Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs team, McClain’s Chandler compete at ‘26 Div. II OHSAA State Boys Golf Championships
Pictured are McClain's Connor Chandler (left) and the 2026 Lynchburg-Clay Mustang state golfers at the Firestone Country Club in Akron for the Div. II State Boys Golf Championships. (Photos courtesy of McClain Athletics and Lynchburg-Clay golf)
The Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs sent six golfers and the McClain Tigers had one golfer play in the Division II OHSAA State Boys Golf Championship on Sunday and Monday (Oct. 11-12) at the Firestone Country Club (North Course) in Akron.
The Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs — winners of the Southern Hills Athletic Conference, sectional and district championships — finished in 11th place at the state championship tournament with a two-day team score of 687, as their team scores included 354 on Sunday, followed by a 333 score on Monday.
LCHS junior Jackson West led the Mustangs at the state tournament with a two-day score of 167 with a day one score of 83, followed with a day two score at 84.
Sophomore Aiden Bene carded a two-day score of 169 for 44th place overall. Bene finished day one with a score of 89, followed by having a day two score of 80.
Teammate Kristian Beachy, a junior, finished at 170 in his two days playing at state. Beachy’s day one score was 85, and on the second day he also had a score of 85.
In 66th place overall was senior Austin Manning for the Mustangs, as his scores included a 97 on day one, then the following day he carded an 89 for a 186 final score.
Lynchburg-Clay sophomore Carson Pfister played day one of the event (Sunday) and had a score of 115, then on Monday, junior Nolan Wilkin played for the Mustangs, where his score in the 18 holes he played was an 84.
McClain junior Connor Chandler finished in a four-way tie for 51st place overall with a two-day score of 172, having a day one total of 85 (Sunday), followed with a day two score of 87 on Monday at the Firestone Country Club North Course.
This season Chandler also tied for third place at the district event to become a state qualifier as an individual as that event was played at the Crown Hill Golf Course on Sept. 30.
The team state champion for Division II was River View with a 600 two-day score. The state runner-up was Alter at 605. In third place was St. Clairsville (624), followed by Poland Seminary in fourth place at 627. The fifth-place team was Roger Bacon at 642.
The rest of the team scores (sixth place through 12th place) were: Ottawa-Glandorf (sixth, 643), Westfall (seventh, 659), Gilmour Academy (eighth, 661), Chardon NDCL (ninth, 674), Buckeye Valley (10th, 687 - 5th scorer 187), Lynchburg-Clay (11th, 687 - 5th scorer 204) and Swanton (12th, 688).
The individual state champion in Division II was Archbold senior Grady Short with a two-day total of 141 (74, 67), winning the event by one stroke over the state runner-up Lucas Massa, a Riverview freshman, who had a score of 142 in the two-day event.
Click here for complete Division II State Boys Golf results.