Valley Sports ReportWESTFIELD — Senior Dylan Saxon earned low-medal honors on the day to lead Athens to a two-stroke win over North Penn-Mansfield in NTL boys golf action here Tuesday at the River Valley Golf Course.
The Wildcats improve to 30-0 on the season, and have won 20 consecutive league matches.
Athens shot a four-player aggregate score of 319, while NP-M shot a 321, and third-place Towanda carded a 327. Wellsboro was fourth with a 363, while Wyalusing was fifth with a 367, Cowanesque Valley was sixth at 387, and Sayre was seventh at 509.
Saxon, who eagled the par-4 first hole with a chip-in from 80 yards out, shot a 1-over par round of 72.
Sophomore Eli Hicks finished tied for fourth on the day with a round of 80, and freshman Ty Owen was sixth with an 81, and senior Brady Darrow was 10th with an 86.
Freshman Brooke Lyon and sophomore Lucas Greninger shot non-scoring rounds of 91 and 94, respectively.
NP-Mansfield’s Andy Hermansen was second on the day with a 74, and his teammate Tate Strange was third with a 79. Towanda’s Boom Thompson tied Hicks for fourth with an 80.
Sayre’s Brayden Schrader shot a season-best round of 97, and Shaine Strickland added a 115 for the Redskins.
The NTL golfers return to action Monday at Shepard Hills.
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IN PHOTO 1: Athens senior Dylan Saxon watches his chip-in from 80 yards out for eagle on the first hole. IN TOP PHOTO: Saxon plucks the Eagle ball from the hole. … PHOTOS BY LANCE LARCOM.
