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Peters Township beats Upper St. Clair in golf

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In the first of two critical confrontations this golf season, the Peters Township men defeated Upper St. Clair, 190-201.

Connor Schmidt fired a two-under-par 34 on the front nine at the Rolling Hills Country Club to earn medalist honors. Tanner Johnson and Alec Stopperich finished with a par 36 and 38 respectively. Jake Sollon and J.W. Cunningham both carded 41s.

For the Panthers, Lou Olsakovsky and Brad Vespa both fired 38s. Jack O’Leary finished with a 40 while Jordan Rongaus and Jackson Sandusky followed with scores of 41 and 44.

In exhibitions, Will Lusk and Trevor Thomas posted 38s while Christian Ordonez and Brian Livolsi followed with 38 and 43 for the Indians.

Bryce Cook also carded a 38 for USC. The Panthers’ other exhibition scores included: 40 from Jack Steve, 42 from Josh Koch and 45 from Andrew Rocks.

The Indians improved to 10-0 overall and 5-0 in Section 7 with the victory. Meanwhile the Panthers slipped to 4-1 in the league. The two teams will meet again Sept. 24 at St. Clair Country Club.

Peters Township beat Oakland Catholic, 155-237, in girls’ golf.

Mia Kness shot a two-under-par 34 to claim medalist honors for the Lady Indians and Synclaire Kuhn followed with a 38. Brooke Hilden and Alyssa Parham finished with 40 and 43 scores.

South Fayette raised its record to 5-0 with a 216-259 victory against Steel Valley. Alex Orlandini was low medalist for the Lions, shooting a 38.

Save the dates

The WPIAL sectionals for girls will be held Sept. 22 or 24. The championships are set for Oct. 6 at Rolling Hills Country Club. The sectionals for the boys will be held Sept. 28 or 29. Qualifiers advance to the finals set for Oct. 8 at Southpointe. Teams tee off at 9 a.m.

The WPIAL team championships for both boys’ and girls’ golf will be held Oct. 15 at Cedarbrook Golf Course in Belle Vernon. Tee-off time is 10 a.m.

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