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Golfer in junior top 10 at B.C. s

Burnaby's Lucas Gatto wound up in a tie for 10th place at the B.C. junior golf championships in Trail over the weekend. Gatto finished with a four-round, four-over-par 292, 18 shots back of runaway defending champion Adam Svensson of Surrey.

Burnaby's Lucas Gatto wound up in a tie for 10th place at the B.C. junior golf championships in Trail over the weekend.

Gatto finished with a four-round, four-over-par 292, 18 shots back of runaway defending champion Adam Svensson of Surrey.

Svensson fired a sizzling 14-under 274, including an opening round 67 on the par 72 at the 6,555-yard Rossland-Trail Golf Course.

Kevin Kwon of Pitt Meadows placed runner-up at seven-under-par with a 281 total.

Conner Kozak of Vernon was one shot back of Kwon with a 282.

Gatto, a three-time B.C. AA high school team winner with St. Thomas More Collegiate, was pegged as high as sixth overall following a two-under 70 in the third round on Thursday.

STM teammate Kevin Vigna shot an eight-over 296 with a two-under 70 in the final round to finish in a tie for 19th overall.