Central Bucks East won the title of the Spring Mill tournament and Hayden Rousselle won individual honors. Check out all of Wednesday’s SOL golf results.
By Ben Reese
IVYLAND -- Central Bucks East put together another tournament-winning performance Wednesday at Spring Mill Country Club.
The Patriots captured the Spring Mill Tournament sponsored by Council Rock South with a team score of 208. They beat Rock South (215), Hatboro-Horsham (216) and William Tennent (221).
And the Patriots also picked up another individual victory as Hayden Rousselle toured the par-36 course in even par to take medalist honors. The Golden Hawks' Lukas Clark was the only other golfer under 40, shooting a 39.
"Ball striking is definitely key on the course," Rousselle said. "The greens aren't tough to hit but they are tough to hold. (They are) a little slow but the pin placements are definitely challenging."
Obviously, Rousselle's ball striking was on the money.
"Mainly, my ball striking was good today, hitting the greens," he said. "I only missed one green today so that helped.
"I had two or three lag putts that I needed to stick close and they got close so that helps. Making sure you can save par is the big thing. Birdies will drop but you've got to make pars."
Joining Rousselle on the winning team were Brian McCartan (42), Patrick Sheehan (43), Matt Becker (43) and Brandon Cassidy (44).
"It's definitely important that not just one person plays well on your team," said Rousselle. "You need other people to play well. It's important that you have other people who can shoot 30s on your team."
The win at Spring Mills is the second in three days for the Patriots, who won the Pennridge Invitational at Indian Valley Country Club on Monday as Sheehan shot an even-par 36.
Just how beneficial are these tournaments in preparation for the regular Suburban One League season?
All four coaches agreed that they are very helpful. The Spring Mills tournament is the third in three days for William Tennent and the second in three days for CB East.
Winning coach Matt Wolf of CB East is a proponent of the tournaments.
"(Tournaments are) very beneficial," the Patriots’ coach said. "The players have a chance to get an SOL score.
"We're also playing on a nice course with high level competition. In a non-league format, it gives them the chance to work on some things that they need to work on before they apply that to the league."
Hatboro-Horsham coach Mike Harmon, who has a very young team, is a booster as well.
"They're super beneficial," he said, "just for their opportunity to get another nine under their belt in tournament-play situations.
"I always like them early in the season to gain confidence because they struggle sometimes translating the practice rounds to the tournament rounds. It gives them a good chance to do that."
Fred DiChiara, the William Tennent coach, has seen more tournaments than anyone so far this season and appreciates what the tournaments give his team.
"I think it's beneficial because it gives the kids more experience on more courses," he said. "It gives them experience on a course that's a lot tighter than 5 Ponds (Tennent's home course) and it gives them a chance for a score for SOLs."
Council Rock South coach Dennis Matika, who has been holding this tournament for 14 years, must like tournaments because the Hawks are in another one Thursday in southern New Jersey.
"What is nice is you get an opportunity before school starts, studies and all that, to compete," Matika said. "I think it's beneficial and it's kind of the end of the summer-type thing so it's an opportunity to be relaxed and play a little bit and a chance to see what the kids can do. I'm glad they are able to do it."
Spring Mill Tournament
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 208, COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 215, HATBORO-HORSHAM 216, WILLIAM TENNENT 221
Central Bucks East (208) – Hayden Rousselle 36, Brian McCartan 42, Patrick Sheehan 43, Matt Becker 43, Brandon Cassidy 44, Matt Davis 45.
Council Rock South (215) – Lukas Clark 39, Griffin Smith 40, Simon Asadoorian 45, Zach Bloom 45, Matt Fleming 46, Shane McDermott 46.
Hatboro-Horsham (216) – Mike Festa 40, Jack McCormick 41, Hayden Moffat 42, Michael Morris 43, Chris McPoyle 50, Matt McCormick 52.
William Tennent (221) – Colin Walsh 42, Dan McCabe 43, Ryan Borrmann 45, Stephen Skiba 45, Ryan Foley 46, David Scott 52.
PENNSBURY 204, NESHAMINY 217
Middletown Country Club
Pennsbury (204) – Griffin Foll 35, Pat Laushell 40, Mckenzie Mix 42, Dan herbins 43, Ryan Kim 44, Brendan Strange 44, Chris Dul 46, Justin Freidman 48.
Neshaminy (217) – Chris Benvenuto 38, Kyle Everett 43, Mason Zeberlein 44, Greg DeLuca 46, Jake Tanzillo 46, Luke Sermarini 46, Michael Anella 47, Michael Lester 55.
SOUDERTON 192, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 200
Lederach Golf Club, Blue Tees, Front 9, Par 36
Souderton (192) – Dawson Anders 32, Thomas Butler 37, Anthony Barr 39, Evan Kreiser 40, Liam Kreag 44, Ryan Williams 44, James O’Malley 45, Joshua Smith 49.
Central Bucks West (200) – Luca Jezzeny 36, Drew Enright 39, nick Hano 41, Owen Tillger 42, Brandon Gervais 42, Chaz Nestory 45, Brock Nestory 46, Jack Farrington 47.
Dawson Anders had a remarkable scored of 32 (four under par), and Luca Jezzeny shot par 36.
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 204, QUAKERTOWN 234
Locust Valley Golf Club, Front 9 – 3092 Yards, Par 36, Blue Tees 71.1/130
Plymouth Whitemarsh (204) – Matt Aprile 38, Alec Goldberg 38, Jon Green 39, Jake Butler 42, Jon Silberman 47, Scott Laudenbach 48, Steve Roehm 49, Jordan Santoli 52.
Quakertown (234) – Calvin Suk 43, Ryan Stainer 44, Ryan Howard 46, Connor Coulton 49, Madilyn Siuta 52, Mackenzie Mulkiewicz 53, Ryan Georgiadis 54, Johnny Williams 46.
ABINGTON 218, BENSALEM 267, HARRY S TRUMAN 269
Bensalem Country Club, Par 35
Abington (218) – Will Breslin 41, Jacob Taylor 41, Zach O’Leary 43, Jack Kurtz 46, Victoria Monterosso 47, Timmy Gallagher 48, Taylor Munn 48, Andrew Garrett 54.
Bensalem (267) – Jordan Love 48, Matt nowaczyk 53, Ryan Gladu 54, Ryan Hund 55, Ray Horner 57, Deep Patel 63.
Harry S Truman (269) – Shane Nocito 42, Alec Bachmann 55, Chris Haer 56, Bryce Yochum 57, Zach Grant 59, Brandon Wolf 60, Brendan McGinnis 70.
CHELTENHAM 216, SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 230
Sandy Run Golf Course, Front 9
Cheltenham (216) - Stephen DeFrancis 41, Jack McHugh 42, Luke Fisher 42, Jacob Petrisko 45, Henry Dobi 46, Tim McHugh 48, Jake Wilken 55, Jared Petrisko 57..
Springfield Township (230) - Gavin Schmitt 43, Tim Dahme 44, Tom Nadolski 47, Jake Cawley 48, Andrew congdon 48, Drew Tracey 49, Ryan Firman 49, Sean Cornely 60.
HATBORO-HORSHAM 178, DOWNINGTOWN EAST 185 (Girls)
Honeybrook Golf Club
Hatboro-Horsham (178) - Cassidy Gavaghan, Cameron Fisher 45, Laura Marvin 47, Hailey Phillips 50, Annie Griffiths 58, Sheila Fisher 61, Katie Quigley 63, Sheila Fisher 61.
Downingtown East (185) - Liddie McCook, Megan Ostertag 47, Anisha Sonti 48, Georgia Miller 50, Emily Johns 51, Nicole Dutzman 51, Katelyn Samples 54, Emily Wolfe 57.
- Log in to post comments
