Siriboury makes an early statement on Howard County golf circuit

Defending state champion Benjamin Siriboury wasted little time making an early-season statement Wednesday afternoon.

The River Hill junior, at Hobbit’s Glen Golf Club in his first action of the fall after missing the team’s first match, fired a one-under par score of 28 points to lead the Hawks to a 90-52 victory over Wilde Lake. It is the first under-par round so far this year by a Howard County golfer, boys or girls, and improves River Hill’s boys team to 2-0 on the young season.

Regular season matches in Howard County are nine holes and are played under a Modified Stableford scoring system, which awards one point for a double bogey, two for a bogey, three for a par, four for a birdie and five for an eagle.

Siriboury’s day against Wilde Lake included two birdies, on holes four and seven, and just one bogey.

In the win, River Hill also got 24 points from Mark Berg and 19 points apiece from Justin Choi and Keagan Graves.

Wilde Lake was led by a round of 21 points from Henry Hilger.

River Hill 90, Wilde Lake 52 (Hobbit’s Glen)

RH (2-0): Benjamin Siriboury 28, Mark Berg 24, Justin Choi 19, Keagan Graves 19.

WL (0-2): Henry Hilger 21, Antonio Hardy 17, Adam Parker 9, Asher Flippen 5.

Other Boys Scores:

Howard 75, Hammond 26 (Willow Springs)

The Lions stayed unbeaten with the victory, as junior Dev Sheth led the way with a season-high 23 points. Sophomore Ronan Menon was right behind him with 22 points.

Ho (2-0): Dev Sheth 23, Ronan Menon 22, Matt Baur 17, Krish Patel 13.

Ha (0-2): Mason Walls 12, Jackson Mansolillo 6, Cooper Smith 5, Sean Meklir 3.

Marriotts Ridge 86, Reservoir 33 (Waverly Woods)

Aiden Kim fired a career-best score of 27 points (even par), which included birdies on his first two holes. Neev Saraf also turned in a strong day with 24 points, birding his fifth hole and then closing with four straight pars.

MR (2-0): Aiden Kim 27, Neev Saraf 24, Jonathan Moon 21, Zach Skinner 14.

Re (0-2): Sean Kim 12, Finn Riley 12, Ian Withers 6, Jack Holmes 3.

Long Reach 54, Mount Hebron 54 (Timbers at Troy)

LR (1-0-1): Amir Patel 17, Jake Filler 15, Elliott Austran 14, Ethan Ahn 8.

MH (0-1-1): Chris Bone 19, Lucas Edwards 14, Evan McClure 12, Trey Kinberg 9.

Centennial 52, Reservoir 31 (Thursday – Timbers at Troy)

C (1-0): Ty Beck-Winter 18, Mason Roque 15, Ryan Kane 10, Tyler Longwell 9.

Re (0-1): Jack Holmes 14, Finn Riley 11, Younus Azam 5, Nolan Baer 1.

Girls Scores:

River Hill 76, Wilde Lake 27 (Hobbit’s Glen)

The Hawks set a new program record for team score, as all four players scored 15 or more points. Helen Yeung led the way with an even-par round of 27 points, including a birdie on the par 3 fifth hole.

RH (2-0): Helen Yeung 27, Julia Baek 18, Sydney Lynott 16, Carolina Herrera 15.

WL (1-1): Laurel Sands 16, Lindsey Sands 11.

Howard 23, Hammond 10 (Willow Springs)

The Lions earned their first win of the season, with freshman Andie Chung scoring 14 points to lead the way.

Ho (1-1): Andie Chung 14, Ashley Bui 7, Sydney Boris 2.

Ha (0-2): Mikaela Meer 4, Abigail Albertorio 3, Claudia D’Aguanno 3.

Marriotts Ridge 73, Reservoir 32 (Waverly Woods)

Lila Becker made a pair of birdies, on holes three and eight, to highlight an even-par round of 27 points for the Mustangs. Her teammate Alana Alexander-Giles made two birdies of her own (holes two and three) on the way to 24 points.

MR (2-0): Lila Becker 27, Alana Alexander-Giles 24, Morgan Swidersky 14, Nicole Lee 8.

Re (0-2): Riyanna Patel 15, Payton Pullen 15, Alicia Swirsky 2.

Long Reach 33, Mount Hebron 7 (Timbers at Troy)

Emma Koech scored a career-high 23 points to lead the Lightning to their first win of the season.

LR (1-1): Emma Koech 23, Grace Simpson 10.

MH (0-2): Julia Morton 7.

Centennial 46, Reservoir 44 (Thursday – Timbers at Troy)

C (1-0): Reagan Hubbard 19, Sanika Shah 12, Hannah Fang 10, Lanting Zhu 5.

Re (0-1): Payton Pullen 21, Riyana Patel 20, Alicia Swirsky 3.