Breaux captures junior golf title

• Advocate staff report
• Published: Jul 24, 2008 - UPDATED: 6:50 a.m.

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Donnie Breaux put together rounds of 75 and 72 that helped him walk away from Webb Memorial Golf Course triumphantly with the BREC boys junior golf tournament title.

Breaux’s total of 147 was one shot better than Connor Johnson (148) and third place finisher Drew Patton (156) in the 14-to-17-year-old age group.

Blake Gautreaux (149) was the 12-13-year-old winner with Peyton McCulloch (150) and Brennan LeBlanc (152) right behind. Grant Welch (154) won the 9-11-year-old division followed by Peter Mata (156) and Mark Bienvenu (191).

Breaux and Johnson teamed to win the “best ball” category with a score of 69 with Gautreaux and Ben Booth (70) winning the 12-13-year-old group and Mata and Bienvenu (77) the 9-11-year-old title.

BERGERON CLAIMS TITLE AT THE ISLAND: Houma native Mitchell Bergeron won a three-way playoff to claim the overall championship at The Island Junior Classic at The Island Country Club in Plaquemine.

Bergeron, a Nicholls State graduate, shot a final round 2-over 74 to finish in a tie along with Hunter English of Port Allen and Kelsey Angelle of Arnaudville.

Bergeron’s par on the 180-yard, par three 16th in sudden death provided him with his second victory over the summer. He also won the AJGT Stanford Group Junior Classic.

Metairie’s Brooke Braun claimed her second straight girls overall title while Sam Justice of Baton Rouge was the boys 12-14-year-old winner.

DIAMOND DIVAS WIN TOURNAMENT: The Diamond Divas, a 8-and-under team from Clinton, won its second straight Babe Ruth Southwest Regional championship.

The Diamond Divas, coached by Glenn DeLee along with Jeff and Heidi Stringer, completed a 4-0 showing in the tournament, culminating with a victory over Amite in the title game.

Team members include: Kali Douglas, Corianne Mouton, Raelyn Turner, Melissa Ledbetter, Kayla McNabb, Ryleigh McManus, Kenley Karno, Abby Dalton, Julia Stringer, Katie Viccellio, Chalise Freemyer, Caitlynn Jones and Allie DeLee.