It promised to be a pretty competitive race for the Inter-Ac
League golf championship and after invitational No. 2 Monday, hosted by
Springside Chestnut Hill at Sunnybrook Golf Club, it is shaping up to be just
that.
Perennial Inter-Ac powers Haverford School and Malvern Prep
went 1-2, respectively, Monday as the Fords claimed the top spot with a 222
total and the Friars were just two shots behind them at 224. Upstart Penn
Charter, which topped the field in last week’s first mini-tournament on its
home course at Huntingdon Valley Country Club, finished third at 230 while
defending champion Episcopal Academy, the runnerup to Penn Charter last week,
finished fourth at 234.
Host Springside Chestnut Hill finished fifth at 264 and
Springside Chestnut Hill was sixth at 272.
That leaves Haverford School and Penn Charter tied atop the
standings at 8-2 with Malvern Prep and Episcopal tied for third at 6-4.
Haverford School was led by two members of its strong junior
class as A.J. Aivazolgou and David Hurly each broke par on the front nine at
Sunnybrook at 1-under 35. Aivazoglou plays out of Rolling Green Golf Club and Hurly is
a native of South Africa.
One of the Fords’ leaders, Peter Garno, a lacrosse standout,
bounced back from a disappointing round at Huntingdon Valley last week to fire
an even-par 36. Charlie Baker added a 38
and Mac Costin and Cal Buonocore each posted a 3-over 39 for the Fords.
Malvern Prep was led by senior co-captain Matt Davis, who
carded a 2-under 34, the second-best score of the day. Last week at Huntingdon
Valley, Davis shared medalist honors with three other players and he has taken
the early lead in the individual points standings.
Junior John Updike, the 2016 Pennsylvania Junior Boys’
champion, was just a shot behind Davis
with a 1-under 35. Juniors Matt Civitella and Kevin Hagan each carded a 2-over 38 and senior Eric McLaughlin added a 39. Malvern Prep’s final counter
was a 40, a total notched by both junior co-captain Andrew Curran and senior
Mike Hennigan.
Medalist honors for the day belonged to Penn Charter
freshman Patrick Isztwan, who carded a sparkling 3-under 33. I mentioned last
week that I caddied for Patrick and big brother Brian, who was the Inter-Ac
champion when he was a freshman, in a Christman Cup practice round at Stonewall
North (before looping for Brian in the tournament proper) this summer and the
younger Isztwan can really play as he proved Monday at Sunnybrook.
Brian Isztwan, a senior, added a 38 for the Quakers and Noah
Schwartz chipped in with a 39. Rounding out Penn Charter’s counters were a trio of 40s
posted by Dante DiStefano, Matt Barkann and Archie Fishill.
Somehow, Episcopal ended up with six players all landing on 3-over 39. They included the Churchmen’s two senior co-captains, Jon Nolan Perry
and Cole Kemmerer, the brothers Zeng, Michael, a junior, and Jacob, a
sophomore, junior Robbie Copit and sophomore Case Hummer.
Invitational No. 3 is next Tuesday with Malvern Prep hosting
the rest of the league at Waynesborough Country Club, although I’m pretty sure
Episcopal’s Perry and Kemmerer are members there, so that might mitigate the
Friars’ home-course advantage a little.
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