Hidden Valley Golf Course will host the 34th annual Schuylkill County Amateur Golf Match-Play Championships this weekend (Photo by Leroy Boyer).

FRIEDENSBURG — A field of 47 golfers will look to maneuver their way through their respective brackets when the 34th annual Schuylkill County Amateur Golf Match-Play Championships are held Saturday and Sunday at Hidden Valley Golf Course.

This year’s tournament is split into four brackets, with the top 16 qualifiers in the Championship Flight, the next 15 in the 1st Flight and the next eight in the 2nd Flight. The Senior Division for golfers age 60 and over consists of eight golfers.

Seeding for the tournament was done through qualifying rounds held over a two-week span at Hidden Valley.

Jim Dietz Jr. is the defending overall champion and is seeded No. 1 in the Championship Flight based on last year’s win. Bailey Sophy was the top qualifier with a 5-under-par 67 and is the No. 2 seed. No. 3 Nick Hand (68), No. 4 Luke Morgan (69), No. 5 Jason Troutman (69) and No. 6 Albe Evans (69) also shot qualifying rounds under par.

Bryan Ott (77) is the top seed in the 1st Flight, while Ken Reynolds (88) is the top seed in the 2nd Flight. Defending champion Brian Paul heads the Senior Division, with No. 2 seed Mike Barnes (73) posting the top Senior Division qualifying score.

The first-round matches and quarterfinals will be held Saturday at Hidden Valley, with the semifinals and championship matches slated for Sunday.

Here’s a look at the brackets for this year’s Match-Play championships:

Schuylkill County Amateur Golf Match-Play Championships

Saturday-Sunday, July 19-20

At Hidden Valley Golf Course, Friedensburg

Saturday’s pairings

(Qualifying score in parentheses)

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT

First Round

9:36 a.m. — No. 1 Jim Dietz Jr. (DC) vs. No. 16 Brent Jones (77); No. 8 Jared Palubinski (74) vs. No. 9 Austin Boyer (75)

9:44 a.m. — No. 4 Luke Morgan (69) vs. No. 13 Grant Culbert (77); No. 5 Jason Troutman (69) vs. No. 12 Eli Barton (75)

9:52 a.m. — No. 2 Bailey Sophy (67) vs. No. 15 J.D. Barton (77); No. 7 Sean Misstishin (72) vs. No. 10 Steve Rice (75)

10 a.m. — No. 3 Nick Hand (68) vs. No. 14 Gary Hess (77); No. 6 Albe Evans (69) vs. No. 11 Ray Miske (75)

Quarterfinals

2:48 p.m. — 9:36 a.m. winners; 9:44 a.m. winners

2:56 p.m. — 9:52 a.m. winners; 10 a.m. winners

1ST FLIGHT

First Round

No. 1 Bryan Ott (77), bye

9:04 a.m. — No. 8 Mike Steffe (82) vs. No. 9 Jeff Albo (82)

9:12 a.m. — No. 4 Scott Bensinger (80) vs. No. 13 Ethan Kuczynski (86); No. 5 Curtis Dunn (81) vs. No. 12 Aidan Aungst (83)

9:20 a.m. — No. 2 Matt Moll (79) vs. No. 15 Jason Greis (88); No. 7 Zig Kuczynski (81) vs. No. 10 Tyler Steigerwalt (82)

9:28 a.m. — No. 3 Josh Zelinsky (79) vs. No. 14 Jim Lord (87); No. 6 John Gower (81) vs. No. 11 Doug Morgan (83)

Quarterfinals

2:32 p.m. — No. 1 Bryan Ott vs. Steffe-Albo winner; 9:12 a.m. winners

2:40 p.m. — 9:20 a.m. winners; 9:28 a.m. winners

2ND FLIGHT

Quarterfinals

2:16 p.m. — No. 1 Ken Reynolds (88) vs. No. 8 Tom Schreppel (121); No. 4 Charlie Heffner (90) vs. No. 5 Karson Felty (90)

2:24 p.m. — No. 2 Joe Slovick (89) vs. No. 7 Trey Reynolds (108); No. 3 Jim Gouldner (90) vs. No. 6 Justin Snyder (92)

SENIOR DIVISION

2 p.m. — No. 1 Brian Paul (DC) vs. No. 8 Alan Zelinsky (91); No. 4 Mike Muncy (74) vs. No. 5 Jim Dietz Sr. (80)

2:08 p.m. — No. 2 Mike Barnes (73) vs. No. 7 Bill Kaczmarcyzk (87); No. 3 Joe Orsulak (74) vs. No. 6 Bruce Lord (84)

Sunday’s Schedule

9:04 a.m. — 2nd Flight semifinals

9:12 a.m. — 1st Flight semifinals

9:20 a.m. — Senior Division semifinals

9:28 a.m. — Championship Flight semifinals

2 p.m. — 1st Flight championship, 2nd Flight championship

2:08 p.m. — Championship Flight championship, Senior Division championship

Match-Play Champions List

2024 — Jim Dietz Jr. (overall); Brian Paul (senior)

2023 — Brian Noonan

2022 — Jason Troutman

2021 — Albe Evans

2020 — Albe Evans

2019 — Steve Rice

2018 — James Bromwell

2017 — James Bromwell

2016 — Bobby Hillibush

2015 — James Bromwell

2014 — Jim Rattigan

2013 — Randy Kurzinsky

2012 — Ryan Laudeman

2011 — Chris Schultz

2010 — Jim Rattigan

2009 — Jim Rattigan

2008 — Jeff Metza

2007 — Jeff Metza

2006 — Sean Misstishin

2005 — Jim Rattigan

2004 — Jeff Paul

2003 — Jeff Paul

2002 — Brendt Geiger

2001 — Brendt Geiger

2000 — Jim Rattigan

1999 — Mike Muncy

1998 — Brian Richards

1997 — Jim Bohrman

1996 — Jim Bohrman

1995 — Jim Bohrman

1994 — Bob Costanzo

1993 — Phil Pishock

1992 — Brian Paul