2023 Golf Preview: Brophy standout Tyler Spielman returns after record finish; State championships moved to the Aguila Golf Course

July 13, 2023 by Andy Morales, AZPreps365


Brophy Prep and rival Hamilton will be playing for the 10th championship for both squads. (Andy Morales/AZPreps365)

Brophy Prep senior Tyler Spielman shot a record 17-under-par 123 to win the 2022 Division I State Championship on the Omni Tucson National Sonoran Course. Spielman helped lead the Broncos to their ninth state title to match the nine won by rival Hamilton.

The state championships will move from the Tucson area to the Aguila Golf Course in Laveen for the first time since 2015.

 

DIVISION I BOYS

2022 State Finish: Brophy Prep (529), Hamilton (563), Liberty (580)

2021 State Finish: Hamilton (549), Brophy Prep, Liberty (588)

2020 State Finish: Hamilton (557), Brophy Prep (569), Pinnacle (572)

 

Tyler Spielman, Sr. Brophy (2022 State Champion)

Vincent Cervantes, Sr. Hamilton (2021 State Champion; 2022 State Third Place)

Jack DeCesare, Sr. Highland

James Rogers, Sr. Pinnacle

Joe Houghton, Sr. Perry

Adam Croix, Sr. Liberty

Austin Bullard, Sr. Casteel

Nash Arthurs, Jr. Liberty

Brody Leid, Sr. Corona del Sol

Henry Dall, Sr. Brophy

Brogan Paschal, Sr. Basha

Sean Moore, Sr. Red Mountain

Tyler Anderson, Sr. Chaparral

Quinton Breuer, Jr. Mountain Ridge

Noah Kaoni, Jr. O'Connor

Cody Richardson, So. Casteel

Cole Gillis, Sr. O'Connor

Cade Sherwood, Jr. Casteel

Carter Damron, Sr. Higley

Dylan Boenning, Jr. Brophy

 

DIVISION I GIRLS

2022 State Finish: Hamilton (631), Xavier Prep (635), Pinnacle (636)

2021 State Finish: Liberty (593), Xavier Prep (596), Hamilton (603)

2020 State Finish: Xavier Prep (626), Pinnacle (629), Hamilton (656)

 

Angela Chen, Jr. Hamilton (2022 State Runner-Up Playoff Hole)

Kate Hauptman, Sr. Xavier (2020 Third Place)

Samantha Olson, Sr. Pinnacle

Gabrielle Cone, Sr. Perry

Nikki Bowen, Sr. Valley Vista

Lena Durette, Sr. Xavier

Madeleine Nguyen, Jr. Desert Vista

Isabella Piazza, So. Xavier

Grace Rubelsky, Sr. Xavier

Zoey Woodward, Sr. Boulder Creek

Natalia Lamadrid, So. Xavier

Delaney Stamp, Jr. Boulder Creek

Bellamaria Mantini, Sr. Corona del Sol

Flora Tao, Sr. Hamilton

Kyla Layman, Sr. Xavier

Jayden Jevnick, Sr. Xavier

Lizzie Walls, Jr. Hamilton

Kalyn Doss, So. Xavier

Madalyn Gubernick, So. Xavier

Raegan Etnyre, Sr. Boulder Creek

 

DIVISION II BOYS

2022 State Finish: Ironwood Ridge (565), Notre Dame (579), Catalina Foothills (592)

2021 State Finish: Williams Field (607), Saguaro (626), TIE Notre Dame and Arcadia (628)

2020 State Finish: Cactus Shadows (573), TIE Arcadia and Williams Field (589)

 

Finn Meister, Jr. Catalina Foothills (2022 State Runner-Up)

Jayden Schmitz, Sr. Ironwood Ridge (2022 State Third Place)

Brasen Briones, Sr. Ironwood Ridge (2021 State Champion; 2022 State Third Place)

Oscar Uribe, Sr. Saguaro (2021 Third Place)

Thomas Caffarelli, Sr. Desert Mountain

Jacob Medina, Sr. Ironwood Ridge

Ben Carr, Sr. Williams Field

Karter Samprone, Jr. Eastmark

Landon Ashcraft, So. Notre Dame Prep

Jonathan Tso, Jr. Prescott

Xander Mulder, So. Notre Dame Prep

Jake Goyen, So. ALA-Gilbert North

Kaj Johnston, So. Cactus Shadows

Brady Horwitz, So. Notre Dame Prep

Chase Pickering, Jr. Sabino

Dylan Wolfe, Sr. Notre Dame Prep

Owen Wackman, So. Cactus Shadows

Preston Gwinn, Jr. Thunderbird

Oliver Uribe, So. Saguaro

Derek McCoy, So. Lake Havasu

 

DIVISION II GIRLS

2022 State Finish: Cactus Shadows (629), Casteel (630), Salpointe (655)

2021 State Finish: Ironwood Ridge (573), Salpointe (588), Cactus Shadows (590)

2020 State Finish: Ironwood Ridge (603), Cactus Shadows (605), Catalina Foothills (680)

 

Lily Huether, Sr. Salpointe Catholic (2022 State Runner-Up Playoff Hole)

Kaitlyn Helm, Jr. St. John Paul II

Cynthia Lang, So. Seton Catholic

Emilee Swagger, Sr. Canyon View

Kylie Kuppersmith, So. Casteel

Jordin Cowing, Jr. Casteel

Lucy Newell, Jr. Ironwood Ridge

Isabel Helgemoe, So. Chaparral

Riley Doherty, Sr. Cactus Shadows

Zaida Wise, Jr. Sabino

Nicole Feistl, Sr. Cactus Shadows

Rylee Stovall, Jr. Millennium

Lauren Nau, Jr. Horizon

Parker Welling, Jr. Cactus Shadows

Makenna Cox, Jr. Notre Dame

Linnea Gustafson, Sr. Lee Williams

Rayna Johnson, Sr. Casteel

Peyton Gibby, Sr. Campo Verde

Izzy McGlone, So. Seton Catholic

Mallory McRee, So. Salpointe Catholic