Peters Township wins Chairman’s Cup
Peters Township captured the Chairman’s Cup in high school golf in both the boys’ and the girls’ Class AAA division.
Mia Kness claimed medalist honors. The PT junior carded a 77 from the red tees on the 5,200-yard Red Course at Cedarbrook Golf Course. She also led the Lady Indians to victory against four other competing teams from Bethel Park, Fox Chapel, Mount Pleasant and Sewickley Academy.
The Lady Indians compiled a 322 score, 32 strokes ahead of second-place Mount Pleasant.
Synclaire Kuhn tied for second place overall with Sewickley’s Tatum McKelvey. Both scored 77s. Her teammate Brooke Hilden took third with a 78. Alyssa Parham rounded out PT’s scoring with a 93. Cate Deegan also golfed for the Lady Indians while Peyton Schaffer and Sausha Saunders competed as individuals during the event.
The PT boys carded a 377 to edge Fox Chapel by 11 strokes. Bethel Park and Ringgold also competed in Class AAA.
Tanner Johnson shot a 72 from the blue tees on the 6,420-yard Gold Course. Alec Stopperich (75), Jake Sollon (76), Connor Schmidt (77) and Hunter Bruce (77) completed the scoring for the Indians. J.W. Cunningham also competed for the PT team.
For the BP boys, who took third in the team standings, Tyler Hood led the way with a 79. John Selep and Caleb Pierson followed with 80s. Zack Sedor and Mason Miller also contributed to the scoring while Nick Balough also competed for the Hawks.
For the Lady Hawks, Erin Cavrak carded a 79. Madison Paskert, Nicole Habjan, Victoria Slawinski and Deanna Nagel also competed for BP.
PT’s junior varsity squad won that division with a 395 score. Will Lusk and Brian Livolsi grabbed medalist honors with 78 scores. Michael Bell supplied a 79 while Christian Ordonez and Trevor Thomas shot 80s. Parker Johnson, Matt Petrisin and Geoffrey Poon also competed for the Indians.
Bethel Park also fielded a JV squad. Patrick Counihan, Sherman Brizzi, Shane Schriener and Andrew Evans led the way for the Hawks, who finished with a 496 team score. Casey Lentz, A.J. Magnu, Jacob Miller and Jason Bauer also golfed for the Hawks.
Individually, Tyler Lawrence had the top score for all JV players. The Peters duffer beat all scorers with a 77. Joe Pisarcik, Sean Werner and Ryan Marshall also golfed individually for Peters.
In the Class AA boys’ competition, Sewickley Academy took home the trophy with a 398 score. South Fayette followed in second place with a 441.
Jake Trimbur led the Lions with an 83. Other contributors included: Alec Lacinski, Wyatt Geary, Ben Previte, Alex Orlandini and Michael Forgas.
PT beats W-A
In its Section 7-AAA opener, Peters Township defeated West Allegheny, 186-213.
Jake Sollon and Connor Schmidt shared medalist honors. Both fired a two-under-par 34 over the front nine at the Quicksilver Golf Club in Midway. Hunter Bruce followed with a 36 while Alec Stopperich carded a 39. Tanner Johnson finished with a 43.
In follow-up action, the Indians also defeated Chartiers Valley, 188-200, at Rolling Hills Country Club. Bruce earned medalist honors with an even par 36. Stopperich (37), Schmidt (38), J.W. Cunningham (38) and Sollon (39) followed to complete PT’s scoring.
CV’s Drew Harris led all scorers. He shot a one-under-par 35. Zach Phillisoph followed with a 37.