Ryan Roman shot 1-over-par, 36 on the front nine at Fox Hill Country Club Friday to lead Dallas past Pittston Area in a key Wyoming Valley Conference golf regular-season finale.
The loss dropped Pittston Area out of a tie for first-place overall with champion Lake-Lehman. It left the Patriots in a three-way tie for the second-best record in the 15-team conference and on the wrong end of a tiebreaker with Dallas for the top seed in the WVC’s Class 3A playoffs.
The four-team playoffs to determine the WVC’s representatives in the District 2 Class 3A and Class 2A championships are scheduled to begin Monday and conclude Wednesday. Pittston Area will be home Monday at 3:30, likely against Crestwood.
More than half the players in the match – four from Dallas and three from Pittston Area – finished with 41s.
Nick Cook led the Patriots with a 39.
Gianni Bartorillo, Noah Gruber and Ryan Noone posted the 41s for the Patriots.
The final WVC standings were: Lake-Lehman 13-1, Pittston Area 12-2, Dallas 12-2, Holy Redeemer 12-2, Crestwood 8-5-1, Tunkhannock 8-6, Hazleton Area 8-6, Wyoming Seminary 6-7-1, Wyoming Area 6-8, Berwick 6-8, Wyoming Valley West 5-9, Wilkes-Barre Area 5-9, MMI Prep 2-12, Nanticoke 1-13, Hanover Area 0-14.
Holy Redeemer 137, Wyoming Area 152
Arden Brunn’s 3-under, 31 led Holy Redeemer to the win at Lehman Golf Club in another Friday regular-season finale.
Liam Gill also broke par for the Royals with a 33.
Wyoming Area’s Mitchell Rusinchak came in at 2-under, 32.
Aiden August added a 35 while Robbie Yatsko shot a 42 and Joey Onda a 43.
Wyoming Area goes 2-0
Aiden August and Robbie Yatsko each shot 37 Wednesday to help Wyoming Area go 2-0 in a WVC tri-match.
The Warriors posted a 156 to beat Wilkes-Barre Area’s 165 and Hanover Area’s 193.
Mitchell Rusinchak and Hunter Hosier each added 41s.
Pittston Area 153, MMI Prep 184
Noah Gruber fired a 1-over 36 at Valley Country Club Wednesday to lead Pittston Area to the win.
Gianna Bartorillo, Andrew Nocito and Nick Cook all added 39s to finish at least five shots ahead of every MMI player.
Pittston Area 150, Lake-Lehman 159
Pittston Area handed league champion Lake-Lehman its only loss of the season Monday at Fox Hill.
Andrew Nocito led the way with a 36. Teammates Noah Gruber, Patrick Ruane and Gianni Bartorillo followed with 37, 38 and 39.
Lake-Lehman was led by Jackson Norconk’s 37.
