The Day Automation Systems Inc. No. 5 (BOCES) team was the overall winning team at the 22nd annual Herkimer Region College & Career Scholarship Foundation Golf Tournament on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, at the Cedar Lake Club in Clayville and also won the Challenger’s Cup for lowest score among school teams. From left: Colton Suriano, Nolan Shepardson, Brayden Shepardson and Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES District Superintendent D.J. Shepardson.
The Day Automation Systems Inc. No. 5 (BOCES) team was the overall winning team at the 22nd annual Herkimer Region College & Career Scholarship Foundation Golf Tournament on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, at the Cedar Lake Club in Clayville and also won the Challenger’s Cup for lowest score among school teams. From left: Colton Suriano, Nolan Shepardson, Brayden Shepardson and Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES District Superintendent D.J. Shepardson.
CLAYVILLE — The 22nd annual Herkimer Region College & Career Scholarship Foundation Golf Tournament raised more than $13,000 to provide scholarships to local students.
Twenty-three teams participated in the tournament which took place earlier this month at the Cedar Lake Club. Funds raised from the event will be used to help students pursuing college or employment in their field of study following a vocational education in high school through the Herkimer Region College & Career Scholarship Foundation.
The foundation, a nonprofit community organization, is comprised of local citizens from many professions that seeks to generate scholarship funds for graduates of technical programs in the region and adult nursing students. To date, the foundation has provided about 394 scholarships — totaling about $233,550.
The foundation supports students at Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES and its 10 component school districts: Central Valley, Dolgeville, Frankfort-Schuyler, Herkimer, Little Falls, Mount Markham, Owen D. Young, Poland, Richfield Springs and West Canada Valley. There are also scholarships for students in the Herkimer BOCES Adult Practical Nursing Program.
The Day Automation Systems Inc. No. 5 (BOCES) team won the 2025 golf tournament overall and won the Challenger’s Cup for lowest score among school teams. The members of that team at Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES District Superintendent D.J. Shepardson, Brayden Shepardson, Nolan Shepardson and Colton Suriano.
Team Grogan won first place for mixed teams, Poland Central School District’s team won second place for mixed teams, Team Tucker won first place for men’s teams, Day Automation Systems Inc. No. 3 (CVA) won second place for men’s teams and Day & Read Insurance won third place for men’s teams.
Michelle VanSlyke from Team Grogan won the women’s longest drive competition and the women’s closest to the pin competition. Chris Stone from West Canada Valley Central School District’s team won the men’s longest drive competition, and Chuck Chafee from Team NYSIR won the men’s closest to the pin competition.
For other prizes and raffles, Jesse Marosek won the 50/50 raffle, and Pia Nichols won Syracuse University tickets donated by Gehring Tricot Corp. and a custom fire pit crafted and donated by the Herkimer BOCES Welding and Metal Fabrication program.
Next year’s tournament is tentatively scheduled for Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. If interested in participating in or sponsoring next year’s golf tournament or supporting the foundation and its fundraisers in any other way, contact Herkimer BOCES School to Careers secretary Kelly Mills at 315-867-2044 or kmills@herkimer-boces.org.
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