The 61st Annual Canasawacta Country Club was completed on Saturday afternoon with winners Nick Barney (front left) and Ryan Johnson winning the championship flight, shooting a 16-under-par final score for the three rounds of golf. Others pictured are the remaining flight winners are OT and Bruce Beadle, Pat and Jason Ryan, Matt Lewis and Kyle Haskins, Tom Porack and Brian Harmon, Brenon and Bryant Maynard and Justin Bennett and Scotty Seiler. Full results of the tournament will appear in Tuesday’s edition. (Evening Sun Photo, Meagan Schulz)

NORWICH – The youngest team in the 61st Annual Canasawacta Country Club tournament field captured the Masters Flight after shooting back-to-back 7-under-par rounds to lead heading into the final round Saturday afternoon.

Club member Ryan Johnson and guest Nick Barney, teammates at LeMoyne College, went into the final 18-holes of the tournament with a five stroke lead over second place teams Bryan Smith-Brian Loomis and Matt Burrell-Craig Dawson.

As long as the duo didn’t have a horrible round, their chances after Friday’s second round were pretty strong after repeating their performance from Thursday’s opening round, shooting a 64 both days.

Tim Carson, Canasawacta Country Club General Manager and tournament participant said while it was not the lowest round the course has witnessed in the member-guest weekend, it is the lowest the tournament has seen in quite some time.

The lowest round scored during the tournament was a 63.

Johnson and Barney started Friday’s round out just like they did the day before, up and down. Johnson’s shot on hole number nine was over the green and into the woods on the back side but Barney was able to put the score on the card for them at a birdie.

Their playing partners, Jeff Johnson and Denny Mirabito said during the round, the duo were playing well but they needed to string together something in order to come close to what they shot Thursday morning.