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JD Joanis, Paul Snook, Jimmy Park, Mitch Barton, Brian Watson, Charlie Monroe win Berry flight titles

STREATOR - Here are the other flight champions who took home Richard J. Berry Memorial first-place trophies Sunday in addition to first-time Championship Flight winner Jeremy DeBernardi:

Championship II

The lower half of the Championship Flight leaderboard after Saturday’s opening round at Pine Hills played for its own trophies, with last year’s A Flight champion, JD Joanis, winning a one-hole playoff against Joe Cravatta to claim the Championship II title. Both Joanis and Cravatta finished their regulation 18s with identical 156 scores — 80 at Pine Hills and 76 at The Eastwood.

Kevin Pflibsen (157) was third and Jeremiah Pike (158) fourth.

A Flight

Three A Flight linksmen managed to mark rounds in the 70s both Saturday and Sunday, but ultimately it was Paul Snook’s 72 Saturday that proved to be the difference as his 72-79 for a 151 secured a three-stroke victory over Eric Phillis (154) for the A Flight title.

Charlie Dunkel (156) was third. Brandon Cinotto (158) and Brandon Urbance (158) tied for fourth.

B Flight

Jimmy Park trailed a handful of competitors — including flight leader Dave Pinney by three strokes— heading into Sunday, but blazed the soggy course at The Eastwood with a flight-best 78 to leapfrog the field and take home the B Flight title convincingly.

Park (160) scored a six-stroke victory over runner-up Adam Brown (166). Pinney (167) finished third after winning a two-hole playoff over Scott Limberg (167), with Jim DeMoss fifth.

C Flight

A 90 at Pine Hills on Saturday put Mitch Barton in the hunt for the C Flight title, and his 83 Sunday at The Eastwood brought it home with a two-day 173, two strokes better than second-place finisher Josh Eplin (175).

Mike Ferko (176) was third, Tyler Sabol (177) fourth and Andrew Barton (178) fifth.

D Flight

A seven-shot victory sent Brian Watson (179) home the D Flight champion, carding a 95 at Pine Hills and an 84 at The Eastwood.

Paul Corbin (186), Jeff Harcar (193), Marcos Torres (196) and Dustin Masley (197) rounded out the flight’s top five.

Legends Flight/Senior

Charlie Monroe overcame a nine-stroke deficit Sunday to win the Legends crown by four strokes, finishing with a 147 to best runner-up B.J. Sipula’s 151. Budd Dilley (164) finished third. Monroe shot a 78 Saturday followed by a flight-topping 69 Sunday.

The Berry’s Senior division winner was Championship Flight golfer and tournament director Tony Muscato, who carded a 150.

J.T. Pedelty

J.T. Pedelty

J.T. is a graduate of Streator High School, Illinois Valley Community College and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale who is some 26 years into an award-winning sports journalism career and serves as a regional sports editor for Shaw Local Media and Friday Night Drive.