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Juve leader nipped in final round

Lucas Gatto of Burnaby was overtaken in the final round of the B.C. juvenile boys' golf championship last week in Powell River.

Lucas Gatto of Burnaby was overtaken in the final round of the B.C. juvenile boys' golf championship last week in Powell River.

Gatto, who led the first two rounds with a five-under-par 139 at the Myrtle Point Golf Club, finished up in a tie for second place following a final-round one-over 73.

Fourteen-year-old Trevor Yu of Vancouver won the overall provincial juvenile boys' title with three two-under rounds of 70 to take the championship by two strokes.

Jordan Lu of Vancouver also posted a two-under 70 to tie Gatto with a 212 score.

Gatto, 16, opened with a tournament-low score of 68 on the 6,923-yard par-72 Myrtle Point course.

Gatto's St. Thomas More Collegiate schoolmate Kevin Vigna finished in sixth place with a five-over-par 221.

Wyatt Racette of Burnaby placed 22nd with a 233 score. Kevin Li of Burnaby also made the cut to place 39th overall.

Alix Kong of West Vancouver ran away with the juvenile girls' title, firing an eight-under-par 211 to win by 15 strokes.