I’ve been casting around a little for some early high school
golf news and I got some while waiting to caddy in a practice round for the
U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship at a steamy North Course at Stonewall Thursday
(hoping to have some practice round thoughts on the blog after a stroll around
the Old Course Friday).
The EMS crew from Riddle Memorial Hospital that was on duty
at Stonewall had a Daily Times laying around with news of an interesting
nonleague match Wednesday between reigning PIAA Class AAA team champion Radnor
and perennial Inter-Ac League power Haverford School at Gulph Mills Golf Club,
one of the Fords’ home courses.
Didn’t get a look at the full summary, but Haverford School
eked out a 183-184 victory, getting a 1-under 34 from Mac Costin and an
even-par 35 from Peter Garno.
Pretty sure Costin is the son of Haverford School coach Gui
Costin. I do know that Mac Costin was hard at work on the Philadelphia Section
PGA Junior Tour all summer preparing for the fall scholastic season. And Max
Siegfried assured me last fall that Garno, who I’m pretty sure is just a
sophomore, would be a leader for the Fords this season and nothing leads better
than an even-par round.
The medalist for the day, though, was Radnor senior Michael
Sydnes with a 2-under 33. Sydnes, a key player in the Raiders’ run to the PIAA
team title a year ago, has also worked very hard this summer and played a lot
of tournament golf.
Sophomore David Colleran, who captured the Golf Association of
Philadelphia Junior Boys’ title this summer, and Conor Rinehart each had a 37
and Chris Austen carded a 38. Jake Calamaro and Daniel Bullock each had a 39
with one of those getting thrown out as only the top five scores counted. As
the Daily Times roundup noted, had the teams gone to six players, they would
have tied at 223 apiece.
Springfield coach Jim Heller shipped me some early Central
League results and it looks like Radnor and Harriton are the only undefeated
teams, both at 3-0. Harriton, however, had to battle to pull out a 204-207
victory over a Haverford program, resurgent under Nate Oxman, on the Rams’ home
course of Philadelphia Country Club. It was the first Central League loss for
the Fords.
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