ATHENS FINISHES OFF PERFECT LEAGUE SEASON WITH WIN AT TOMASSO'S
By: Tim Birney / September 26, 2022 / Photo: Lance Larcom
CHEMUNG — Athens junior Evan Cooper earned low-medal honors, and the
Wildcats top four golfer finished in the top 12 as they finished off a
perfect NTL season here in the final league golf match of the season at
Tomasso’s Golf Course.
The Wildcats, who finish the season at
42-0, shot a four-man aggregate score of 348, 20 strokes ahead of
runner-up North Penn-Mansfield, which had its best finish of the season.
Wyalusing
finished third with a 376, while Wellsboro was fourth with a 379,
Cowanesque Valley was fifth with a 383, Towanda was sixth with a 423,
and Sayre was seventh in 462.
Cooper shot a round of 81, which
included a pair of birdies, on the par-69 course, while Wildcats
sophomore Dylan Saxon was fourth with an 86, junior Brady Darrow was
sixth with an 88, and senior Sean Clare was 12th with a 93.
Junior Nicholas Jacob was 15th with a non-scoring round of 96, and senior Lucas Kraft was 17th with a non-scoring round of 97.
Senior
Jackson Hubbard led Sayre with a 107, while senior Kegan Hayford had a
109, freshman Cole Homer carded a 122, and freshman Karter Green added a
124.
Juniors Tanner Green and David Hall Jr. added non-scoring rounds of 130 and 131, respectively, for the Redskins.
The District 4 Championships are Thursday and Saturday at Williamsport Country Club.
FINAL STANDINGS
1.
ATHENS, 42-0; 2. WYALUSING, 33-9; 3. (tie) WELLSBORO and NP-MANSFIELD,
25-17; 5. COWANESQUE VALLEY, 15-27; 6. TOWANDA, 6-30; 7. SAYRE, 0-42.
About the Author
Tim Birney
Tim Birney is the founder / owner of River Road Media Group. He was born and raised in the Valley, graduating from Waverly High School in 1984.
Birney earned an Associate's Degree in Journalism from SUNY Morrisville in 1986 and a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism / Public Relations from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1988. He began his newspaper career at The Daily Review in Towanda in 1989, before moving on to The Evening Times in 1995. He spent more than 10 years at the Times, the last four as Managing Editor.
River Road Media Group includes five sites in "The Sports Reports" family that cover 24 school districts in five counties: Valley Sports Report (launched Aug. 10, 2009), Tioga County (NY) Sports Report (Aug. 13, 2018), and Northern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 31, 2020); Northern Tier West Sports Report (March 15, 2021) Southern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 16, 2021).
