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GOlf: Central League Preview

Posted On: Monday, September 08, 2014
By: ldevlin

Andy Achenbach’s Radnor program is always a force to be reckoned with in the Central League.

Two years ago, a Radnor girls team, with talented freshman Brynn Walker a key contributor, won the PIAA Classs AAA team title. But the girls were in a tough spot this fall with only Walker, who had a spectacular summer that included trips to both the U.S. Girls Junior and U.S. Women’s Amateur and two AJGA titles, senior Julia Curley, junior Caitlin Bullock and sophomore Gabby Kim left to hold the fort.

Radnor could have been competitive, even with just four players, but it would have left no room for injury or illness or the inevitable bad day for any one of the players. So the team voted to compete as just one coed team.

That also means Walker will definitely be among Radnor’s top eight in any given match and Curley and Kim will be vying for some starts, too.

Radnor has a very talented senior in Paul Yun, who reached the Class AAA East Regional as a sophomore two years ago. The rest of the boys who will be vying for spots among the top eight includes Jack Owens, Jack Staples, Tom Hamilton, Michael Sydnes, Jacob LIberman and Kevin Seits. The Raiders put up a remarkable 175 total in a dual match against Spring-Ford at Turtle Creek Golf Club, site of the District One Tournament each fall — and that was with Walker playing in an AJGA event and unavailable. Yun and Sydnes were particularly impressive that day with a 4-under 32 and a 3-under 33, respectively.

Walker, who has committed to North Carolina, will be one of the top players in the state when the Class AAA postseason kicks in for the girls. She earned a medal with a tie for fifth at last year’s PIAA Tournament. Two very good players will likely in the hunt when the PIAA Tournament gets under way at the Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York County in Mount St. Joseph senior Isabella DiLisio, the reigning state champion who added a Pennsylvania Women’s Amateur title to her impressive resume this summer, and Pennsbury senior Jackie Rogowicz, the reigning District One champion who has been the runnerup at Heritage Hills each of the last two years.

Garnet Valley also has a strong female player in Annika Vandayar among a veteran group of 10 seniors on Doug Grande’s roster. Fellow seniors Mike Stanilka and Tim Reeves have been mainstays for the Jaguars as well. Other seniors on the roster are Stephen Teitelbaum, Darren Schwartz, Evan Riper, Griffin Morandini, Chris Fedena, Patrick Dailey and Joe Busch.

Matt Hoppe heads a junior class that includes Mike Argibay, Noah Highfill, Alyssa McMullen and Francine Ng. The sophomores on the roster include Pat Finn, Jimmy Gillespie, Stephen Hoffman and Mason Hudock. The freshman class includes Connor Hale, Andrew Briner, Kunal Gupta, Sean Kelly and Billy Vinci.

Strath Haven is led by a pair of seniors, Jeff Painter, a returning District One Tournament qualifier, and Sam Brancazio. Rounding out the lineup for Kevin Kochersperger are juniors Chris Byrd, Anders Camp, Alex Brown and Sam Riches, freshman Ben Newlon and senior Jonah Tate.

Marple Newtown loses state medalist and two-time All-Delco Sam Soeth, but first-year coach Dominic Frassinelli has a strong group, led by juniors Joey Del Franco and Matt Deacon. Seniors Brandon Dejesse, Grant Wallace and Bob Thompson will be trying to crack the lineup. And there is some depth with senior Sean Scollon, juniors Tom Weir, Devon Del Franco, Michael Shevlin and Soobin An, sophomore Kyle Turner and freshman Ben Sjolander.

Veteran Springfield coach Jim Heller also lost an All-Delco performer in Brian Todaro, but Brian’s younger brother, Andrew, who is just a sophomore, has been among the Cougars’ top performers in the early going. Twin brothers Derrick and Dillon Baun are juniors and Josh Luchon is off to a good start for Springfield.

Penncrest is strong at the top with a trio of seniors in Griffin Colvin, Cace Strother and Mike Chang. Colvin is a two-time district qualifier coming off a strong summer, particularly on the Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour.

Haverford High is led by junior Frankie McVeigh. Among the other players expected to count for the Fords are senior Mike Ward, juniors Matt Speers and Nolan Buszka and sophomore Luke Marmer.

Junior Mike Wolf is the top player on Jon McGarry’s Upper Darby team. Rounding out the lineup for the Royals are sophomore Hunter Taylor, juniors Vinny Lucchesi and Sean Walsh and seniors Justin Adams and Mike Burton.

Jeff Luby’s Ridley team is led by three-year starters Greg Myers, a junior, and Kyle Fiorelli, a senior. Other players Luby is counting on are junior Chris Durning, senior Colin Kowalski, sophomore Marc Pecko, and junior Eric Magro.

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