Site Logo

SONNY SIXKILLER CLASSIC: Irwin Dental Center team takes first

Published 1:30 am Sunday, August 1, 2021

By Pierre LaBossiere

Matt Lane, a Husky baseballer from 2004 to 2006 plays in the Sonny Sixkiller Celebrity Golf Classic Friday at the Cedars at Dungeness. Lane was a PAHS grad who later played three seasons for the Toronto Blue Jays organization. 200 golfers played in a team format Friday at the course and it took six hours for all to complete the course. The event was a fund raiser for the Olympic Medical Foundation and they reported they raised over $76.000. dlogan
1/2
Matt Lane, a Husky baseballer from 2004 to 2006 plays in the Sonny Sixkiller Celebrity Golf Classic Friday at the Cedars at Dungeness. Lane was a PAHS grad who later played three seasons for the Toronto Blue Jays organization. 200 golfers played in a team format Friday at the course and it took six hours for all to complete the course. The event was a fund raiser for the Olympic Medical Foundation and they reported they raised over $76.000. dlogan
Matt Lane, a Husky baseball player from 2004-2006 and former Port Angeles Roughrider, plays in the Sonny Sixkiller Celebrity Golf Classic Friday at the Cedars at Dungeness. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

SEQUIM — The Irwin Dental team of Todd Irwin, Jason Doig, Jade Tisdale, Matt Averill and University of Washington’s Joe Jarzynka beat 39 other teams to win the 10th annual Sonny Sixkiller UW Husky Celebrity Golf Classic at the Cedars at Dungeness on Friday.

Jarzynka was a placekicker, punt returner and kick returner for the Huskies.

The event raised a record net of $91,000 for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation, co-organizer of the tournament along with the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe.

The tournament consisted of 40 foursomes along with a UW Huskies celebrity playing a scramble format. Irwin Dental shot a 19-under-par 53, winning a scorecard playoff over the second-place team of Michael Littman, Sid Krumpe, Mark Mitrovich, Tyler Sweet and former Huskies track coach Greg Metcalf. This team also shot a 53.

Finishing third was a team of Les Martin, Brett Bradley, Andy Ochs, Garrett Smithson and former Huskies star Lincoln Kennedy with a 17-under-par 55. Winning fourth in a tiebreaker was a team of Todd Negus, Paul Reed, Bill Evestad, Chad Wagner and former Husky Mark Lee with a 16-under-par 56.

Other winners include: Chipping — Jerid Anderson, Norm Cartwright, Derek D’Ambrosio, John Hylton and Omare Lowe. Long drive — Ray Horton. Straight Drive No. 6 — Steve Hall. Closest to the Pin — Rob Treece, Frank Catelli, Tyler Sweet and Jeremy Copeland.

Former UW star quarterback Sonny Sixkiller hosted the event, which featured famous Huskies such as Steve Emtman, Robin Earl, Kevin Gogan as well as Olympic Peninsula Huskies such as Matt Lane, Scott Jones and Derrin Doty.

The event was sponsored by Wilder Auto, Irwin Dental Center, Lakeside Industries, Swinerton Builders, with the dinner and auction sponsored by D.A. Davidson.

You Might Like