Quick Slant: Week 4 Volusia-Flagler high school football games preview
The Florida high school football season has reached Week 4. The biggest game in the Volusia-Flagler area this Friday: Mainland vs. Spruce Creek.
Entries are still being accepted for the 2025 Volusia County Amateur Golf Championship, scheduled for Oct. 4-5 (Saturday-Sunday) at Venetian Bay in New Smyrna Beach.
Volusia’s County Am, which dates back to 1992, still features three divisions: Championship Division for all ages, seniors (55 and up) and super seniors (65 and up). It’s a 36-hole, stroke-play championship.
Tee times begin each day at 8 a.m., with lunch and awards following Sunday’s play.
Cost is $150 per player, with an option of entering each day’s skins game for $10 each round. Practice rounds, from Oct. 1-3, are available for $35.
The Championship Division winner’s name goes on the the perpetual championship cup, the Ralph Pool Memorial Trophy.
For more info, call Ventian Bay at 386.424.5775 (ext. 5) or visit the website at VenetianBayGolf.com.
Past winners of Volusia County Amateur golf tournament
Winners of the Volusia County Amateur and each year’s host club:
1992: Bill Bailey, Riviera Golf Club
1993: Jason Pientka, DeBary Golf Club
1994: Ken Staton, Cypress Head
1995: Daniel Hunter, Plantation Bay
1996: Brian Perry, Deltona Hills
1997: Eric Labitzke, Pelican Bay
1998: Brad Schwartz, Plantation Bay
1999: Daniel Hunter, DeBary Golf Club
2000: Johnny Thompson, LPGA International
2001: Brad Schwartz, LPGA International
2002: Eric Labitzke, Sugar Mill
2003: Rick Scott, LPGA International
2004: Daniel Venema, Victoria Hills
2005: Randy Helle, Plantation Bay
2006: Kevin Aylwin, Cypress Head
2007: J.C. Horne, Plantation Bay
2008: Wesley Graham, Plantation Bay
2009: J.C. Horne, Sugar Mill
2010: Tyler Gulliksen, Sugar Mill
2011: Ethan Wagner, Plantation Bay
2012: Don Bell, Plantation Bay
2013: Shane White, Plantation Bay
2014: No tournament
2015: Zach Horne, Crane Lakes
2016: Michael Saccente, Sugar Mill
2017: Brad Schwartz, Sugar Mill
2018: Michael Saccente, Crane Lakes
2019: Ryan Anderson, Riviera
2020: No tournament
2021: Ian Ball, Crane Lakes
2022: Derek Sanderson, Spruce Creek
2023: Bo Howard, Venetian Bay
2024: Dave Bouton, Venetian Bay
