LANSING – Watson Mercier of Novi and Belen Berishaj of Birmingham emerged as champions of the 9th GAM 14 & Under Match Play Championship presented by Absopure at Woodside Golf Course.

Mercier, 13, topped the field of boys after beating Leland DeKorver of Jenison 1-up in the nine-hole championship match Thursday afternoon, and Berishaj, 12, topped the field of girls with a 2 and 1 nine-hole championship match win over Eleanor O’Grady of Grand Rapids.

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It was Mercier’s second GAM title. He won the GAM 12-and-Under Championship last summer.

“I’ve been improving,” he said. “I was trying to get the ball on the green (in regulation) and then two-putt, and I was able to do it a lot today.”

Mercier took the final 1-up lead in the close match at No. 8 with a chip and five-foot

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