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Tilbury’s Hailey Katona is the Vermont women’s amateur golf champion for the third year in a row.

Published Aug 08, 2025  •  2 minute read

Hailey Katona, second from right, is honoured as the 2024 Vermont State Women’s Golf Association amateur champion by, from left, VSWGA tournament director Jen Steck, Champlain Country Club pro Mike Swim and VSWGA president Linda Jane Parson. (Julie Dale Photo)Hailey Katona, second from right, is honoured as the 2024 Vermont State Women’s Golf Association amateur champion by, from left, VSWGA tournament director Jen Steck, Champlain Country Club pro Mike Swim and VSWGA president Linda Jane Parson. (Julie Dale Photo)Article contentKatona defends Vermont golf title

Tilbury’s Hailey Katona is the Vermont women’s amateur golf champion for the third year in a row.

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She defended her title Wednesday with a 13-stroke win at Ekwanok Country Club in Manchester, Vt.

“It’s definitely really special,” Katona said to WCAX-TV. “I really wanted to win this week again to carry on my consecutive streak. I really love Vermont.”

Katona began the three-day tournament with a 2-under 68, the best score all week at the Vermont State Women’s Golf Association championship.

The Central Michigan University alumna shot a 75 on the second day and a 76 on the third to finish at 9 over.

Griffins win silver at Ontario lacrosse

The Wallaceburg Griffins won silver medals in the under-22 women’s division at the Ontario Lacrosse Association championships Thursday in Whitby.

Hannah Stephenson and Waawaatesi Altiman scored in a 3-2 loss to the Akwesasne Storm in the Division B gold-medal game.

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The Griffins went 3-1-0 in pool play and then began the playoffs with a 1-0 win over the Windsor Warlocks. Samantha DeGurse scored and Jillian Burritt had the shutout.

Arionna Hopkins and Mya O’Neil shared the team’s scoring lead with seven points in six games.

The Griffins beat Six Nations 9-3, Akwesasne 6-5 and Wallaceburg ‘B’ 6-1 before tying Nepean 2-2 in pool play.

Wallaceburg ‘B’ was 0-4.

Lucarelli leading Cup standings

Brady Stonehouse, Carter Chadwick and Cam Arnold each scored twice in Team Griffith’s 13-10 win over Team Lucarelli in Thursday’s early game at the Athletes’ Fuel Cup at Thames Campus Arena.

Matt Thomas, Lucas Fancy, Matt Cunningham, Emerson Jackson, Drew Bunda, Damon Tope and Matt Sparks added singles.

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Player of the game Abby Stonehouse and Derek Nevills each scored two for Team Lucarelli, while captain Anthony Lucarelli, Cam Symons, Owen Kalp, Brady Robertson, Cam Sherman and Will Redford had one.

In the late game, Lucarelli had a hat trick in a 12-10 win over Team Goure, Nevills and player of the game Austin Thompson each scored two, and Symons, Abby Stonehouse, Kurtis Smith, Dante McKaig and Will Redford also tallied.

Captain Deni Goure had a hat trick for Team Goure, Chadwick and Brighton Anderson scored two, and Brady Stonehouse, Alex Park and Kyrin Blonde added one.

On Tuesday, Goure and Brady Stonehouse had hat tricks in Team Goure’s 13-10 win over Team Griffith, which was led by Everitt Swayze’s three goals.

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Lucarelli scored three in Team Lucarelli’s 10-3 win over Team Griffith.

Goure (1-4) and Lucarelli (4-2) face off Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. and then Goure plays Griffith (3-2) at 7:45 p.m.

Myers promoted to double-A level

Tilbury’s Noah Myers has three hits in 13 at-bats since being called up to the double-A Montgomery Biscuits, the Tampa Bay Rays’ farm club in the Southern League.

The 25-year-old outfielder also has two runs, two walks and a stolen base in four games.

Myers had been with the single-A Bowling Green Hot Rods. He slashed .247/395/.361 in 85 games with six homers, 43 RBIs, 56 runs and 31 stolen bases in 32 attempts.

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