PT golfers continue winning ways
Peters Township swept the top three spots during the Tri-County Athletic Director’s Association golf championship tournament held at Nemacolin Country Club. Colton Lusk (right) won the title while Griffin Hansberry (center) and Shane Williams (left) followed in second and third place.
The Peters Township boys golf team opened defense of its WPIAL and PIAA championships when the Indians dominated the Tri-County Athletic Directors Association (TRICADA) championships played Aug. 9 at the Nemacolin Country Club.
Not only did the Indians take home seven of the top 10 medal spots, they grabbed their seventh consecutive TRICADA trophy as the PT Red squad fired a 374 team score.
Additionally, Colton Lusk became the first player in the history of the tournament to claim three individual titles. The senior shot a 1-under par 71 to beat out a field of 125 competitors.
PT teammates Griffin Hansberry fired a 73 to grab the silver medal while Shane Williams took third. While his 74 score tied South Fayette’s Sam Bishop, Williams won the medal place on a scorecard playoff.
Camden Reyes (75) and Finn Sobehart (76) followed in fifth in sixth places for the Indians while Nick Haught and Ryan Watterson, both of whom carded 77, claimed the eighth and ninth slots.
The PT White squad took third in the team standings with a 402 score. South Fayette took runner-up honors with a 388 team score.
In addition to Bishop, Brady Newman finished in the Top 10 for the Lions. Newman fired a 76 for seventh place overall.
Other PT golfers to participate in the event included: Ben Miller, Jackson Baxter, Shane Williams, Ryan Hillebrand, Andrew Davis and Braden Merck.
Other golfers for the Lions included Jackson Stephens, Noah Nickolas, Randy Fisher and Hayden Downs.
The Indians continued to roll into the 2024 fall campaign as they captured the championship in the Jerry Roman Memorial Chairman’s Cup. Peters Township posted a 370 team score to win the title by 24 strokes.
South Fayette followed in second place with a 394 card. In the 26-team event, Bethel Park and Baldwin finished tied for fifth place in the team standings with a 439 mark.
Individually, Lusk and Hansberry tied for medalist honors. Both shot 68s on the Cedarbrook Golf Course, which is the site of the WPIAL team championships to be held Oct. 10. Miller (sixth) and Haught (eighth) also placed in the Top 10 for the Indians.
South Fayette’s top finishers included: Bishop, third with a 73; Newman, sixth with a 75 and Nikolas, ninth with a 78.
The Peters Township girls, who also are defending district and state champions, won the Chairman’s Cup with a 319 score. Placing in the Top 5 in the girls’ division for the Lady Indians were: Ellie Benson, third (74); Sophia Severns, fourth (77) and Brooke Vowcheck, fifth (81).
Peters Township also captured the junior varsity competition with a 414 team score.
Jackson Baxter earned medalist honors. He fired a 79 but beat out Trevor D’Allesandro to break the tie by scorecard playoff.
The Indians took positions three and fourth with Sobehart and Reyes. Hillebrand followed in sixth.
Isaac Lex and Hudson Vennum placed fifth and seventh for the Lions.