About ten thousand dollars was raised for the Sierra Schools Foundation at the 5th Annual Swinging for the Schools Golf Tournament Saturday at Plumas Pines Golf Resort near Graeagle.
SSF president Megan Meschery said, “It was a gorgeous day, with the rain breaking through only in the early evening after dinner.” She said that participants and organizers alike reported that everyone had a great time for a great cause.
Winners in the various levels of competition were as follows:
1st Place Men: Jaquez foursome, and 1st Place Women's: Grandi foursome
2nd Place Men: Grant foursome, and 2nd Place Women's: Brady foursome
3rd Place Men: Donnelly foursome, and 3rd Place Women's: Olivieri foursome
Closest to the Pin Men: Taylor Mieras
Closest to the Pin Women: Kasey Marin
Longest Drive Men: Taylor Mieras
Longest Drive Women: Dawna Mantei
For this year’s Fashionista Award the Grandi foursome took first place with its handmade tutus and blue ribbons to promote the fight against colon cancer. The Walker foursome was a close second with its Hawaiian theme complete with a sharkmobile and a marlin moto.
The special Alumni Award went to the Travis Cone foursome with every player a graduate from Loyalton High School: Travis Cone, Jeff Brooks, Aaron Adams and Paul Salas. Duncan Cameron's alumni team also had a great showing and gave the Cone foursome a run for its money.
Meschery said that “The Sierra Schools Foundation greatly appreciates Duncan Cameron, welder extraordinaire, for creating and donating all of the beautiful medals this year. Many thanks also go to Sheri and Paul Roen for cooking up a wonderful post-golf meal. We really appreciate the community effort to make this big day happen.”
PGA Professional Robert Garrigus and his wife Ami, who is a 1997 graduate of Loyalton High School, again sponsored the tournament with generous gifts of TaylorMade clubs and equipment valued in thousands of dollars.
Other major sponsors were West Orthodontics of Truckee and Plumas Pines Golf Resort.
Tee sponsors this year included the following:
Alfred Surveying, Loyalton
Bracher Construction, Loyalton
Tim Driscoll Construction, Calpine
Dryden Plumbing, Loyalton
Robert Fisher, Encinitas
Friday Night Live Kids, Loyalton
Mario Garibotti, D.D.S., Portola
Graeagle Mill Works, Graeagle
Richard Griffin Construction, Loyalton
The Law Offices of Tom Archer, Truckee
Loyalton Rotary Club
McCormack Construction, Sierraville
Janet and Craig McHenry of Loyalton
Pezzullo & Gusset, CPA/LLP, Susanville
Roberti Ranch, Loyalton
Rotary Club of Loyalton
Sierra County Deputy Association
Sierra Professional Associates, Portola
Sierra Valley Feed Store, Sierraville
Sierra Valley Home Center, Sierraville
Sierra Valley Lodge, Calpine
Tahoe Truckee Sierra Disposal, Tahoe City
Truckee River Associates, Truckee
In addition to the TaylorMade equipment and gear donated by the Garrigus family, the following businesses and individuals donated various prizes and gift certificates for awards, auction items and raffles:
Athletics Unlimited, Reno
Atlantis Casino Resort, Reno
Vicki Barney Desserts
Travis Cone Catering, Loyalton
Downieville Day Spa, Downieville
Downieville Outfitters, Downieville
Eco Centric, Graeagle
Fork ‘n’ Horn Restaurant, Sierraville
49 Wines, Downieville
Golden West Restaurant, Loyalton
Graeagle Mill Works, Graeagle
Graeagle Land & Cattle Co, Graeagle
Hair Faire and Debbie Jaquez, Loyalton
Lis Henson, Independent Thirty-One Gifts, Loyalton
Hidden Valley Country Club, Reno
Indian Peak Vineyards, Graeagle
Tyson Jaquez, Reno
La Cocina de Oro, Downieville
Longboards Bar & Grill, Graeagle
Los Dos Hermanos Restaurant, Sierraville
Loyalton High School Construction Class
Janet McHenry, Loyalton, Looking Up!
The Mountain Messenger, Downieville
PJ’s Restaurant, Reno
Plumas Pines Golf Resort, Graeagle
Red Pony, Sierraville
Reno Provisions Market, Reno
RVCA, Costa Mea
St. Charles Place, Downieville
Salon Glow, Reno
Sierra County Arts Council, Katie O’Hara Kelly, B.J. Jordan
Doug and Allison Smith, Oakland
Smithneck Farms Café, Sierraville
Stuff ‘n’ Things and Joe Flannery, Loyalton
Sugar Bowl Corporation, Norden
Sunnyside Resort Tahoe
Two Rivers Gallery, Downieville
Allen Wright, Downieville
Yuba Expeditions
Meschery said that the Sierra Schools Foundation appreciates all of the sponsors and prize donors for their “generosity and show of support for excellence in education. They are having a direct and lasting impact on students and the schools.”
MORE INFO: Janet McHenry, janetmchenry@live.com; Megan Meschery, meganmeschery@gmail.com
