(Salix, PA) Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ golfer Mitchell Covert fired a 72 on Friday and earned medalist honor as the Pioneers swept two opponents in advance of seeking their fifth consecutive postseason conference championship this week.
Covert won by 2 strokes as an individual and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ by 2 strokes as a team against Westmoreland County Community College at the Windber Country Club, Salix.
Covert edged Westmoreland’s Gunner Shoop, who had a 74. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ had a 304, Westmoreland a 306 and the Community College of Allegheny County a 353.
The four lowest scores of golfers on each squad are totaled to arrive at a team score.
Mason Phillips and Jeremy Scheidt had 76s for the Pioneers, and Parker Worsley an 80.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s Jaxon Salata added an 82 and Bodie Spohn an 84.
The Pioneers (10-3) will compete against Westmoreland and CCAC in the fall season-ending Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference championship tournament Monday and Tuesday at the Links at Spring Church, Apollo.
Covert will be Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµâ€™s top seed.
He finished in second place in the 2024 conference championship tournament after winning the third hole of a sudden-death playoff.
Covert is a graduate of Lincoln High School in Ellwood City; Phillips and Scheidt, of Knoch; and Worsley, Salata and Spohn, of Butler.
