Top of the leaderboard: Leopards鈥� Mocello earns honors as area蘑菇视频 top golfer
Belle Vernon junior Jordan Mocello was the final qualifier in the WPIAL Class AAA championship first round and won a playoff in the district championship final round for the last berth into the state tournament.
Mocello finished tied for 28th in the state final and also led the Leopards into the WPIAL Class AAA team championship final.
Mocello蘑菇视频 consistent play throughout the regular season and postseason earned the junior top honors as the 蘑菇视频 Boys Golfer of the Year honors.
Mocello was in the first pair off the tee in the WPIAL Class AAA Individual Golf Championship final round at Oakmont, The junior rebounded from a lackluster first round with a 3-over 74 at Oakmont to put him in the hunt for a spot in the state final.
Mocello watched the scoreboard as the field, including teammate Seth Tomalski, slid back to him and when the last group finished he was in a two-man tie for the 14th spot. Mocello made quick work in the sudden-death playoff with a par.
Mocello also won the Section 2-AAA tournament.
Elizabeth Forward sophomore Aaron Didjuanas had one of the better rounds in the WPIAL Class AA final and pulled into a tie for the silver medal. Didjunas capped his season by finishing in a tie for 16th place in the PIAA Championship.
Teammates Tomalski and Jack Edwards join Mocello on the first team.
Tomalski placed 17th in the WPIAL final and earned All-County honors after finishing 10th in the FCCA Championship at Duck Hollow Golf Club.
Edwards won his first county title after posting an even-par 70. Edwards also qualified for the WPIAL final round.
Connellsville senior Ethan Porreca earned first-team honors after a solid season where he helped the Falcons to a second-place finish for the second year in row and a playoff berth. The lefthander earned All-County honors after finishing seventh.
The remainder of the first-team honorees are Class AA golfers.
Charleroi freshman Levi Large had quite an opening high school season after finishing 17th in the WPIAL Championship and in a tie for 47th in the PIAA final.
Jefferson-Morgan sophomore Urijah Teasdale just missed the WPIAL awards stand and a berth into the state tournament by one stroke after he finished 20th in the district championship.
Mount Pleasant senior Ryan Karfelt rounds out the first team honorees. Karfelt finished 20th in the WPIAL Class AA final.
Belle Vernon蘑菇视频 Melvin Gouker receives Coach of the Year honors after he led the Leopards to an undefeated section record, a school-record 18-hole team score in the WPIAL Class AAA team semifinals and a spot in the WPIAL finals.
The second team includes Connellsville蘑菇视频 Eli Armstrong, Laurel Highlands鈥� Tyler Cook, Belle Vernon蘑菇视频 Donnie Kroftcheck, Mount Pleasant蘑菇视频 Aydan Gross, Frazier蘑菇视频 Dylan Keilbach, Waynesburg Central蘑菇视频 Rykan Gustafson, and Elizabeth Forward蘑菇视频 Luke Boyer.
Keilbach tied for second place in the FCCA Tournament.
Honorable mention recognition goes to Waynesburg Central蘑菇视频 Jarett Tretinik, Charleroi蘑菇视频 Gage Patterson, Bentworth蘑菇视频 Ross Skerbetz, Elizabeth Forward蘑菇视频 Julien Hredocik, Albert Gallatin蘑菇视频 Caeden Williams, Beth-Center蘑菇视频 Luke Amon, Carmichaels鈥� Connor Lapana, Frazier蘑菇视频 Aidan Hardy, Geibel Catholic蘑菇视频 Mike Miller and Seth Dolan, Brownsville蘑菇视频 Benjamin Vojacek and Uniontown蘑菇视频 Trevor Uphold.