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York Dispatch Staff Report

York’s Evan Johnson won the boys’ under-14 division in the International Junior Golf Tour (IJGT) event at White Manor Golf Club in Malvern over the weekend.

Johnson had rounds of 75 and 77 in the two-day, 36-hole tournament. He won by three shots over York’s Gus Minkin and James McHugh of Rye, N.Y.

Johnson carried a four-stroke lead going into the second round after recording a 4-over-par 75 in the first round. He managed to maintain his lead on Sunday by carding four birdies and six pars, which earned him his second IJGT title of the season, the first coming at the Philly Junior at Turtle Creek last September. Johnson finished his weekend with a total score of 152.

“My putting was the best part of my game this weekend,” Johnson said. “I felt like I could make anything that was within 10 feet.”

York Dispatch Staff Report

A York-Adams League golfer is a Pennsylvania state champion.

Fairfield junior Isaiah Logue won the PIAA Class AA boys’ crown on Tuesday at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York.

The Adams County left-hander fired an even-par 71 on Tuesday in the second-and-final round of the tournament. That followed a 3-over 74 in Monday’s opening round. That gave Logue a two-day total of 3-over 145, which was two shots better than Leechburg’s Matt Barto and Northwestern Lehigh’s Cole Miller, who tied for second place.

Logue started Tuesday’s action two shots behind Miller and Yough’s Alex Patricio, who were tied for the lead after opening-round 72s. Patricio fired a 76 on Tuesday to grab sole possession of fourth place at 148. Miller fired a 75 on Tuesday.

Logue fired a 1-under 34 on Tuesday’s back nine to seal his victory. His final-round 71 was the low round of the AA tournament.

In Class AAA boys’ action, Dallastown junior Brandon Greenplate finished in a tie for 16th place with a two-day total of 154. He followed an opening-round 73 with an 81 on Tuesday.

Manheim Township’s Craig Hornberger won the AAA boys’ title with a two-round total of 1-over 143, including a 1-under 70 on Tuesday. Tommy Nettles of Peters Township and Brett Rinker of Slippery Rock tied for second at 144. Council Rock North’s Zach Herr took fourth at 145 after firing the best round of the tournament on Tuesday at 68.

Council Rock North’s Erica Herr captured the AAA girls’ crown with 4-under 140 total, including a 68 on Tuesday. She finished seven shots ahead of second-place Jackie Rogowicz of Pennsbury. Canon McMillan’s Lauren Waller was third at 148.

Villa Maria’s Cara Basso took the AA girls’ championship with a 150 total — a whopping 10 shots ahead of second-place Franca Hurtado of Allentown Central Catholic. Central Valley’s Macky Fouse was third at 161.

York Dispatch Staff Report

York’s Gus Minkin won the boys’ under-14 division at an International Junior Golf Tour event at the Penn State Blue Course last weekend.

Minkin had rounds of 77 and 72 for a two-round total of 5-over-par 149. He finished four shots ahead of the second-place finisher. The under-14 division played from the white tees, which measured 6,241 yards.

Minkin had finished in fourth place in both of his previous IJGT tournaments.

Minkin trailed by three strokes at the end of the opening round of play. His final round of even-par 72 featured four birdies in a five-hole stretch and propelled him to the victory.

“I was pretty confident today,” Minkin said on the IJGT website. “I felt like I could make pretty much any putt.”

Minkin’s final round also gave him the Clazic Belt Low Final Round honors for the boys division.

York Dispatch Staff Report

Two York-Adams League golfers have qualified for next week’s PIAA Golf Championships.

Dallastown’s Brandon Greenplate fired a 3-over-par 75 on Tuesday at the PIAA East Regional Qualifier at Golden Oaks Golf Club in Fleetwood. That tied him for eighth place in the Class AAA boys’ field.

The top 24 golfers in the AAA boys’ field advanced to the PIAA Championships, which are set for next Monday and Tuesday at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York.

Craig Hornberger of Manheim Twp. won the AAA boys’ regional with a 3-under 69.

Two other York-Adams golfers were in the AAA boys’ field but failed to advance. West York’s Josh Rinehart and Red Lion’s Brandon Stine each fired 83s to tie for 39th place.

In Class AA boys, Fairfield’s Isaiah Logue fired an 8-over 80 to finish 14th and qualify for the PIAA finals next week. The top 16 golfers advanced in Class AA boys.

Noah Firestone of Mount Calvary Christian and Evan Thornton of Wyomissing led the AA boys’ field with 3-over 75s. Firestone won the title in a playoff.

In Class AA girls, York Catholic’s Lauren Parrini finished 12th with a 106 and failed to move on. Holy Cross’ Selena Cerra won the AA girls’ event with a 10-over 82. The top eight advanced to the state event from the AA girls’ qualifier.

The Class AAA girls’ qualifier was won by Radnor’s Jamie Susanin, who fired a 3-over 75. There were no York-Adams golfers in the AAA girls’ qualifier.

OTHER LOCAL GOLF NOTES

BUCHART EVENT RAISES MORE THAN $41,000 FOR ALS: The eighth annual John Buchart Golf Classic for the Muscular Dystrophy Association recently raised more than $41,000. The event was played Oct. 6 at Cool Creek Golf Club in Wrightsville. The event, sponsored by Rock Commercial Real Estate, pays tribute to John Buchart, who died in 2005 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Since its inception in 2005, the event has raised more than $310,000 for ALS research.

YORKER HAS ACE AT BRIARWOOD EAST: York’s Steve Jones had a hole in one on Tuesday at Briarwood East Golf Course. He used a 9-iron to ace the 144-yard third hole. It was witnessed by Mike Warner, Mike McWilliams and Steve Burg.

By RYAN VANDERSLOOT 854-1575 x455 / @YAIAAscores

THOMASVILLE — For the past two years, the York-Adams League Individual Boys’ Golf Championship proved to be the peaking point of Josh Rinehart’s season.

This year, however, the West York standout is hoping it’s just the beginning. Rinehart won the boys’ individual title for the third year in a row after shooting a dominating 4-under-par 68 at Briarwood East Golf Course on Thursday.

Issiah Logue of Fairfield finished second with a 2-under 70, while York Suburban’s Devin Moore shot an even par 70 to claim third place.

On the girls’ side, Spring Grove’s Victoria Ross cruised to her first title after shooting an 82 on the West Course. Northeastern junior Malori Bloss-Senft finished second with a 92, while York Catholic’s Lauren Parrini carded a 94.

The championship also serves as the District 3 qualifier. For the first time ever, there are now two divisions — AAA and AA — on the boys’ side in which 17 golfers advanced in AAA, while six moved on in AA. There is still only one division for the girls’ side and eight of the 12 girls who competed advanced.

“It’s nice to kind of three-peat my junior year and still have a chance to win it all four years,” Rinehart said.

Aiming for higher goals: The Bulldogs’ junior has struggled to maintain his momentum after a strong showing in the league qualifier the past two years. Both times Rinehart was unable to survive the District 3 championships and move on to the PIAA Tournament.

He’s hoping that an extra year of wisdom will help him make a difference in that event, which starts next Friday.

“I lost my game going into districts, so that’s probably my biggest goal,” he said. “I haven’t made it that far yet, so that’s important to me.”

Rinehart plans to work on a few things with a golf pro during the next week with an aim of tightening up his game.

“I take lessons from Jaime Gylan at Royal Manchester and we’ve become good friends,” Rinehart said. “He definitely knows my game and he knows a lot about the golf swing. So I’ll go up and see him probably and practice up there to work on a few things that I saw this week, mainly with my short game.”

Rinehart, who was in a threesome along with Logue and Dallastown’s Brandon Greenplate, got off to a slow start. Teeing off from No. 3 to begin his round, the Bulldogs’ star recorded two of his three bogeys on the day over his first three holes.

After that, it was almost lights out for Logue as Rinehart found his groove. Rinehart finished with seven birdies, one bogey and seven pars over his final 15 holes.

Spring Grove sophomore sparkles in girls’ field: Ross had a lot of fun in her second time playing in the event. The Rockets’ sophomore shot a 94 last year and met her goal of shooting in the mid-80s this time.

“Probably after I had my first birdie on the back nine,” Ross said of when she started to feel confident that she could win. She birdied both No. 11 and 17 in her round.

Bobcats’ girls sparkle: While Bloss-Senft and her Bobcats’ teammate Alyssa Demangone both advanced to the district championships, the Northeastern girls just barely missed qualifying as a team. Coach Wayne Jacobs’ squad, which features one junior and five sophomores, needed to shoot a team score of 400 or below to advance. The Bobcats just missed that mark with a score of 406.

“We wanted to be the first (girls) team to make it to districts,” said Jacobs. “They changed it from 410 last year, but we will try for it next year.”

Bloss-Senft helped recruit most of her teammates over the past two years. She was the only girl on the team as a freshman before two others joined her last season.

“I didn’t want to be the only girl,” she said. “So I got a couple of the girls to join the team.”

OTHER GOLF

CENTRAL’S JOHNSON RALLIES TO WIN EVENT: Central freshman Evan Johnson overcame an eight-stroke deficit to win the Boys’ 14-and-under division at an International Golf Tour event near Philadelphia. Johnson fired rounds of 82 and 73 to force a playoff which he won with an eight-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole. Another Central player, Gus Minkin, finished fourth with rounds of 80 and 78. The tournament, the IJGT Philly Junior, took place at Turtle Creek Golf Club in Limerick.

–Reach Ryan Vandersloot at sports@yorkdispatch.com.

By RYAN VANDERSLOOT 854-1575 x455 / @YAIAAscores

THOMASVILLE — On the grandest of stages so far this season, the Central York golf team proved it’s not only young, but also very good.

What may be even scarier is the fact that coach Dave DeMarzo believes his Division I champs can perform even better.

The Panthers, who feature three freshmen and two sophomores, didn’t allow the nearly 7,000-yard East Course at Briarwood Golf Club to intimidate them one bit in Wednesday’s York-Adams League Team Tournament.

Playing on West York’s home course, Central (315) bested both the Division II champion Bulldogs (330) as well as the Division III champs from Delone Catholic (341) by a wide margin.

“They played well, but they can play better,” DeMarzo said. “And maybe that’s a good sign that they can play even better.”

The redesigned East Course isn’t for the weak of heart as the teams played from the longest (black) tees. The better scores proved to be very difficult to come by as a mix of wind gusts along with some extremely hard greens gave the golfers trouble.

“The kids were saying how tough the conditions were (all day),” DeMarzo said while noting the scores were a little bit higher than normal.

The truest testament of just how good the Panthers are was evidenced by freshman Connor Bacha. Playing as the team’s No. 5 guy, Bacha shot a 2-over par 74 to earn medalist honors.

“He’s as good as any of the other guys,” DeMarzo said. “But he has been having some back problems during the season. This is what he is capable of playing.”

Bacha hurt his back in the summer playing golf and re-injured it a few weeks ago. A trip to a physical therapist, however, proved to be just the right remedy for what was a painful ailment.

“My spin was out of alignment,” Bacha said. “He just sort of cracked my back and had his thumbs on either side of my spine and pushed. It cracked and it felt better.”

The distance of the course didn’t intimidate Bacha, who feels that it actually played into his game.

“I’m longer than some other kids, so it was a little easier,” he said.

Despite playing No. 5, which is traditionally only a spot used to break a tie between teams, Bacha said he did feel a little pressure to elevate his game.

“They said if we tie, it’s based off the fifth guy,” he said.

Districts ahead: Gus Minkin (79), Mitch Marino (80) and Evan Johnson (82) rounded out the top four for the Panthers, who earned the right to represent the league in the District 3 Class AAA tournament next Tuesday.

That spot had been reserved for West York the past three years. The Bulldogs tied Manheim Township in last year’s District 3 team event, but lost on a tie-breaker. Josh Rinehart led the West York team with an individual 76 while Axel Hartman was the only other player to break 80 with a 79.

“West York is a good team right there,” DeMarzo said. “To beat them here is a pretty big accomplishment.”

The Delone Catholic duo of Casey Bird and Connor Faloon each shot an 83 to lead the Squires, who were already assured of the league’s entry into the District 3 Class AA tournament.

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF

York-Adams League Team Championships

Briarwood East Golf Course

Team results: Central (315) — Bacha 74; Minkin 79; Marino 80; Johnson 82; Potter 86; West York (330) — Rinehart 76; Hartman 79; Stolakis 85; Lucas 90; Rice 92; Delone Catholic (341) — Faloon 83; Bird 83; Hockenberry 84; Rupp 91; Golanoski 96.

York Dispatch Staff Report

West York is the York-Adams Division II golf champion for the third straight season.

The Bulldogs closed out another championship season by winning the final weekly Division II tournament at Briarwood West on Monday.

West York compiled a team total of 385 to finish 29 shots ahead of runnerup Eastern.

The Bulldogs’ Josh Rinehart fired the best round of the day, a 69. Rinehart also posted the best average for the season’s six tournaments, an excellent 71.8.

West York’s Axel Hartman placed second in the closing event with a 73, and Eastern’s Mike Bair was third with a 74. York Suburban’s Devin Moore (75), West York’s Chris Stolakis (78), Eastern’s Jason Seitz (79), Susquehannock’s Caleb Bryant (79), Eastern’s James Davis (80), West York’s Kevin Rice (81), West York’s Clay Smith (84), Susquehannock’s Ian Bourne (84) and Susquehannock’s Alec Lebo (84) rounded out the top 10 finishers.

West York’s golfers will next seek to win their third consecutive York-Adams Team Tournament crown on Wednesday.

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The Central York golf team clinched at least a tie for the York-Adams League Division I title on Monday afternoon.

The Panthers won the tournament at the Bridges with a 405 total, which was three-shots better than second-place Dallastown.

Central improved to 35-1 on the season, good for 105 points, while Dallastown is second at 29-7, good for 87 points.

As long as Central does not finish last in the season-ending Division I tournament on Wednesday at Hickory Heights Golf Club, the Panthers will win the outright division crown.

It was a tough day for scoring at the Abbottstown-area course, with just four players breaking 80.

Dallastown’s Brandon Greenplate and Red Lion’s Brandon Stine shared medalist honors at 5-over-par 77. Central York’s Evan Johnson fired a 78 and South Western’s Zach Swanner fired a 79.

York Dispatch Staff Report

West York clinched at least a tie for the York-Adams League Division II golf championship on Thursday afternoon.

The Bulldogs and Eastern York each finished with 390 totals at Cool Creek Golf Club. West York, however, was awarded first place because their No. 6 golfer, Chase Neiderer, had a better score than Eastern’s No. 6 golfer. Neiderer fired a 90.

Josh Rinehart (73), Axel Hartman (74) and Chris Stolakis (79) each broke 80 for West York. Rinehart had the low individual score on the day.

Eastern was paced by Mike Bair (74), Andrew Davis (76) and James Davis (79).

Susquehannock finished third in the team race with a 413 total. Caleb Bryant shot 79 for the Warriors.

The only other golfer to break 80 was York Suburban’s Devin Moore (76).

West York (25-0) now has a 15-point lead in the division (75-60) over second-place Eastern (20-5) heading into the final Division II regular-season tournament, which will be held on the Bulldogs’ home course at Briarwood West on Tuesday. As long as West York doesn’t finish last in that tournament, the Bulldogs will win the title outright.

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Collin Potter fired an even-par 72 on Tuesday afternoon to lead first-place Central York to a York-Adams Division I victory at Grandview Golf Club.

Four Panthers broke 80 on the day — including Gus Minkin (76), Evan Johnson (76) and Mitch Marino (79) — helping them compile a 387 total. That was 12 shots better than second-place Dallastown (399). Red Lion took third at 408.

In all, nine players broke 80 on a good day for scoring. The others were: Dallastown’s Brandon Greenplate (75), Dallastown’s Byron Markle (76), Red Lion’s Brandon Stine (76), New Oxford’s Mike Gruver (77) and Red Lion’s James Caskey (78).

Central improved to 29-1 on the season, good for 87 points. Dallastown is second at 24-6, good for 72 points, followed by Red Lion at 22-8 (66 points).

OTHER GOLF

WEST YORK STILL PERFECT IN DIVISION II: At Royal Manchester, West York stayed perfect in York-Adams Division II action with the victory. The Bulldogs finished with a 400 total, 18 shots better than second-place Eastern York (418). Susquehannock was third at 429. Only three golfers broke 80 and two came from West York — Josh Rinehart at 2-over-par 74 and Axel Hartman at 75. Eastern’s Andrew Davis fired a 76. West York improved to 20-0 on the season, good for 60 points. Eastern is second in the division at 16-4 (48 points).

DELONE CLOSES IN ON DIVISION III TITLE: At South Hills, Delone Catholic shot a 411 to win the event and extend its lead in Division III to 12 points over runner-up York Catholic. The Squires improved their record to 23-2-0 for 69 points. York Catholic is second at 19-6-0 for 57 points. Bermudian Springs is third at 18-7-0 for 54 points. Fairfield’s Isaiah Logue shot the best round of the day, a 69, one shot better than Drew Taylor of Bermudian Springs. York Catholic’s Nick Geiman finished third with a 78.