SUMMIT TWP — Jeremy Plaisted estimates that he’d golfed in the Butler Eagle County Amateur 20 previous times. He performed well in many of them, but never quite good enough to win.

That fact had to make his walk off the No. 11 green Sunday at Hiland Golf Course a bit sweeter.

Plaisted, a Cranberry Township resident, had survived a playoff against Troy Loughry, a recent two-time champion of this event. Plaisted birdied the 370-yard, par-4 No. 11 while Loughry had to settle for par. Both players had birdied No. 10 to begin the playoff after finishing regulation with identical 1-under-par 69s.

“I hit a good drive on 11 (a dogleg left), then had a chip and was able to get up and down,” said Plaisted, who is a member at Slippery Rock Golf Club where he carded a pair of 63s over the last two weeks. He’s known for his long drives, and on the final hole, his tee shot ended up less than 10 yards from the green.

“It was about 360 yards, so yeah, I can drive the ball pretty well, but there are a lot of holes on this course where I didn’t use a driver. There’s lots of roll out there.”

Loughry, who won the amateur in 2022 and 2023, also had a good tee shot on what turned out to be the final hole.

“I hammered it down the middle, but then had a wedge shot that kicked to the left on me,” he said. “I shot a 67 to win here in 2022. I know Jeremy and he’s a really good golfer.”

Plaisted learned he was two strokes off the lead with four holes left, then managed two birdies.

“I had finished second in this tournament three or four times, so it feels great to win,” he said.

A third golfer, Jeremy Enslen, carded a 69 Sunday morning, but left before Plaisted and Loughry tied him and was not present for the playoff.

Chloe Fritch took it easy on herself, but not on the rest of the women’s field.

Her 2-over-par 74 topped 11 other women’s golfers to earn the Karns City graduate her third consecutive title.

“I’m a perfectionist. I’m very competitive, want every shot to be perfect and I never seem to be satisfied,” Fritch said after being recognized as the women’s champion. “Sometimes I have to ease up on myself because no golfer can place every shot exactly where they want it.

“I can honestly say I’m super-proud with how I played today.”

Fritch had two double-bogeys and a pair of bogeys, but also birdied four holes. Her win last year at Slippery Rock Golf Club came while wearing a brace after she tore her ACL while playing basketball her junior year of high school. She carded an 81 and won by a single stroke.

“Last year was kind of a reconstruction year for me, in a good way,” Fritch said. “It forced me to look at my game and I had to learn to swing all over again.

“I won last year and I wasn’t going to complain about that, but I knew I was capable of playing better. I used to play here (at Hiland) a lot when I was little, so it’s a course I’m familiar with.”

Fritch, who won two District 9 individual girls titles with the Gremlins, will soon be golfing for Mount Aloysius College.

“I’m looking forward to golfing on a team with other girls, which I’ve never had the chance to do,” she said. “I’m excited to play in the competitive atmosphere that comes with college.”

Butler Eagle Amateur Results

Sunday, Aug. 10 at Hiland Golf Course

Championship Flight

Jeremy Enslen 31-38 — 69

Troy Loughry 35-34 — 69

Jeremy Plaisted 32-37 — 69

Ryan Pinkerton 37-34 — 71

Joe DiMuccio 35-37 — 72

Andrew Ganoe 37-35 — 72

Nathan Hushak 34-38 — 72

Geoff Patterson 36-36 — 72

Logan Pistorious 36-36 — 72

Chris Kukla 36-37 — 73

Ted Marron 37-36 — 73

Xander Downing 38-36 — 74

Ian Miller 38-36 — 74

Jeff Birckbichler 38-37 — 75

Chris Marron 35-40 — 75

Bill Black 39-37 — 76

Pat Hohn 36-40 — 76

Joe Rapp 40-36 — 76

Mason Sullivan 37-39 — 76

Brian Wimer 38-38 — 76

Jesse Badgett 38-39 — 77

Brett Gardner 41-36 — 77

John Hook 40-37 — 77

Kiefer O’Neill 40-37 — 77

Jase Renwick 38-39 — 77

Blake Scott 38-39 — 77

Matt Steighner 37-40 — 77

Rick Hangliter 40-38 — 78

Bill Plyler 41-37 — 78

Ryan Porch 40-38 — 78

Steve Steighner 39-39 — 78

Mark Young 40-38 — 78

Joe Breckons 38-41 — 79

Garrett Bylinowski 38-41 — 79

Bob Shakely 37-42 — 79

Connor Ealy 43-39 — 82

Cameron Krotec 39-43 — 82

Leo Marron 43-39 — 82

Tyson Frasur 40-45 — 85

Tom Gillespie 43-41 — 84

Kyle Armagost 43-43 — 86

James Hynes 45-41 — 86

Nathan Lentz 43-43 — 86

1st Flight

Ken Randall 36-35 — 71

Stephen Smith 36-36 — 72

Chloe Fritch 37-37 — 74

Josh Albrech 37-38 — 75

Jon Fair 36-39 — 75

Brett Loughry 38-37 — 75

Matt Maloy 39-36 — 75

Donna McClymonds 37-38 — 75

Matt Benson 37-39 — 76

John Piroch 38-38 — 76

Brody Randall 39-37 — 76

Travis Shingleton 40-36 — 76

Austin Hogsett 37-40 — 77

Jeff Kriebel 38-39 — 77

Tim Kunzler 37-40 — 77

John Williams 38-39 — 77

Frank Leteure 38-40 — 78

Jon Light 38-40 — 78

Mike Rock 41-37 — 78

Jeff Scott 38-40 — 78

William Andrews 40-39 — 79

Ethan Crooks 41-38 — 79

Marcus Fry 40-39 — 79

Brayden McCorry 39-40 — 79

Shae Stobert 40-39 — 79

Cory Birckbichler 37-43 — 80

Cody Fennell 43-37 — 80

Mike Hannraty 39-41 — 80

Tom Barnhart 41-40 — 81

Bo Campbell 40-41 — 81

Ryan Grossman 40-41 — 81

Dan Hartshorne 38-43 — 81

Colin Patterson 38-43 — 81

Joe Penrod 42-39 — 81

Robert Tekac 36-45 — 81

Jim Hepler 43-39 — 82

Ryan Maloy 40-42 — 82

Steven McFadden 44-38 — 82

Kevin Schlitz 42-40 — 82

Jake Shewalter 40-42 — 82

Todd Simmons 39-43 — 82

Asa Adams 42-41 — 83

Jimmy Pint 44-39 — 83

Sam Wiley 44-39 — 83

Leo Navarro 43-41 — 84

Justin Palmer 43-41 — 84

Domenic Scherer 43-41 — 84

Conner Wallace 40-44 — 84

Jarid Huth 42-43 — 85

John Kraus 41-44 — 85

Jerry Marron 45-40 — 85

Ben Spangler 39-46 — 85

Sage Strezeshi 39-46 — 85

D.J. Ealy 43-43 — 86

Braden Grossman 42-44 — 86

Steve Hilliard 42-44 — 86

Dustin Montgomery 42-44 — 86

Anthony Vignere 43-43 — 86

Jon Bard 44-43 — 87

Nathan Black 44-43 — 87

Andrew Rapp 46-41 — 87

Tom Fennell 43-45 — 88

Rebecca Gilson 43-45 — 88

Christian McLafferty 47-42 — 89

Joey O’Donnell 45-44 — 89

Kaden Rock 41-48 — 89

Pat Seybert 46-43 — 89

Joe Markilinski 44-46 — 90

Gary McClymonds 47-43 — 90

Chris Dimun 45-47 — 92

Bob Kalkowski 48-48 — 96

Ron Perrine 47-49 — 96

2nd Flight

Larry Stimpert 37-37 — 74

Hunter Gifford 38-40 — 78

Jim Smith 38-42 — 80

Collin Randall 40-41 — 81

Karen Aloi 42-40 — 82

Dominick Bucko 43-39 — 82

Walt Gall 42-40 — 82

Paige Ponteous 40-43 — 83

Gary Renwick 40-44 — 84

Brendan Stamm 38-46 — 84

Dominick Bassegio 42-44 — 86

Andrew Skero 41-45 — 86

Mary Twentier 45-41 — 86

Steve Claypoole 44-43 — 87

Jamie Queen 38-49 — 87

Shawn Pistorious 44-43 — 87

Joseph Viola 42-45 — 87

Sharon Goncz 42-46 — 88

Derek Boben 45-44 — 89

Tyler Cunningham 42-47 — 89

Erik Trembulak 46-43 — 89

Grant Nagle 44-46 — 90

Dayne Rosen 45-45 — 90

Brandon Simmons 47-43 — 90

John Wells 43-47 — 90

Ken Zawodny 41-49 — 90

Greg Sybert 46-46 — 92

Carlos Trinidad 45-47 — 92

Nancy Young 44-48 — 92

Shawn DeJohn 49-44 — 93

Jason Steyer 47-47 — 94

Jerry Talleri 47-47 — 94

Dominick Pusateri 53-44 — 97

Jared Rothert 49-48 — 97

Doug Bowser 49-51 — 100

Dale Smith 51-51 — 102

3rd Flight

Earl Bowser 42-42 — 84

David Szymoniak 45-41 — 86

Marcie McLister 39-48 — 87

Janet Gray 44-44 — 88

Tristen Fields 46-44 — 90

Harvey Kiefer 45-48 — 93

James Hulings 45-49 — 94

Tom Rivers 48-50 — 98

Joe Birckbichler 50-49 — 99

Travis Corbin 48-51 — 99

Rob Flick 52-48 — 100

Janet Kirk 50-50 — 100

Nicholas Minto 49-54 — 103

Trey Simmons 47-58 — 105