The Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association boys golf tournament – a qualifier for the Section 9 tourney – will be held on Tuesday, May 12, at The Powelton Club in Newburgh.
Four of the top golfers will tee off at Hole No. 1: Max Perlman (Burke); Josh Yan (Newburgh); Kaiden Lothrop (Pine Bush); and, Shaun Kunisch (Warwick).
All golfers tee off at 10 a.m. in a shotgun start, so additional foursomes will begin on Hole No. 2, Hole No. 3 and so on, at the same time. There are 10 foursomes and a trio of threesomes (who will start on Hole No. 11).
The top 29 finishers (and ties) among 46 competitors will advance to sectionals, to be held May 18 and May 20 at the West Point Golf Course. The state finals will be June 7-8 at Mill Creek Golf Club in Churchville.
The Section 9 girls golf championships will be held May 19 and May 26 at the Apple Greens Golf Course in Highland. The state tourney will be June 7-8 at the Wildwood golf course in Rush.
Last year, Josh Yan of Newburgh shot a 72 at West Point Golf Club to win the OCIAA title by one stroke over Chris Rickard of Minisink Valley and six over Luke Skarkas of Monroe-Woodbury. Two weeks later, Yan won the Section 9 tournament (held at Wiltwyck Country Club and McCann Golf Course) by three strokes over Roosevelt’s Ike Rothman.
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OCIAA boys golf tournament pairings
Hole No. 1 – Max Perlman (Burke); Josh Yan (Newburgh); Kaiden Lothrop (Pine Bush); Shaun Kunisch (Warwick)
No. 2 – Jacob Perlman (Burke); Charles Spaulding (Cornwall); Matthew Tondini (Goshen)p Matt Murtaugh (Minisink Valley)
No. 3 – Kyle Howell (Pine Bush); Austin Hand (Kingston); Keegan Smith (Goshen); Fred Lyson (Monroe-Woodbury)
No. 4 – Caleb Hoag (Valley Central); Will Roome (Warwick); John Falzon (Minisink Valley); Josh Bujno (Monroe-Woodbury)
No. 5 – Ben Danielson (Minisink Valley); Luke Skarkas (Monroe-Woodbury); Jim Kelly (Goshen); Gavin Thomas (Rockland)
No. 6 – Dylan Bess (Warwick); Andre Miller (Kingston); Ryan Belcher (Washingtonville); Chance Hunter (Beacon)
No. 7 – Thelo Castan (Warwick); Jake Pryne (Cornwall); Jackie Bruckner (O’Neill) Patrick Curran (Pine Bush)
No. 8 – Matt Poje (Warwick); Antonio Cecelia (Kingston); Bradley Kenney (Tri-Valley); Dante Mazerolle (Goshen)
No. 9 – Cosmas Barretto (O’Neill); Joshua Gruver (Pine Bush); Charles Quick (Valley Central); Oren Miller (Newburgh)
No. 10 – Devin Nimmo (Washingtonville); Jameson Beesmer (Kingston); Caden Giglio (Newbugh); Hoben Barretto (O’Neill)
No. 11 – Tom Senior (Beacon); Cameron Sansone (Washingtonville); Jackson Pagan (Valley Central)
No. 12 – Brian Swiat (Pine Bush); Dan Colaianni (Washingtonville); Charlie Boyles (Goshen)
No. 13 – Andy Chen (Warwick); Benjamin Johnston (Rockland); Tyler Maley (Port Jervis)
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: The 2026 boys golf OCIAA tournament pairings
