ATHENS WINS AT TOWANDA CC; EDGES SAYRE BY 1 STROKE
By: Tim Birney | AthensWildcats.com | September 20, 2021
TOWANDA — Twice in four matches, Athens came up short of the top spot by
1 stroke. Monday, the Wildcats edged arch-rival Sayre by 1 stroke to
win the fifth NTL golf match of the season here at Towanda Country Club.
Athens
tallied a four-player aggregate scoring of 369, with Sayre finishing at
370. Wellsboro finished third at 386, Wyalusing was fourth at 388,
Towanda fifth at 407, Cowanesque Valley was sixth at 420, and North
Penn-Mansfield was seventh at 426.
Sayre senior Kannon VanDuzer
shot a strong back nine en route to low-medal honors, with a round of
79. He shot a 41 on the front nine, including a birdie on the par-4 8th
hole, then recorded seven pars on the back nine on his way to a 38.
Athens sophomore Evan Cooper finished second with an 84 in a round that included three birdies, but just two pars.
Athens
freshman Dylan Saxon was eighth with a 94, while Athens junior Lucas
Kraft, Sayre junior Colton Watkins, and Sayre senior Josh Arnold tied
for 10th with rounds of 95.
Athens junior Cameron Sullivan was 13th with a 96, and sophomore Nicholas Jacob was 18th with a non-scoring round of 98.
Senior
Dylan Fabbri was Sayre’s fourth scorer with a round of 101, while
senior Dylan Seck had a non-scoring round of 108, and junior Jackson
Hubbard tacked on a non-scoring round of 127.
Freshman Keaton
Sinsabaugh added a non-scoring round of 128 for the Wildcats, while
freshman Brady Darrow and junior Isabella Dahl shot nine-hole scores of
52 and 53, respectively, in exhibition.
Sayre sophomores David Hall and Sam Claypool shot 59 and 61, respectively in nine-hole exhibition rounds.
The
Redskins improve to 20-4 on the season, and remain in first place,
while Athens is 22-7 and takes sole possession of third place — just one
game behind Wellsboro, which is now 23-6.
The NTL golfers return to action Sept. 28 at the Tyoga Country Club in Wellsboro.
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