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TYRONE -- Hollidaysburg's Isaac Miller tied State College's Luke McGraw for first place by carding a 73 at the District 6 Class 3A sectional golf competition at Sinking Valley Country Club on Tuesday.
Miller, who finished as the runner-up in the District 6 championship last year to advance to states, was 1-over par on a very wet day and led the Golden Tigers to a second-place finish as a team.
Hollidaysburg finished 21 strokes behind State College, 306-327, but will have a chance to try and make that difference up on its home course at Scotch Valley Country Club in the District 6 championship meet.
Hollidaysburg's Tyler Steiner also made the individual cut of the top 10 players and ties by shooting an 82 and tying for ninth.
State College advanced six individuals (McGraw, Brady Wager, Chris Warner, Jacky Sun, Luke Ladrido and Charlie Ladrido) out of the 11 who will compete for two individual spots in the state finals from District 6.
Adam Kanouff was Altoona's top finisher with an 84, but his tie for 15th place did not make the individual cut, and the Mountain Lions finished fifth as a team with a score of 345 and did not make the team cut. Altoona's Kai Hillegass, Kreighoff Cumming and Dylan Stewart were all part of a four-way tie for 18th with an 87. Hollidaysburg's Dominic Battisti finished 17th alone with an 85.
TEAM RESULTS (TOP TWO ADVANCE)
1, State College (SC) 306; 2, Hollidaysburg (H) 327; 3, Central Mountain (CM) 335; 4, Mifflin County (MC) 340; 5, Altoona (A) 345; 6, Johnstown (J) 389.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TOP 10 AND TIES ADVANCE)
T-1, McGraw, SC, 73; T-1, Miller, H, 73; 3, Wager, SC, 76; 4, Warner, SC, 77; T-5, Fisher, CM, 80; T-5, Sun, SC, 80; T-7, L. Ladrido, SC, 81; T-7, Flood, MC, 81; T-9, C. Ladrido, SC, 82; T-9, St. Clair, CM, 82; T-9, Steiner, H, 82; T-12, Seiler, MC, 83; T-12, Farahani, SC, 83; T-12, Beachy, CM, 83; T-15, Kanouff, A, 84; T-15, Miller, SC, 84; 17, Battisti, H, 85; T-18, Hillegass, A, 87; T-18, Stewart, A, 87; T-18, Cumming, A, 87; T-18, Partner-Gore, H, 87; T-22, Rishel, MC, 88; T-22, Allen, H, 88; T-22, Bauman, MC, 88; T-25, Albright, A, 90; T-25, Lodek, CM, 90; 27, Walker, CM, 91; T-28, Hite, A, 92; T-28, Sankey, A, 92; T-28, Breon, MC, 92; 31, N. Kobal, J, 93; T-32, Chalfa, Bellefonte, 94; T-32, Wunder, CM, 94; 34, McConnell, A, 95; T-35, Hughes, MC, 98; T-35, Burkardt, J, 98; T-35, McLanahan, H, 98; T-35, B. Kobal, J, 98; T-39, Johnston, H, 100; T-39, Elliott, J, 100; 41, Swentosky, Bellefonte, 102; 42, Hine, MC, 103; 43, Felosky, J, 104; 44, Ebeling, Bellefonte, 111.
Denis advances
Both of today's District 6 singles tennis championships will be rematches of last year's finals.
Hollidaysburg sophomore Crosby Denis, the No. 2 seed, advanced to the District 4-6 Class 3A finals with two victories on Tuesday at the Summit Athletic Club. Denis will face defending champion and top-seeded Addison Lindsay of Central Mountain at noon today at the Summit.
Lindsay won last year's final over Denis, 6-0, 6-0.
Also at noon today at the Summit, No. 2-seeded and defending champion Marley Ratchford of Central Cambria will face top-seeded Julia Ritchey of Central for the District 6 2A title. Ratchford won last year's final over Ritchey, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5.
Denis defeated Williamsport's Kayla Bloch, 6-0, 6-1, in the quarterfinals on Tuesday before topping third-seeded Joanna Liu of State College, 6-3, 6-4, in the semifinals.
Lindsay beat Sabrina Doebler of Shikellamy, 6-0, 6-0, and No. 4 seed Grace Muriceak of Hollidaysburg, 6-0, 6-0.
FIRST ROUND
Sabrina Doebler, Shikellamy, def. Maddy Clinard, Mifflin County, 3-6, 6-1, 10-8. Bella Graham, Altoona, def. Gabby McQuillen, Williamsport, 6-2, 6-1. Grace Muriceak, Hollidaysburg, def. Ava Bechtal, State College, 6-4, 6-3. Joanna Liu, State College, def. Morgan Grimm, Mifflin County, 6-0, 6-0. Courtney Irwin, Altoona, def. McKenzie Boyer, Shikellamy, 6-0, 6-0. Kayla Bloch, Williamsport, def. Ellie Harry, Central Mountain, 6-1, 6-1.
QUARTERFINALS
Addison Lindsay, Central Mountain, def. Sabrina Doebler, Shikellamy, 6-0, 6-0. Grace Muriceak, Hollidaysburg, def. Bella Graham, Altoona, 6-1, 6-0. Joanna Liu, State College, def. Courtney Irwin, Altoona, 6-0, 6-0. Crosby Denis, Hollidaysburg, def. Kayla Bloch, Williamsport, 6-0, 6-1.
SEMIFINALS
Addison Lindsay, Central Mountain, def. Grace Muriceak, Hollidaysburg, 6-0, 6-0. Crosby Denis, Hollidaysburg, def. Joanna Liu, State College, 6-3, 6-4.