Suffolk fall golf includes 27 schools divided into five leagues. The top teams in League I are Smithtown, with Andrew Larsen and Chuck Ruoff, and Ward Melville with Joe Guarascio and Craig Capello, the leading player in the league last year. East Islip dominates League II with four all-league players: Brian Gerhausen, Keith Clark, Tom Donnelly and Jason Rosand. League III should be a three-way battle between Bellport with Christian Materese, Patchogue/Medford with Brett Stephani and Longwood with Brian Hale, last year’s top league player. The co-champions in League IV were Shoreham-Wading River with All-Leaguers Ryan Taylor and Rob Klaire and Greenport/Southold with Kevin Sage and Kieran Mairano. Southhampton is defending League V champion with Brian Armusewicz. The challengers will be Westhampton with Eric Nielsen and East Hampton with Eric Schultzel and Matt Scott. – Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 15 Sep 1997:
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Matt Scott shot 2-over-par 37 and Eric Schulzel shot 3-over-par 38 in leading East Hampton/Bridgehampton to a win over Shelter Island . . . Craig Capello shot a 1-over par 87 at Island Hills CC in Sayville to lead Ward Melville over Connetquot . . . Mike Brangan and Kevin McMahon each shot a 3-over-par 37 to lead Southampton to a win over Westhampton at Southampton Golf Club . . . Bill Phillips shot a three-over-par 35 at Rolling Oaks in Rocky Point to lead Port Jeff (2-0) . . . Brian Gerhauser shot a 2-over-par 38 on the front nine at Bergen Point to lead East Islip over Lindenhurst. Sept. 17, 1997
Longwood 7 1/2 Bellport 1 1/2; Bay Shore 8 Brentwood 1; Half Hollows Hills West 6 Commack 3; Shoreham-Wading River 6, Greenport/Southold 3; Smithtown 9 Glenn 0; Hampton Bays 6 LaSalle Center 3; East Islip 9 Lindenhurst 0; Mattituck 7 Riverhead 2; Port Jefferson 8 1/2, Rocky Point 1/2; Southampton 8 Westhampton 1; East Hampton 8 Shelter Island 1; Ward Melville 9 Connetquot 0.
Brian Hale shot an even-par 36 at Middle Island Country Club to lead Longwood past LaSalle Center, 8 1/2- 1/2 . – Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 26 Sep 1997
Brian Hale shot a 1-under-par 35 at Calverton Links to lead Longwood over Hampton Bays to clinch the League VI championship. –Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 08 Oct 1997
Brian Hale and Sean Ferguson each shot an even-par 36 at Middle Island Country Club to lead Longwood to a win over Patchogue-Medford in boys golf. Longwood concluded its league schedule at 8-0 .-Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 15 Oct 1997:
In golf, Longwood sophomore Christie Grzymala shot a hole-in-one on the seventh hole of Swan Lake at the Longwood Fall Golf Invitational. Craig Cappello of Ward Melville and Eric Nielsen of Westhampton competed in a playoff for first place and Nielsen won on the second hole of sudden death with a birdie. Ward Melville won the team championship with a 416 total. Port Jefferson finished second with 422, followed by Southampton 425, Greenport / Southold 428, Westhampton 434 and Longwood 437. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 18 Oct 1997: