Meet the 2024 All-Livingston County boys golf team

Five players who received all-state honorable mention headline the six-member 2024 All-Livingston County boys golf first team.

Howell’s Derek Kantola and Zach Spencer, Brighton’s Riley Morton and Jacob Daavettila, and Hartland’s Keller King are on the Division 1 honorable mention list.

A player also needed to shoot consistently in the 70s to make the team, with the highest average among the first-team selections being 78.2.

The 2025 season should also be exciting for county golf, with four first-teamers and four second-teamers returning.

Jacob Daavettila

► School: Brighton

► Class: Junior

► Accomplishments: Daavettila tied for third in the two KLAA tournaments with a 147, shooting 73 in the preseason and 74 in the postseason. He tied for 14th at regionals with a 78. Daavettila averaged 77.64 for 18 holes and 40.0 for nine, shooting four tournament rounds of 75 or lower. He received all-state honorable mention and was a second-team all-county pick last year.

Adam Forcier

► School: Brighton

► Class: Sophomore

► Accomplishments: Forcier tied for seventh in the KLAA with a 149, shooting 74 in the first tournament and 75 in the second. He tied for 13th at regionals, leading Brighton with a 77. Forcier averaged 77.64 for 18 holes and 39.6 for nine, shooting 75 or lower four times in tournaments.

Derek Kantola

► School: Howell

► Class: Junior

► Accomplishments: Kantola won two tournaments, shooting 2-under-par 70 in the Black/Green/Gold/Orange at Kensington Metropark and 4-under 68 in the regional at Currie Municipal Golf Course in Midland. His 68 was the low round in the county this season. He was third in the final KLAA tournament with a 71, putting him in a tie for 10th in the two league events. He averaged 76.5 for 18 holes and 38.5 for nine, earning all-state honorable mention.

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Keller King

► School: Hartland

► Class: Senior

► Accomplishments: King tied for fifth at regionals with a 75, missing an individual state berth by one place. He tied for seventh in the KLAA with a 149, shooting rounds of 73 and 76. He averaged 78.20 for 18 holes and 40.0 for nine, breaking 80 six times in 10 tournaments. King was a second-team all-county pick the last two years.

Riley Morton

► School: Brighton

► Class: Senior

► Accomplishments: Morton played in two state tournaments and made first-team all-county twice after receiving second-team honors as a sophomore. He received all-state honorable mention this season. Morton led the county with a 76.09 18-hole average, breaking 80 in nine of 11 events. He averaged 39.5 for nine holes. He tied for 11th in the KLAA and tied for 17th at regionals.

Zach Spencer

► School: Howell

► Class: Junior

► Accomplishments: Spencer had Howell’s lowest scoring averages at 76.3 for 18 holes and 38.1 for nine. He received all-state honorable mention after making the first team last year, earning first-team all-county for the second time. Spencer opened the season by shooting 3-under 69 to win the Westborn Market tournament at Oakland University. He had a 34 nine-hole round at Fox Hills. He tied for 11th in the KLAA and tied for seventh at regionals.

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SECOND TEAM

Brady Betteley, Hartland, Sr.

Gavin Hill, Howell, Jr.

Michael Maurin, Hartland, Soph.

Aidan Oake, Hartland, Fr.

Levi Pennala, Brighton, Sr.

Rory Sturos, Howell, Jr.

HONORABLE MENTION

Brighton: Jackson Frelich (Jr.), Mitchell Stoll (Soph.). Fowlerville: Cole Sova (Jr.). Hartland: Alex Katch (Sr.), Dallas Korponic (Soph.). Howell: Luke Downing (Jr.). Pinckney: Carson Plante (Jr.).

Contact Bill Khan at wkhan@gannett.com. Follow him on X @BillKhan

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