It is a new year and for Lorain High that means a new opportunity as a newcomer in the Greater Cleveland Conference.

FIRST DOUBLES: Cami Smith-Emily Smith (HN) def. Lauren Freaney-Valerie Dyson 6-1, 7-6(5), 5-10.

Avon sophomore Samuel Griffiths' round of 80 beat out Amherst No. 5 man to give the Eagles the win on their home course.

The Middies posted the three lowest scores of the day with junior Lucas Hendershot leading the way with a 5-over par 76 at Carlisle Golf Course as Midview cruised to a 24-stroke win over second-place Avon (336) in the Elyria Pioneer Invitational.

Amherst, which emerged victorious at the Grey Hawk Invitational on Tuesday, was unable to replicate the success, though it did finish eighth out of 22 teams.

The sophomore shot a 2-over-par 74 -- 14 strokes ahead of everyone else -- and Keystone posted four of the top six scores of the day on its way to a 347 total. The Wildcats finished 58 strokes ahead of second-place Bay (405).

Comets have four players shoot in the 70s.

Penton's first career hole-in-one on the par-3 fifth hole was the highlight of the day as area teams started off the year at the Amherst Comet Invitation at Oberlin Golf Club.

Longtime Chronicle-Telegram contributor Tim Gebhardt was inducted into the Lorain County Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame prior to the senor all-star game along with former Wellington, Midview and Elyria coach Duane Sunagel and the late Larry Shaw, whose five-decade coaching career included stops at Keystone, Elyria, Amherst and Midview.