PUNXSUTAWNEY – Punxsutawney’s Evan Presloid and A-C Valley/Union’s Joe Rapp won District 9 boys’ golf titles on Saturday at Punxsutawney Country Club.
Presloid won the Class 3A title by carding a two-day total of 144, while Rapp won the Class 2A title by carding a 147.
One additional Class 3A and five additional Class 2A golfers advanced to the PIAA state championships being held at the PSU Blue & White Course on Monday, Oct. 20, and Tuesday, Oct. 21.
Bradford’s Tarren Reese (167) qualified in Class 3A, while Keystone’s Sean Karg (150), Kane’s Phinn Chamberlain (156), Cranberry’s Dalton Wenner (158), Smethport’s Colin Riekofsky (159), and St. Marys’s Lou Nedzinski (160) qualified in Class 2A.
Nedzinski beat out Elk County Catholic’s Jacob Wasko on a playoff hole to secure the final spot in Class 2A.
DISTRICT 9 GOLF CHAIRMAN KEVIN DOVERSPIKE’S REMARKS
A special thanks to the many Punxsutawney Country Club members for their very kind, thoughtful, and overwhelming generosity over the course of the tournament. Today, each golfer, coach, parent/spectator was afforded the opportunity to partake of a bagged lunch during the tournament. Then, afterward, everyone in attendance was able to enjoy hamburgers, hot dogs, Mac and cheese, baked beans, chips, and cookies at the pavilion behind Hole# 1 tee box. Plus there were numerous coolers of assorted drinks stationed throughout the course for anyone in attendance.
Also, many, many thanks to Dan Pisarchick, Punxsutawney Country Club PGA Professional, for his professionalism, expertise, and rules knowledge throughout the course of the tournament. He had to make numerous rulings and did so expeditiously and with a great deal of discernment and patience. He was also instrumental in preparing all the leaderboards. They were quite appealing and very well done.
The student-athletes got to experience beautiful weather and played a golf course that was manicured to the level to be expected for championship play, and the atmosphere was 2nd to none.
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