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Hickory captured the team title and the Hornets’ Billy Colbert earned medalist honors by winning a playoff at Thursday’s 3rd annual Mercer County Tee-Off Tournament, hosted by Lakeview at Pine Grove Golf Course in Grove City.
Colbert birdied the par-3 No. 9 hole to edge Matt Gordon of Grove City. They shot 76s. Lakeview’s Sam Magargee was 3rd with a 78 and Sharon’s Jack Evans placed 4th with a 78.
Team scores: Hickory 323, Grove City 331, Green-ville 354, Sharon 358, West Middlesex 372, Lakeview 373, Mercer 386, Union City 398, Linesville 407.
Hickory: Colbert 76, Isaac Black, Ross Rosati 82s, Nick Vuich 83.
Grove City: Gordon 76, Ben Lucas 81, Dylan Osborne, Collin Lawson 87s.
Greenville: Chad Ferguson 83, Nick Deitrich 89, Colton McCright, Dan Addison 91s.
Sharon: Evans 79, Pat Artak 86, Carl Carpenter 88, Lucas Turner 105.
West Middlesex: Nate Anthony 86, Brady Byers 91, Jesse Nych 94, Riley Atterholt 101.
Lakeview: Magargee 78, Casey Greggs 88, Keith Kepner 102, Richard Kite 105.
Mercer: Nate Guiler 84, Peter Timashenka 86, Mark Peters 100, Ian Ollila 116.
Union City: Carley Yovich 97, Troy Jackson, Cullen Hornaman 100s, Nick Yaple 101.
Linesville: Kyle Betts, Cole Baker 94s, Jake Yeager 99, Devon Conley 120.
BOYS GOLF
ä Brookfield 184, Warren Harding 190 — At Yankee Run Golf Course Tuesday, Lonnie Schell carded a 43 and Michael Pasquerilla shot a 44 in leading the Warriors to a 6-stroke victory over Harding.
Brookfield: Schell 43, Pasquerilla 44, Adam Brooks 48, Derrick Dickson 49.
Harding: Jason Nolan, Elijah Shuttic 46s, Michael Veselich 47, Corey Butts 51.
GIRLS GOLF
ä Hickory 178, Meadville 197 — At Whispering Pines in Meadville, coach Craig Antush’s defending Region 1 champion Hornettes opened the season with a win.
Rosy Hearns fired a 36 for Hickory and her sister, Abigail, carded a 45. Lacy Latta shot a 40 to lead Meadville.
Hickory: R. Hearns 36, A. Hearns 45, Alena Lancia 48, Brianna Colbert 49.
Meadville: Latta 40, Kailey Malady, Felicia Krasa 51s, Micaela Persichini 55.
Note: Hickory’s season-opening Region 1 Mega-Match is at noon Monday in Franklin. It is hosted by Rocky Grove.
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Roundup: Hickory wins Mercer County Tee-Off
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Herald-Tamie junior tourney set Thursday-Friday
THEY SAY THAT “The best things in life are free.” Well, one of those “best things” is the annual Herald-Tam O’Shanter Junior Golf Championships every summer.
The event, which has been free to boys and girls in the Shenango Valley since it’s inception in 1949, will be held Thursday and Friday at Tam O’Shanter Golf Course in Hermitage.
It has been the premier youth tournament for decades and some of the top players ever to come out of this area have participated. But you don’t have to be a great young golfer to take part. It’s a wonderful opportunity for every youngster to get a free round of golf on a great course, which is in immaculate shape this season. -
Hickory lists 2013 scholar-athlete award winners
Hickory High Athletic Director Barb Dzuricsko recently announced that a total of 213 students (grades 9-12) earned Don McKay Scholar-Athlete awards.
To be eligible, students must maintain an A (93 percent or higher) grade-point-average through the academic year’s third 9-week grading period and compete in a PIAA-sponsored sport.
A total of 375 students competed in athletics this past year, Dzuricsko noted, meaning almost 57 percent qualified for the McKay Scholar-Athlete Award. Since the award’s inception, this is the highest total number of students to earn the honors, she reported. -
SCHOLASTIC NOTEBOOK: Hearns to continue golf career in college; Petty to be honored
RECENT HICKORY High alumna Rosy Hearns will continue her education and golf careers at the State University of New York-Albany. Hickory links coach Craig Antush said Hearns recently signed a letter-of-intent.
Hearns’ Hickory career concluded as one of the finest on the links — male or female — in Mercer County annals. -
Bowlers compete in Senior Games
The bowling portion of the annual Mercer County Senior Games was held Wednesday at Grove City Bowlodrome. That followed horseshoes and shuffleboard competitions earlier in the week.
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COLLEGIATE NOTEBOOK: Ex-Hickory great Richards has great spring track season
FORMER HICKORY HIGH standout Morgan Richards enjoyed a successful spring season for the University of North Carolina-Charlotte track & field team. The female 49ters won the Atlantic 10 Conference outdoor track & field team title.
“Morgan kept her stride as she transitioned into the outdoor season, running top times in several events among (Atlantic 10) freshmen and on Charlotte’s all-time top 10 lists,” assistant coch Edwin T. Schlichter wrote in a recent e-mail to The Herald. “Morgan finished just one spot (9th) out of scoring at the 2013 A-10 Championships in the 3000-meter steeplechase, despite this being her first year ever attempting the event, and running 11:02.22 which was 2nd among all freshmen in the A-10 and 5th all-time for UNC-Charlotte.” -
SPORTVIEW: Hickory tri-athletes deserve special recognition
EVERY YEAR we receive a photo from the Hermitage School District of a group of student-athletes that I am thrilled to receive and run in the paper.
The photo is of Hickory High School “tri-athletes,” boys and girls who participate in sports during each of the fall, winter and spring seasons. But there is more to it than that. Each of these athletes also must maintain an 85 percent B average during the first three 9-week grading periods of the year. -
TIDBITS: Scurpas make college choices; Matthews, Norris, Bonner part of great Clarion recruiting class; Lewis earns national medal
SHARPSVILLE HIGH volleyball standouts Kristen and Paige Scurpa, who are cousins, will continue their education and athletic careers at California University of Pa. and Penn State-Behrend, respectively.
The duo, both of whom were named to the All-State team in Class A by the Pa. Volleyball Coaches Association, led the Blue Darlings to the District 10 title game in November. Sharpsville, Region 1 champs the past 4 years, suffered a 3-1 loss to Cochranton in that match and finished the season 16-4. -
Sharpsville falls in D-10 title game
SLIPPERY ROCK — Monday was a pretty good day for Saegertown High School.
Just mere hours after the Lady Panthers won the District 10 Class A softball championship, the Saegertown baseball team (19-2) captured its third straight D-10 Class AA title with a convincing 10-3 victory over Sharpsville (15-6) at Slippery Rock University’s Jack Critchfield Park.
“We knew going into the game that Saegertown’s a pretty good team and they’ve been a pretty good team for the past few years,” Blue Devils coach Mike Sikorski said. “I think they’ve been in the District 10 Championship the past four years. They’re a solid team, a very good team. They’re very patient at the plate and when they get their pitches, they hit them.” -
STATE TRACK NOTEBOOK: WM seniors leave legacy of greatness
WEST MIDDLESEX High always has had a proud athletic heritage, and this past weekend’s PIAA Class AA Track & Field championship will only add lustre to that legacy.
According to available archives at The Herald, only the 1954 boys’ basketball team and Coach Bob Morris’ boys’ cross country team from earlier this decade previously had won commonwealth crowns. -
Allen wins 4 gold medals to lead WM to PIAA team title
SHIPPENSBURG — Clay Allen said he had to explode out of the starting blocks for his 100-meter dash showdown with Hickory’s DeShawn Coleman. But Allen — all afternoon — was getting the jump on his competitors during the annual PIAA Track & Field Championships.
By approximately 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Shippensburg University, Allen annexed 4 gold medals — 100- and 200-meter dashes, long jump, and as part of the sprint-relay. The workload West Middlesex High’s senior exhibited enabled the Big Reds to record the Class AA commonwealth crown. - More Sports Headlines
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Herald-Tamie junior tourney set Thursday-Friday
