GLEN RIDGE, NJ — Glen Ridge High School sophomore Emily Renoff finished as the runner-up in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s girls Tournament of Champions at the Raritan Valley Country Club in Bridgewater on Monday, May 16.
Renoff shot one over par, 73, to finish in second place. Hopewell Valley’s Megan Meng finished first with a score of 71.
Last season, Renoff finished in fifth place in the Tournament of Champions as a freshman.
GRHS head coach Domenic Curfman was ecstatic about Renoff’s performance.
“Emily did a great job at the Girls State Championship,” he said in an email to The Glen Ridge Paper. She shot a 1-over 73 to place second. Emily played great. She has worked really hard all year and I’m very extremely proud of her performance. She’s improved her game every year and I look forward to her continued success. Just as impressive as Emily’s golf game is the impression she leaves on others. After every event she has played in, coaches seek me out to tell me what a great person Emily is and that it was a pleasure to have her in their group.”
Earlier this season, Renoff tied for second place at the Essex County Tournament held at the Francis Byrne Golf Course in West Orange on Tuesday, May 3.
Renoff shot a 75 and tied with Millburn’s Nate Beck. There were 67 golfers who scored. Newark Academy’s Arjun Caprihan took first place with a 73 score.
Also for Glen Ridge, junior Evan Twitchell tied for 11th with an 80 score, and junior Preston Palm tied for 15th with an 83 score.
In the team standings, Glen Ridge, under head coach Domenic Curfman, finished in sixth place with a 341 score among the 17 scoring teams.
At the NJSIAA’s North Jersey, Sections 1 and 2, tournament on Monday, May 9, at the Newton Country Club, Glen Ridge finished second behind Mountain Lakes. Renoff took second place in the individual standings with a 77 score. Twitchell and Palm tied for eighth place with 86 scores. Sophomore Harrison Velechko took 10th place, and sophomore Nicholas Overholtzer took 12th place.
Glen Ridge also qualified for the NJSIAA’s boys Tournament of Champions on Tuesday, May 17, at Hawk’s Pointe Gold Club, where the team did exceptionally well. Renoff also competed with the team.
This season, Glen Ridge competed in the Super Essex Conference–American Division. The Ridgers moved up to the American Division after having a successful season in 2021.
“As a team we’ve been very successful against schools of our size,” Curfman said in an email to The Glen Ridge Paper.
Photo Courtesy of Rob Hill/GRHS Director of Student Activities
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