represent our local community from the class of 2025,

Burbank

The Bulldogs are led by pole vaulter Ogden Lucsik, who was one of the best in the nation as a junior, and got a late start to his senior year due to a broken foot. Lucsik will be the only competing at Cornell University, but he is amongst four Burbank boys who are attending the Ivy League school in New York. Ironically, he will be attending the same university and competing in the same event as Burroughs 2021 grad Eli Gault-Crabb, who jumped 16-feet-6 inches in setting the Bears’ school record.

Lucsik, who holds the Bulldog school record at 16-0, will be essentially taking Gault-Crabb’s spot on the Cornell roster.

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Softball pitcher Madison Kellogg will continue her career at California Baptist University in Riverside.

Football player Daniel Zacariaz will continue his career at Glendale Community College. Zacariaz is multi-talented having been both a quarterback and wide receiver for the Bulldogs.
Nose tackle Paul Sukunyan will continue his football career at Pasadena City College.

Tennis player Amruth Kodumuri will compete for Claremont Mudd-Scripps as he will be part prestigious of the Harvey Mudd engineering school.

Baseball player Robert Snyder will attempt to walk on at either UC Irvine or UC Santa Barbara.

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From the track team Quiana Laughlin will continue her career at UC Davis.

Burroughs Quiana Laughlin, seen playing soccer, will head to UC Davis and compete in track and field. (Photo by Austin Gebhardt)

From the baseball team, Kyle Smith will continue his career at Whittier College.

Representing the Pacific League champion softball team, Chloe Centeno, will continue her career at Fort Hays St. University.

Tennis player Hannah Lewis will continue her career playing in Hawaii at Chaminade University.

Water polo player Harrison Siegel will continue his career at Pomona Pitzer.

The Burroughs football team will be well represented in college.
Mingus Allen will play at Macalester College in Minnesota.

Maximillian Batres, Colin Jimenez and Daniel Ortiz will continue playing at Pasadena City College. Patrick Lima will continue at College of the Canyons.

Providence

The Pioneers have a strong class. Distance runner Aubrey Eaton will continue her career at the University of Portland. She was the 2024 CIF Southern Section Division 4 champion in the 1,600 meters in track.

Softball player Delailah Lopez will continue her career in the Ivy League at Cornell.

Fellow softball player Gloria Galindo will play at Carleton College in Minnesota and teammate Mia Allinson will play at Glendale Community College.

Golfer Samantha Schwimmer will continue her career at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.

Beach volleyball player Shannon Ferrell will play at McKendree University in Illinois.

Brendan Jazmines will compete in cheer at Loyola Marymount University.

Village Christian

The Crusaders will send three Burbank residents into major college athletics.

Girls’ volleyball player Nikki Tawil will attend the University of Maryland. Teammate Angelina Dellutri, daughter of former Burroughs and USC football player Todd Dellutri, will attend UC Irvine.

Soccer player Anthony Boyadjian will continue his career at Loyola Marymount University.

Notre Dame

Hayden Bowne, grandson of former Burbank Mayor Bob Bowne, will attend San Jose State University and compete in football and track and field.

Homeschooled

Isabella ‘Maneh’ Nersesyan, who started her high school career at Burbank High, will continue her soccer career at Cal State Long Beach. She left BHS and went on her own due to her busy travel schedule, as she is a member of the Armenian National Team.



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