Backspin Volume 3, Issue 4 | Page 11

juniorspin by Ian Auzenne Mouton and Queen have comeback win at USSSA Cameron Mouton staged a comeback at the Links of the Bayou Golf Club, improving his score by 10 strokes from the first round to win the Boys 1518 championship at the Mizuno USSSA Luck of the Irish 2, sponsored by the Alexandria/Pineville Convention and Visitors Bureau. Mouton, of Lafayette, won the tournament and his first USSSA title from the second-to-last pairing– a rarity on the Louisiana USSSA Tour – shooting a 164 (87-77) over the twoday, 36-hole event. Nick Grabowski, of Alexandria, finished three strokes back to take second place. Harrison John, of Lafayette, finished eight strokes off the lead to claim third place. Hometown golfer Chance Queen, like Mouton, came back from the second-to-last pairing to return to the winner’s circle in the Boys 12-14 Division. Queen took advantage of Sunday’s strong southerly winds and played his home course perfectly to finish with a score of 151. Runner-up Payne Johnson of Shreveport finished three shots behind Queen. Thirdplace finisher Ryan Dupuy of Baton Rouge finished five strokes off the lead. Kaitlyn Montoya won her first USSSA title by winni