Mount’s DLLLSLO cldlms dlstrlct tltlh
Championship by one shot.
“Honestly, I didn’t know what she had made,” said DLLLsLo, who finLshHd hHr two dDys Dt 6-undHr 137. “, only sDw hHr go Ln thH wDtHr once, not twice. It didn’t affect me at the moment. She didn’t tell me until the next hole.
“, guHss Lt gDvH mH D lLttlH DdrHnDlLnH rush. , wDs DhHDd DItHr thDt. , mDdH D 35-Ioot bLrdLH Sutt on thH nHxt holH.”
DLLLsLo wDs onH oI fivH locDl SlDyHrs to DdvDncH out oI dLstrLcts to thH EDstHrn RHgLonDl TournDmHnt, to bH SlDyHd Oct. 16 Dt GoldHn ODNs GC Ln FlHHtwood. ThH rHgLonDl Ls thHn usHd to quDlLIy SlDyHrs Ior thH stDtH championship in two weeks.
Mount teammate Alison SnDNDrd finLshHd sHvHnth Ds HLght gLrls movHd on Irom ClDss AAA. WLllLDm THnnHnt’s .rLstLnD FDrrHr finLshHd 15th wLth D 174.
On thH boys sLdH whHrH thH toS 16 gDLnHd rHgLonDl bHrths, USSHr DublLn’s AndrHw CDrbHr IollowHd uS TuHsdDy’s holH-Ln-onH-hLghlLghtHd 73 wLth D 72 WHdnHsdDy, comLng Ln tLHd Ior thLrd in the Boys Class AAA championship. Methacton’s BrDndon VDncH HndHd uS sLxth, onH shot bHhLnd CDrbHr Dt 146. WLssDhLcNon’s -DlHn GrLIfin DdvDncHd to rHgLonDls Ior thH thLrd strDLght yHDr DItHr hLs 76 WHdnHsdDy lHIt hLm Dt 152, rLght on thH boys’ cut line.
Holy Ghost PrHS IrHshmDn StHvH CHrbDrD oI YDrdlHy shot D sHcond-strDLght 71 to finLsh 36 holHs Dt 2-undHr 142 Dnd wLn thH boys ClDss AAA crown by two shots ovHr CHntrDl BucNs EDst’s StHwDrt RLcNHnbDch. TwotLmH dHIHndLng chDmSLon ZDch HHrr oI CouncLl RocN North Dnd CHrbDrD’s HGP tHDmmDtH RHLlly ErhDrdt HDch tLHd CDrbHr Ior thLrd place.
“Inside, I wanted to keep MumSLng Ior Moy Dbout thH holH-Ln-onH,” CDrbHr sDLd DItHr hH rHcordHd hLs first cDrHHr DcH durLng TuHsdDy’s first round. “, NnHw , hDd to rHDlly stDy Ln Lt through thH wholH round. , NHSt tHllLng mysHlI thDt HvHry shot , hLt Ln thLs tournDmHnt counts towDrd D two-dDy totDl. EvHry shot hDs grHDt mHDnLng.
“,’m rHDlly hDSSy wLth comLng bDcN wLth D 72.”
ComLng homH WHdnHsdDy, CDrbHr bLrdLHd thH SDr-4 16th Dnd Must mLssHd D bLrdLH chDncH on thH SDr-5 closLng hole.
AItHr D 2-ovHr 74 TuHsdDy, VDncH hDd Lt goLng HDrly WHdnHsdDy, shootLng D 33 on thH Iront nLnH DItHr bLrdLHs on thH thLrd, Iourth Dnd HLghth holHs. A trLSlH-bogHy on thH 15th holH, though, droSSHd hLm Irom contHntLon Ior thH LndLvLduDl tLtlH.
“A 72, DgDLn, , Nnow , could hDvH bHHn lowHr,” VDncH sDLd. “, Nnow Lt’s not bDd, but , wDs goLng Ior thH wLn. ,t’s worsH whHn you IHHl lLNH you hDvH Lt Dnd losH it like that.”
For GrLIfin, hH wDlNHd oII thH 18th grHHn hHDd hHld down. HDvLng mDdH stDtHs lDst yHDr Ds D soShomorH, hH could not bHlLHvH hLs MunLor sHDson wDs goLng to Hnd Dt dLstrLcts.
“, thought , wDs so donH,” hH sDLd DItHr D sHcond strDLght 76. “, couldn’t bHlLHvH thH wDy , hDd finLshHd out. , thought , dLdn’t dHsHrvH to make it then. “I had no hope at all.” GrLIfin stood on thH 14th tHH WHdnHsdDy lHvHl Ior thH day, only to hit his tee shot out oI bounds Dnd hDvH to scrDmblH Ior D doublH-bogHy. HH would thHn bogHy thH 15th Dnd 16th holHs. HH survLvHd D SlDyoII to mDNH rHgLonDls Ds D IrHshmDn Ln 2010, thHn quDlLfiHd by onH shot lDst yHDr. ThLs yHDr, hH finLshHd rLght on thH mDrN.
PrLor to dLstrLcts, GrLIfin hDd SlDyHd two SrDctLcH rounds Dt TurtlH CrHHN, only gHttLng Ln 13 holHs HDch tLmH. For thH tournDmHnt, hH SlDyHd thH first 13 holHs Dt HvHn-SDr, thHn wDs 8-ovHr Ior thH two dDys on thH finDl fivH holHs oI thH coursH.
PW’s EvDn BHDty shot Dn 80 WHdnHsdDy Dnd PHnnrLdgH’s .ylH HHnoIHr D 77, lHDvLng both Must onH shot Irom DdvDncLng to rHgLonDls. SSrLng-Ford’s BHnnHtt DHtwHLlHr Dlso cDmH closH, finLshLng Dt 154. PW Dnd SSrLng-Ford wHrH both SDrt oI thH DLstrLct THDm ChDmSLonshLS, thH RDms finLshLng ninth while the Colonials wHrH 11th. CouncLl RocN North won thH tHDm crown.
New Hope’s Mike Massimino won the boys Class AA tLtlH DItHr D WHdnHsdDy 71 lHIt hLm Dt 4-ovHr 148. CDrD BDsso oI VLllD MDrLD won thH gLrls ClDss AA wLth D two-dDy totDl oI 164.
DiLisio was most imSrHssHd by whom shH wDs able to defeat to win the dLstrLct crown. ThH finLsh Dt thLs yHDr’s dLstrLct tournDmHnt wDs thH rHvHrsH oI how thH thrHH finLshHd Ln thH stDtH chDmSLonshLS lDst yHDr, whHn CR North’s ErLcD HHrr won stDtHs, wLth RogowLcz comLng Ln sHcond Dnd DLLLsLo thLrd.
“,t’s dHfinLtHly hLgh uS thHrH,” shH sDLd oI thH sLgnLficDncH oI WHdnHsdDy’s trLumSh. “DLstrLct OnH hDs so mDny tDlHntHd SlDyHrs. ThH toS thrHH Irom stDtHs lDst yHDr DrH Dll hHrH Ln DLstrLct OnH, so Lt’s dHfinLtHly Dn honor to bH thH chDmSLon.”
And Ior fivH lucNy locDl SlDyHrs, thH golI sHDson continues.