{"id":888970,"date":"2026-10-20T15:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888970\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T15:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:34:16","slug":"rustay-leads-mount-greylock-golfers-to-state-tournament-iberkshires-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888970\/","title":{"rendered":"Rustay Leads Mount Greylock Golfers to State Tournament \/ iBerkshires.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\t\"\"PITTSFIELD, Mass. \u2013 Mount Greylock ninth-grader Rodric Rustay picked the perfect time to play the best round of his life. <\/p>\n


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\n\tRustay made three bogeys and played par the rest of the way on Monday to earn an individual Division 2 Western Massachusetts Championship and lead the Mounties to a second-place finish and a berth in the state championship.<\/p>\n

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\n\tRustay and teammate Jacob Hillman finished first and second, respectively, in a 75-player field at Berkshire Hills Country Club as Mount Greylock finished two strokes behind team champion Tantasqua and 12 strokes clear of the team cut line for the three squads that advance to next Monday\u2019s state tournament at Franklin Country Club.<\/p>\n

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\n\tWahconah\u2019s Logan Aitken and Kesler Anello tied for third and sixth place, respectively, to qualify as individuals to compete at the D2 State Championships.<\/p>\n

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\n\tRustay said he did not know until his round was over that he had a shot at winning the gold medal.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI felt like I was playing well, I just didn\u2019t understand or realize how good it was going to actually be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve never played this good in my life, so I\u2019m pretty ecstatic.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tStarting on the 10th tee in a shotgun start, Rustay played 2-over through his first six holes.<\/p>\n

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\n\tHe then made par on the next nine straight holes. One that stood out to him during that stretch was the 154-yard, par-3 third hole, the 12th of his round.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cThe third hole, I had a good iron shot, and I lipped out for birdie,\u201d Rustay said. \u201cEven though I missed, I was still happy. It just brought the round together for the rest of the nine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tHis best save of the day came on No. 12, a 340-yard par-4.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI went hybrid left, over [the green], and then I almost chipped in for birdie and tapped it in for a par,\u201d Rustay said.<\/p>\n

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\n\tPars were a rare commodity on a day when half the field finished at 17-over or higher.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI think they cut the greens this morning,\u201d Wahconah coach Pete Terpak said. \u201cThey were a little slick, a lot of movement. But I\u2019m really proud of the way my guys played.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tWahconah as a team finished tied for sixth, in the top half of the 12-team field.<\/p>\n

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\n\tPittsfield, in its first year back as a varsity program after breaking up the co-op with Taconic, placed eighth, and Generals senior Jason Fields just missed a berth in the state championships, tying for ninth place, one stroke behind the three players tied for sixth.<\/p>\n

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\n\tWahconah\u2019s Anello qualified for the state championship for a second straight year as an individual. This time around, he will be joined by Aitken.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI watched that leaderboard all day, and they were hanging around the cut line,\u201d Terpak said. \u201cThey didn\u2019t want their season to be over.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tBoth Wahconah golfers overcame a little adversity to post their top-six finishes,<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201c[Anello] had a little hiccup with a four putt on No. 5, but he kept his composure, hung in there and shot 80,\u201d Terpak said. \u201cLogan played really, really well. Even when he stumbled, he had a really good attitude today. I saw it on [No. 9]. He made double when I was watching him. It didn\u2019t bother him at all, and I knew he would have a decent day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tMount Greylock\u2019s Rustay and Hillman had the best day of anyone, but the Mounties were caught in the team standings by Fiskdale\u2019s Tantasqua, which had four golfers finish tied at 9-over 81, tying for ninth place in the field.<\/p>\n

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\n\tTantasqua, Mount Greylock and third-place St. Bernard\u2019s of Fitchburg punched their tickets for next week with their performance on Monday.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI\u2019m really happy,\u201d Rustay said of the team\u2019s place. \u201cI love this group of guys, I\u2019m excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\"\"Top 10 (top six qualify for State Championship as individuals) <\/p>\n


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\n\tRodric Rustay, Mount Greylock<\/p>\n

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\n\tJacob Hillman, Mount Greylock<\/p>\n

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\n\tTanner Kmetz, Easthampton; Brayden Fennessy, Hampshire; Logan Aitken, Wahconah<\/p>\n

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\n\tKesler Anello, Wahconah; Andrew Wright, Belchertown; Andrew Silver, St. Bernard\u2019s<\/p>\n

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\n\tJason Fields, Pittsfield; Andrew Weeden, Tantasqua; Tyler Phillips, Tantasqua; Davin Hjelm, Leominster; Connor Howe, Tantasqua; Wyatt Fay, Tantasqua.<\/p>\n

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\n\tTeam Scores<\/p>\n

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\n\t1. Tantasqua, 324<\/p>\n

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\n\t2. Mount Greylock (Rodric Rustay 75; Jacob Hillman, 78; Kai Nafziger 83; Tanner Haig-Taylor, 90; Odin Wojtkowski, 91; Max Wied, 93), 326<\/p>\n

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\n\t3. St. Bernard\u2019s, 333<\/p>\n

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\n\t4. Leominster, 338<\/p>\n

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\n\t5. Hampshire, 339<\/p>\n

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\n\tT-6. Wahconah (Logan Aitken, 79; Kesler Anello, 80; Braylen Washburn, 86; Joe Hoffmann, 99; Caleb Colombari, 103; Joey Houle, 103), Belchertown, 344<\/p>\n

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\n\t8. Pittsfield (Jason Fields, 81; Sam Gyurjan, 86; Jake Knauth, 86; Jack Bellefontaine, 94; Matthew Keegan, 98; John Mullen, 108), 347.<\/p>\n

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\n\t9. Smith Vocational, 357<\/p>\n

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\n\t10. Easthampton, 360<\/p>\n

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\n\t11. Gardner, 362<\/p>\n

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\n\t12. Leicester, 386<\/p>\n

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