Wills fends off comeback at Essex Kent

Things were looking good for Austyn Wills during the championship round of the senior flight at the Essex-Kent Junior Golf Tournament. He led the match play final 3-up at the turn.

"Once I started hitting a couple of bad shots nerves started to get to me." said Wills who watched Andrew Baker storm back to tie it on the 14th hole and take the lead on 15 at Roseland. It all came down to the 18th hole. "Nice bunker shot by Austyn there on 18. Got it done." said Baker.

This was Wills' first golf win. He also helped the Belle River Nobles win the WECSSAA AA hockey championship earlier this year.

Garant wins Novice division

Mason Garant won the Novice Championship flight beating Will's brother J.J four-up with three to go. "It means a lot," The 12-year old told Powerplay Sports. "It's all the best kids my age in Windsor-Essex County. He (Wills) was really hard to play against. His short game was really good and he was sticking everything tight."

Garant will soon be gearing up for the hockey season playing for the Chatham Cyclones U-13 team. "It's a big year. It's the last year before hitting." said Garant who is hoping his team, coach by former Windsor Lancer Kyle Hope, get chosen to play in the Quebec International PeeWee Tournament in February of 2025 featuring some of the best teams in the world. The Cyclones were top-10 in Ontario last season.

Garant says golf is awesome but, "hockey is definitely my sport." The Cyclones open camp the first week of September.