Team YoYo All-Stars win 13u Division Championship; advance to 13u PGA Jr. League Championship

The Team YoYo All-Stars (Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio)  are heading to the 13u PGA Jr. League Championship at PGA Frisco’s Fields Ranch West (Texas), Nov. 16-20, after a 10.5-1.5 win over the Toledo All-Stars at Belmont Hills Country Club in St. Clairsville, Ohio. 

Team YoYo lost just 4.5 points out of 24 en route to its first regional championship and first appearance in the national championship. They will compete as Team Ohio. 

Team YoYo is led by Coach Chris Yoder, PGA and Assistant Coach Brad Zitzner. For the fifth year, the 13u Championship will be broadcast live on ESPN networks.

Region 4 13u Champion - Team YoYo – Players, Age, Hometown:
Kengo Imai, 11, Powell, Ohio
Emmet Lattavo, 13, Chillicothe, Ohio
Maxwell Lattavo, 11, Chillicothe, Ohio
Micaiah Lewis, 13, Delaware, Ohio
Ethan Li, 10, Plain City, Ohio
Lucas Massa, 13, Howard, Ohio
William Yoder, 11, Dublin, Ohio
Chaz Zitzner, 11, Springfield, Ohio
Coach Chris Yoder, PGA
Assistant Coach: Brad Zitzner.

In semifinal action, Team YoYo, named for their head coach Chris Yoder, defeated the Flintstones All-Stars, 9-3, while West Kentucky and Toledo ended their match in a 6-6 tie. Toledo advanced to the championship match winning the tiebreaker, most holes won, 11-9.

The Team YoYo All-Stars entered semifinal play as the top seed after shooting a -25 in the qualifying round, 24 shots better than the No. 2 seed West Kentucky Regional All-Stars (-1). Toledo All-Stars and the Flintstone All-Stars were tied at +5 at the end of stroke play. Toledo earned the No. 3 seed winning the tiebreaker, 305-307. The Flintstones are led by Coach Nick Korns, PGA, who was a player on his club’s original PGA Jr. League team. The Milham Park All-Stars finished fifth with a +15.

Belmont Hills Country Club (St. Clairsville, Ohio) welcomed five all-star teams of 13u golfers representing the  Kentucky, Northern Ohio, Southern Ohio and Michigan PGA Sections.