Inch and Powers claim boys and girls YAIAA golf individual champ medals ahead of districts

Central York's Dallas Inch didn't fret over the pressure. He knew his tie with York Suburban's Andrew Ekstrom at the top of the YAIAA golf leaderboards was going to break one way or the other.

The duo had been in a deadlock all afternoon. Both golfers finished each half of the course within three strokes of the other, and the two had been tied at 3-under par heading into their final hole. A playoff wasn't much different. They'd even been tied after the YAIAA's team tournament on Tuesday after each finishing that round at 4 under.

Inch remained calm, and it paid off. He finished his playoff hole with a par, one stroke ahead of Ekstrom, to take home first place in the YAIAA boys individual championship on Thursday.

"When we turned the nine, I knew coming down the last six holes that I had to step it up," Inch said. "Mentally, I switched the gear to where I was like, 'Yeah, you've got to lock in and win.'"

Inch and Ekstrom each scored the lowest among YAIAA boys golfers in both 2A and 3A. Dallastown's Reed Krosse placed third with a par 72 final score. Sam McKim of York Catholic posted an 8-over 80, which earned him the best score among 2A boys golfers.

But they weren't the only two top finishers to settle their round with a playoff. Vivienne Powers from York Suburban and Olivia Kury of York Catholic settled on a playoff round to determine the winner of the girls' championship after each shot 77 for their respective rounds. Powers inched out the win after defeating Kury on the first playoff hole.

"I feel like I played pretty well overall today," Powers said. "My swing felt steady and I felt ready when I found out I had the playoff hole. I was excited, but my swing felt good so I knew I was ready for it."

The top 22 boys golfers and top 3 girls golfers qualified for the district tournament, which will be held Oct. 10-12 at Honey Run Golf Club.

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YAIAA Tournament

Tuesday, Oct. 1, Team Finals: Central York (+12), York Suburban (+15), York Catholic (+30)

BOYS CLASS 3A | District qualifiers: 1. Dallas Inch, Central York, 69; 2. Andrew Ekstrom, York Suburban, 69; 3. Reed Krosse, Dallastown, 72; 4. Jayden Ferrell, Spring Grove, 75; T5. Jacob Gerrick, Central York and Braxton Deardorff, Dover, 76; 7. Nate Bostdorf, Central York, 77; T8. Tate Greenplate, York Suburban, and Chance Ragland, Dallastown; 78; T10. Lawson Leeper, Dover, Ryan Hillyard, South Western, and Everett Harrold, Central York, 79; T13. Mason Tucker, Dallastown, and Brody Lam, Susquehannock, 80; T15, Tony Gracey, Central York, Brennan Dewitt, West York, and Jack Enslen, Susquehannock, 82. Other finishers: Tyler Myers, Tyler Rudy and Jack Eckenroth, York Suburban, 82; Grady Hoffman, West York, 83; Ryley Nade-Bishop, Northeastern, Luke Hoffman, West York, and Gavin Harris, Kennard-Dale, 84.; Niko Walker, Dallastown, and Garrett Heuer, Red Lion, 85; Chase LeFevre, South Western, 86; Aiden Mattlin, Kennard-Dale, and Zack Beaverson, Central York, 87; Logan Christine, Northeastern, and Parker James, New Oxford, 88; Noah Kirchoffner, Susquehannock, and Jackson Harrold, York Tech, 89; Brody Kessler, Hanover, and Grant Zart, Dallastown, 90; Isaiah Orgucak, Red Lion, 91; Ronnie Long, South Western, 92; Owen Doolittle, West York, and Patrick Knaub, Dover, 94; Brandt Rothenberger, Spring Grove, 95; Noah Cunningham, Eastern York, and Chase Forman, Hanover, 96.

BOYS CLASS 2A | | District qualifiers: 1. Sam McKim, York Catholic, 80; 2. Derek Freeman, Bermudian Springs, 81; 3. Ben Adams, York Catholic, 84; 4. Stephen Cooper, Fairfield, 88; 5. Austin Greg, Delone Catholic, 89. Other finishers: Teegan Byers, Bermudian Springs, 89; Landon Bossom and Mason Peat, Littlestown, and Matt Mummert, Delone Catholic, 91; Brycen Hissong, York Catholic, 93; Kyle Salko, York Catholic, 95; Aiden Frank, Fairfield, and Luke Riebert, Delone Catholic, 96; Drew Gilbert, York Catholic, and Gino Giarrafa, Delone Catholic, 97; Ryder Powell, Bermudian Springs, 100; Parker Marchi, Bermudian Springs, 112.

GIRLS CLASS 3A | District qualifiers: 1. Vivienne Powers, York Suburban, 77; 2. Sophia Moores, New Oxford, 96; Taylor Cavanaugh, Kennard-Dale, 99; Other finishers: Addison Cilletti, Susquehannock, 111; Teleigh Weaver, York Tech, 132.

GIRLS CLASS 2A | District qualifiers: 1. Olivia Kury, York Catholic, 77; 2. Isabel Studli, 83; 3. Sara Piccolo, York Catholic, 88; Other finishers: Victoria Bross, Bermudian Springs, 109; Josie Schussler, Delone Catholic, 171; Carolyn Melody, Delone Catholic, 184.

District 3 tournaments

Teams

Thursday, Oct. 10: 3A Team Championships at Honey Run Golf Club

Friday, Oct . 11: 2A Team Championships at Honey Run Golf Club

Singles

Thursday, Oct . 10: 3A Individual Championships first round at Honey Run Golf Club

Friday, Oct . 11: 2A Individual Championships first round at Honey Run Golf Club

Saturday, Oct . 12: 2A and 3A Individual Championships second rounds at Honey Run Golf Club

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