Golf - News

The 2012 SCC Golf Championship will be held on Tuesday, May 29 at the Racebrook Country Club in Orange (par-71, 6,403 yards).  Tee off time is 8 a.m.

Shelton is the defending SCC champion.

Shelton Captures 2011 Golf Title

1st ever league title for the Gaels

Shelton, led by medalist James Tate (+5, 76) captured its first-ever SCC golf championship.   The Gaels (317) finished ahead of Amity (332), Notre Dame (333) and co-defending champion Fairfield Prep (334).

In addition to Tate's 76, Matt Mastronardi (Fairfield Prep) shot a 77, while four players shots a +7 (78) and earned All-SCC honors, including Gil Lassen (Cheshire), Anthony Astorino (Notre Dame), Brett Marieb (Amity) and Alex Marieb (Amity).  Geoff Vartelas (Xavier) shot a +8 (79).

The 2011 SCC Golf Championship was played at Racebrook Country Club in Orange, a par-71 course (6,403 yards).

Amity (Housatonic), Fairfield Prep (Quinnipiac), Hand (Hammonasset) and East Haven (Oronoque) earned automatic berths to the 2011 championship by virtue of their division titles.   Notre Dame, Shelton, Xavier, Cheshire and Hamden earned the five wildcard berths.

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The 2010 SCC Golf Championship was held on Tuesday, May 25 at the Brooklawn Country Club (par-71, 6,711 yards) in Fairfield.  It was the first time in the league's 16-year history the championship was held outside of New Haven (1995-99 at Yale Golf Course, 2000-2009 at New Haven Country Club). Click here for a tournament preview article in the New Haven Register (5/23) by Joe Morelli

PREP/CHESHIRE SHARE TITLE - First Tie in League History

Final Team Scores:  1. Fairfield Prep and Cheshire (313), 3. Xavier (329), 4. Amity (338), 5. Hand (342), 6. Guilford (346), 7. Hamden (351), 8. Shelton (372), 9. East Haven (394)

Medalists: Greg Palmer (Cheshire), Conor McGovern (Fairfield Prep), +4 (75)

Other top finishers: Gil Lassen (Cheshire), +5 (76); Geoff Vartelas (Xavier, +5 (76); Matt Mastronardi (Fairfield Prep), +6 (77); John Basile (Fairfield Prep), +7 (78), Alex Marieb (Amity), +7 (78), Dean Hajedemos (Cheshire), +9 (80)

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 Click here for the championship recap article in the New Haven Register (5/26)

Xavier - 2008 SCC Champions

Cheshire Wins 2009 SCC Golf Championship

Rams Win First Title Since 1997

May 19, 2009 @New Haven Country Club

Final Team Results: 1. Cheshire(320); 2. Fairfield Prep (326); 3. Hand (327); 4. Hamden (329); 5. Shelton (338); 6. Xavier (347); 7. Amity (349); 8. Notre Dame (355); 9. North Haven (412)

Medalist: Pat Herlihy, Cheshire (+4, 75)

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XAVIER WINS 2008 SCC GOLF TITLE

The 2008 SCC Golf Championship was held on Tuesday, May 20 at the New Haven Country Club (par 71, 6062 yards)... Lyman Hall's Chris Gatcomb shot a +1 (72) to earn medalist honors... Xavier (322) narrowly defeated four-time defending champion Fairfield Prep (323) and Cheshire (324) for the team title.

Final Team Results:

1. Xavier, 322; 2. Fairfield Prep, 323; 3. Cheshire, 324; 4. Hand, 326; 5. Notre Dame, 333; 6. Guilford, 340; 7. Lyman Hall, 345; 8. Hamden, 347; 9. East Haven, 385

Medalist: Chris Gatcomb, Lyman Hall (+1, 72)

Other top finishers: Chris Peel (Sheehan, +3, 74), Jon Custardo (Fairfield Prep, +4, 75); Tom Larsen (Cheshire, +6, 77), Brad Lincoln (Guilford, +7, 78), Matt Tibbetts (Xavier, +7, 78)

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2006-07 RECAP

Fairfield Prep Captures

Fourth Straight SCC Golf Championship

(5-22-07) -- Paced by the strong individual efforts of medalist Tim Murphy and three All-Southern Connecticut Conference performers, the Fairfield Prep boys' golf team won its fourth consecutive SCC championship at the New Haven Country Club (par 71, 6062 yards). The Jesuits shot a sparkling 304 to win the title by 17 strokes. It was the fourth straight SCC championship for Fairfield Prep and eighth in program history. Xavier was the runner-up with a 321.

Top Individual Efforts

Tim Murphy Fairfield Prep 73 All-SCC

Mike Baldwin Fairfield Prep 76 All-SCC

John Steinberg Notre Dame-WH 76 All-SCC

Bob Fox Xavier 76 All-SCC

Chris Gatcomb Lyman Hall 76 All-SCC

Brad Lincoln Guilford 77 All-SCC

Matt McGarry Fairfield Prep 77 All-SCC

Other Top Finishers: Tom Ryan Xavier 78, Kevin Dishon Fairfield Prep 78 ,Jamie Herd Cheshire 79, Chris Perl Sheehan 80, Ben Huey Amity 80, Mike Robinson Law 80, Matt Dziubina Shelton 80, Dave Hierpe Hand 81, Owen Foote Fairfield Prep 81, Dave Brown Sheehan 81,

Final Team Scores: 1. Fairfield Prep, 304; 2. Xavier, 321; 3. Lyman Hall, 325; 4. Cheshire, 333; 5. Shelton, 335; 6. Branford, 336; 7. Hand 336; 8. Guilford, 342; 9. Hamden, 360

Three-Peat for Fairfield Prep

Jesuits Earn Third Straight SCC Title

5/23/06 - Fairfield Prep captured its third straight SCC Golf title with a dominating performance at the 2006 championships which were held at the New Haven Country Club (par 71, 6,602 yards).

The Jesuits totaled a team score of 319, easily outdistancing runner-up Notre Dame (329) and third-place Shelton (331). Leading the way for Fairfield Prep was Mike Baldwin, who both shot seven-over 78.

Notre Dame's Tom Valentino earned medalist honors with a five-over 76, while Xavier's Bob Fox shot six-over (77).

Final Team Results
1. Fairfield Prep, 319
2. Notre Dame, 329
3. Shelton, 331
4. Branford, 336
5. Xavier, 338
6. Hand, 341
7. Cheshire, 348
8. Lyman Hall, 349
9. Guilford, 350

Top Individual Results
76 - Tom Valentino, Notre Dame
77 - Bob Fox, Xavier
78 - Toby Lincoln, Guilford; Mike Baldwin, Fairfield Prep; Mark Schisler, Branford; Eric Varra, Shelton

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Hand's Chris Bushnell Wins Division III Golf Title
6/6/05 -- Hand's Chris Bushnell shot an even-par 72 to win the Division III boy's golf title at Timberlin Golf Course in Berlin. Bushnell, a 2005 All-SCC honoree, edged Waterford's Andrew Cavasiono by two strokes.

In the final team standings, Hand placed second (318) finishing just two strokes behind Rocky Hill (318). Sheehan finished 16th (359).

In the Division II championships at Chippanee Golf Course in Bristol, SCC members Guilford, Lyman Hall and Notre Dame finished in a tie for 14th place (337), while Branford placed 17th (342).


Fairfield Prep Defends SCC Title
5/25/05 -- Fairfield Prep captured its second straight SCC Golf title with a dominating performance at the 2005 championships which were held at the New Haven Country Club (par 71, 6,602 yards).

The Jesuits totaled a team score of 315, easily outdistancing runner-up Xavier (325) and third-place Cheshire (330). Leading the way for Fairfield Prep were Anthony Custardo and Tim Murphy, who both shot six-over 77.

Xavier's Tim Buczek earned medalist honors with a five-over 76.

Final Team Results
1. Fairfield Prep, 315
2. Xavier, 325
3. Cheshire, 330
4. Lyman Hall, 333
5. Hand, 336
6. Amity, 337
7. Guilford, 338
8. Branford, 344
9. Shelton, 346

Top Individual Results
76 Tim Buczak, Xavier
77 Chris Bushnell, Hand; Anthony Custardo, Fairfield Prep; Bob Fox, Xavier; Tim Murphy, Fairfield Prep
78 Jay Mezei, Lyman Hall; Sean Switzer, Hand
79 Vinny Weyel, North Haven
80 Jake Braunsdorf, Cheshire; Alex Gambardella, Hamden; Brad Lincoln, Guilford; Toby Lincoln, Guilford, Matt McGarry, Fairfield Prep; Chris Sica, Cheshire, Tyler Sorensen, Amity; Tom Valentino, Notre Dame

* The top seven finishers earn All-Conference honors