Jaster, Fahey come up big for Dartmouth at Philmont

   Two of the Inter-Ac League’s top players a year ago, Haverford School’s three-time All-Delco Scott Jaster and Episcopal Academy’s Sean Fahey, had strong showings as they came home this weekend as freshmen on the Dartmouth men’s team and teed it up in the Temple Invitational at Philmont Country Club.

   Jaster was Dartmouth’s top finisher as he carded a 1-over 71 Sunday to finish at 7-over 147 and in a tie for 24^th. Fahey was the Big Green’s third-best finisher with rounds of 74 and 79 for a 153 total that left him in a tie for 62^nd.

   The talented freshman duo helped Darthmouth finish in a tie for 14^th with Saint Joseph’s at 612. Dartmouth had a pair of 306 rounds.

   Everybody was playing for second in the Temple Invitational, formerly the Big Five Invitational, as Hartford sophomore Evan Russell torched the Philmont layout with a spectacular 8-under 62 in Saturday’s first round and cooled off only slightly with a 68 Sunday. Russell’s 10-under 130 total was eight shots clear of teammate Anthony Vecchiarelli, who was the runnerup with a pair of 69s and a 2-under 138 total.

   Russell and Vecchiarelli led Hartford to the team title with rounds of 282 and 280 for a 562 total that was 15 shots better than runnerup St. John’s, which posted a 577 total. Cincinnati was third at 580.

   Philadelphia Open and Patterson Cup winner Brandon Matthews led host Temple with rounds of 68 and 73 for a 1-over 141 total that was good for fourth place. Matthews led the Owls to a tie for fourth with Harvard in the team standings at 582 (286-296).

   Former Haverford School standout Nelson Hargrove, a senior at Brown, had one of the stronger second-day scores with a 1-under 69 Sunday. That left him with a 3-over 143 total that earned him a tie for sixth. Brown finished tied for 16^th in the team standings at 616.

   Former Radnor standout Tommy Horgan teed it up for La Salle and had rounds of 82 and 83 for a 165 total that left him in a tie for 91^st.

   Monsignor Bonner All-Delco Michael Hartsough, a senior at Saint Joe’s, competed as an individual and played pretty well with rounds of 79 and 78 for a 157 total that left him in a tie for 73^rd.

Bacskai leading the way for Malvern Prep

   Heading into the last of the six Inter-Ac League mini-tournaments Wednesday at Sunnybrook Golf Club, Malvern Prep junior Brendan Bacskai is leading the league’s individual points race and has the Friars on track to dethrone three-time reigning league champion Haverford School.

   The full results from last week’s mini-tournament at Huntingdon Valley have been unavailable, but reportedly Haverford School, which held a narrow 18-2-0 to 17-2-1 margin over Malvern Prep heading into the mini-tournament at Huntingdon Valley, finished fourth with the Friars taking over the top spot with a first-place finish.

   Bacskai is leading the way individually with teammate Michael Davis in second place. Davis, a Newtown Square resident and Aronimink Golf Club member, is a senior who won the Inter-Ac Tournament as a freshman in May 2011, the last year the league played a spring schedule.

   Reigning Daily Times Player of the Year, Haverford School senior Cole Berman, is third in the points standings. Berman has won the last two Inter-Ac Tournament titles and will try to make it three in a row when the league’s top players tee it up at Merion Golf Club’s famed East Course, site of the U.S. Open earlier this year, Saturday.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the points standings heading into Sunnytbrook are: Malvern Prep junior Mike Szipszky, Haverford School junior Jay Losty, Episcopal Academy junior Jack Cassidy, Episcopal Academy junior Joe Chambers, Springside  Chestnut Hill Academy freshman Chris Daiglish, Episcopal Academy junior Trey Croney and Springside Chestnut Hill Academy senior Jack Grasso.

   Paris Sterett, the Episcopal assistant coach who is always keeping T Mac Tees Off up to date with Inter-Ac golf doings, informs that Episcopal junior William Crager had a hole-in-one during the Churchmen’s match with Germantown Academy at Limekiln Golf Club recently.  Crager pulled out a 6-iron on the 155-yard second hole at Limekiln’s Red course and knocked it right in the hole.