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EBENSBURG -- Hollidaysburg junior Crosby Denis shot a career-best score of 3-under par 68 to win the Ebensburg Country Club Invitational in high school golf on Monday.
"My goal for the season was to have some rounds under par, but mostly break into the 60s. After shooting 1-under and 2-under earlier in the summer it feels amazing to have a round like today," Denis said. "My goal originally for the day was to play a safe round in the 70s, but after shooting 4-under on the front with a 30-foot eagle putt on No. 8 it kind of clicked that this could be the special type of round I had been working so hard all summer for."
Gabby Filia of Westmont Hilltop was second with a 74, Bishop Carroll Catholic's Sarah Miller was third with an 81 and Central Cambria's Bella Mesoras and Altoona's Ellie Filer tied for fourth after shooting 85.
Hollidaysburg's Maliah Malausky (89, 7th) and Lucy Carles (93, tied for 9th) and Central Cambria's Maddie Dumm (93, tied for 9th) also finished in the top 10.
Penn Cambria's Kiya Thomas and Mikayla Durbin tied for 11th after shooting 95.
On the boys side, Tyrone's Blake Sweitzer and Hollidaysburg's Mason Bender tied for second with scores of 73 behind two-time defending District 6 Class 2A champion Alex Talmadge of West Shamokin.
Tyrone's Kaleb Sweitzer and Hollidaysburg's Tyler Steiner tied for fifth by shooting 77, and Tyrone's Preston Long, Central Cambria's Andrew Kasecky and Altoona's Adam Kanouff each carded 78s to finish tied for seventh.
Bishop Guilfoyle Academy's Aidan Sheehan was 10th with an 80.
BOYS TOP 10 (AND OTHER AREA FINISHERS): 1, Talmadge, West Shamokin, 70; T-2, B. Sweitzer, Tyrone, 73; T-2, Bender, Hollidaysburg, 73, 4, Carlson, Westmont Hilltop, 76; T-5, K. Sweitzer, Tyrone, 77; T-5, Tyler Steiner, Hollidaysburg, 77; T-7, Long, Tyrone, 78; T-7, Kasecky, Central Cambria, 78; T-7, Kanouff, Altoona, 78; 10, Sheehan, Bishop Guilfoyle, 80.
T-11, Swope, Central Cambria, 81; T-11, Casses, Bishop Carroll, 81; T-11, Boland, Bishop Guilfoyle; T-15, Kirsch, Central Cambria, 82; T-15, Okonak, Bishop Guilfoyle 82; T-15, McLanahan, Hollidaysburg, 82; T-15, Nachtman, Bishop Guilfoyle, 82; T-20, Johnston, Hollidaysburg, 83; T-20, Black, Central Cambria, 83; T-23, Persio, Central Cambria, 84; T-23, Karlheim, Penn Cambria, 84; T-25, Hite, Altoona, 85; T-27, Zernick, Bishop Carroll, 86; T-27, Wolfe, Hollidaysburg, 86; T-27, Gartman, Bishop Guilfoyle, 86; T-31, Lower, Tyrone, 87; T-31, Michina, Penn Cambria, 87; T-33, Lutz, Altoona, 88; T-33, Cumming, Altoona, 88; 36, Gides, Penn Cambria, 89; T-37, Miller, Tyrone, 90; T-39, Jorinscay, Central Cambria, 91; 41, Bollmak, Penn Cambria, 92; T-42, Schimminger, Altoona, 93; 53, Link, Central Cambria, 99; 55, Holtz, Bishop Carroll, 104.
GIRLS TOP 10 (AND OTHER AREA FINISHERS: 1, Denis, Hollidaysburg, 68; 2, Filia, Westmont Hilltop, 74; 3, Miller, Bishop Carroll, 81; T-4, Mesoras, Central Cambria, 85; T-4, Filer, Altoona, 85; 6, Wesner, Westmont Hilltop, 86; 7, Malausky, Hollidaysburg, 89; 8, Hill, Westmont Hilltop, 90; T-9, Dumm, Central Cambria, 93; T-9, Carles, Hollidaysburg, 93.
T-11, Thomas, Penn Cambria, 95; T-11, Durbin, Penn Cambria, 95; 15, Glass, Penn Cambria, 102; 16, Bradley, Bishop Carroll, 104; 17, Hill, Central Cambria, 105; 19, Jackson, Altoona, 115; 20, Papcunick, Central Cambria, 117; 22, Hallinan, Altoona, 122; 23, Statler, Bishop Carroll, 131.
Portage falls
LORETTO -- Jake Pynos and Brady Doak each shot medalist scores of 36 to lead River Valley to a 222-277 win over Portage at Immergrun Golf Course.
Logan Gentile shot 46 to post the Mustangs' lowest score.
RIVER VALLEY (222): Gentile 46, Phillips 49, Myher 51, Pauley 65, Bednarski 66.
PORTAGE (277): Pynos 36, Doak 36, Reed 38, Micklow 54, Carnahan 58.
Records: Portage (0-3); River Valley (2-0).