Scranton Prep will get the chance to play for a third straight state golf championship, but barely.<\/p>\n
The Cavaliers withstood a challenge from Towanda and posted a 313-315 victory in the District 2-4 Class 2A Team Subregional on Tuesday at Fox Hill Country Club in Exeter. Scranton Prep will head to the PIAA Team Championships at the Penn State Golf Courses for a fourth consecutive year. It won the last two Class 2A titles.<\/p>\n
Abington Heights also is headed back to Penn State for a fourth straight year. The Comets beat Jersey Shore, 314-346, in the Class 3A Team Subregional.<\/p>\n
Tunkhannock girls earned their third straight trip to states with a 269-280 win over Athens in the Class 2A Team Subregional.<\/p>\n
Brendan Bell led Scranton Prep, shooting an even-par 71 (36-35) to take medalist honors. District 2 Class 2A and defending PIAA Class 2A champion Cole Powell was next with a 4-over 75 (35-40). Bobby Stott shot an 83 (37-46) and Jack Pavuk had an 84 (37-34) to round out the scoring. Also for the Cavaliers, Packy James had an 86 (42-44) and Matthew Haggerty had an 88 (41-47).<\/p>\n
For Towanda, Boom Thompson carded a 3-over 74 (36-38) and Owen Savercool followed with a 4-over 75 (36-39). Graham Welles shot 78 (34-44) and Deegan Blumenhauer capped the scoring with an 88 (41-47). Also for the Black Knights, Harper Welles had an 89 (42-47) and Jason Wickwire had a 91 (43-48).<\/p>\n
District 2 Class 3A champion Sebastian Meyer shot 4-over 75 (35-40) to lead Abington Heights. William Yoo was next with a 77 (37-40), Connor O\u2019Malley-Kalinoski had a 79 (38-41) and Logan Gallagher had an 83 (41-42) to round out the scoring. Also for the Comets, Ryan Boyd shot 84 (38-46) and Cole Severs had an 85 (42-43).<\/p>\n
Kylie Schall, the District 4 Class 2A girls individual champion, led Jersey Shore with an 80 (38-42). District 4 Class 3A boys champ Mason Heydrich had an 82 (38-44). Completing the scoring for the Bulldogs were Jackson Keefer with an 85 (40-45) and Dillon Harsanyi with a 99 (47-52). Also, Bryce Confair had a 102 (55-47) and Bryson Brungard a 103 (53-50).<\/p>\n
Madison Walker led Tunkhannock girls with a 78 (40-38). Madelyn Bevan shot 92 (44-48) and Paige Spudis had a 99 (48-51).<\/p>\n
Lilah Carlson (41-43) and Brooke Lyon (40-44) both shot 84 for Athens. Annie Davis finished with a 112 (52-60) for the Wildcats.<\/p>\n
There was no subregional in Class 3A girls, so District 2 champion Abington Heights automatically qualified for states.<\/p>\n
The PIAA Team Championships are Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Penn State. Class 2A boys and girls will play the Blue Course, while Class 3A boys and girls will play the White Course. The PIAA Individual Championships are Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 19-20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scranton Prep will get the chance to play for a third straight state golf championship, but barely. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[772,305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-306030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-golf","tag-high-school-sports","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}