Warren’s Blum Ties for Medalist Honors at Grape Picker Tournament

NORTH EAST, Pa. – Warren’s Owen Blum tied for 3A medalist honors with Cathedral Prep’s Breckin Taylor at the inaugural Grape Picker Tournament at Lakeview Country Club in North East Thursday.

Both golfers shot a 75.

Prep won the 3A portion of the event with a score of 329 followed by Warren at 337, Erie High at 342, and McDowell at 346.

In 3A, Kyle Westfall of Erie was third with a 76 followed by Braddock Damore of Warren with a 78 at Prep’s Conrad Lair with an 80.

Clarion won the 2A portion with a score of 344, 12 strokes better than second-place finisher Mercyhurst Prep, which carded a 356. Fairview was third (358) followed by Fort LeBeouf and Grove City in fourth (359), Oil City in sixth (372), North East in seventh (375), and Union City in eighth (381).

In 2A, co-medalist honors went to North East’s Leyton Hassenplug and Mercyhurst Prep’s Nick Nomeyer (76) with Union City’s Josh James third with a 78. Devon Lauer paced Clarion with an 81, good four fourth, while Kameron Kerle followed in fifth with an 82.