Submitted Photo Cassadaga Valley's Jocelyn Wintersteen tees off at No. 11 during the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Golf Championships on Monday at Wild Wood Country Club in Rush.

CHURCHVILLE — When Fredonia’s Ryan Kelly reached the 2025 New York State Public High School Athletic Association Golf Championships as a junior, he fell off in his second round and dropped to 46th.

While Kelly did not shoot as low as his Day 1 score of 74 from a year ago, the Fredonia senior was able to match this Sunday’s score of 77 during Monday’s final round and achieved a two-day total of 154, going 12-over and sharing 31st with eight golfers at Mill Creek Golf Club. Kelly’s matching 77s earned him the highest finish of all the local boys competing in the state championships.

Section VIII Manhasset’s Ryan Liu provided a 136, going 6-under and winning the championship on a tiebreaker over Charles Nevin of Section VIII Friends Academy.

Jamestown senior Tyler Salvaggio had a similar finish to Kelly last season with a difficult Monday in which he added eight strokes to his total score. Salvaggio shot 76 on Sunday, the lowest among the local boys, but dropped into a tie for 54th place with an 84 and total score of 160.

Fellow Jamestown senior Evan Maloney also had a case of the Mondays with his score being 12 strokes more than on Sunday, dropping him to a two-day total of 168 and a tie for 76th with four golfers. His Sunday 78 was better than both of his rounds last year as a junior and helped him jump seven spots.

Randolph senior Cody Slade finished with a two-day score of 175 and tied with three golfers for 87th.

Kelly tied with Lewiston-Porter’s Philip Monahan as the top Section VI golfer, but Monahan had the lower round of the tournament with a 75 on Monday.

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RUSH — Cassadaga Valley junior Jocelyn Wintersteen returned for her fourth state championship and had her second-best finish at 32nd. She shot an 80 on Sunday and added an 82 on Monday for a two-day total of 162 at Wild Wood Country Club.

Hayden Knapp of Section II South Glens Falls was the lone golfer in the girls tournament to shoot under par with an even score of 72 on Sunday and 70 on Monday for a two-day score of 142, 2-under and two strokes ahead of runnerup Rachel O’Rourke of Section III Rome Free Academy.

Cattaraugus-Little Valley’s Emma Barcellini had the best local finish with a two-day score of 160 with matching 80s to take 27th. Fredonia senior Sydnee Hoffman had a two-day score of 196 and finished 89th in the state, while Orchard Park’s Claire Brady shot par on Monday to bring her two-day score to 148 and earned fifth place in the state and a trip to the Federation tournament.