Cicero, NY – Sophomore Raine Rumble sits in a tie for second place out of 48 golfers after the opening round of the Empire 8 Championship at Lake Shore Yacht and Country Club on Sunday. The teams tee up again on Monday in Cicero for the second round of the championship with the third and fourth rounds to take place in April 2027.
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Rumble went out in 38 and came home in 35 posting four birdies and 10 pars. He birdied the par-5 sixth, the par-4 seventh, the par-5 13th and the par-5 16th. He is just one shot behind Nazareth's Jack Fesetch who shot a 72 (E).
• Carter Johnson carded a round of 76 (+4) and is tied for eighth place as he registered a 41 on the front and 35 on the back. The rookie recorded four birdies and eight pars.
• Kahontiio Lazore is tied for 28th after shooting an 82 (43-39) with three birdies and six pars. Tyler Martin rounded out the Canton scoring players with an 85 (45-40) and is tied for 38th.
• The Roos sit in sixth place out of the eight-team field with 316 strokes. Nazareth leads the team event with 304 strokes, while Oswego (306), Russell Sage (308), Utica (313) and St. John Fisher (315) round out the top five.

 
 

Place	Name	Score	To Par
T-2	Raine Rumble	73	+1
T-9	Carter Johnson	76	+4
T-28	Kahontiio Lazore	82	+10
38	Tyler Martin	85	+13
T-39	Mason Dumas	86	+14
41	Sam Eells	89	+17

   

WHAT'S NEXT
The Roos return to the course for the second day of the fall portion of the Empire 8 Championship on Monday at Lake Shore Yacht & Country Club with tee times beginning at 10 a.m. Canton's contingent of golfers are scheduled to tee off beginning at 11:30 a.m.

   


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