2025-26 Men's Golf News
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Butler County Community College 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
In his fourth match as a first-year Butler County Community College golfer, Mason Phillips on Friday won medalist honor and led the Pioneers to a 7-2 fall record. The Knoch High School graduate fired a 1-over 73 at North Park Golf Course, Allison Park, as BC3’s four lowest scorers posted a fall season-low 309 to defeat Westmoreland County Community College, which had a 312, and the Community College of Allegheny County, which shot a 355. Jaxon Salata shot a 76 for BC3, Mitchell Covert tied his lowest score this fall with a 77 and Jeremy Scheidt had an 83. Ellis Rae and Bodie Spohn added 86s for the Pioneers. Salata and Spohn are graduates of Butler High; Covert, of Lincoln in Ellwood City; Scheidt, of Knoch; and Rae, of North Catholic. BC3 plays again at North Park Golf Course on Sept. 30.
Salata medalist for first time with career-low 73; Worsley’ score best in 17 matches
Proceeds from runners, walkers and kids’ dashers, sponsors and donors benefit BC3’s intercollegiate athletics programs that have won 59 Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference and 29 National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Region 20 championships. BC3’s programs have qualified for national championship tournaments 13 times and produced 40 All-American awards. “I think the community is really proud of our athletics programs,” said Megan M. Coval, BC3’s president, “and has a great appreciation and admiration for how hard our student-athletes work. They are doing their best in the classroom and many of them have jobs. Then they go out there on the court or course and come home winners.”
Covert leads Pioneers in setback against Westmoreland County Community College
Parker Worsley and Jeremy Scheidt shots 81s on Friday as the Butler County Community College men’s golf team opened its fall season with a split at the par-72 Lake Arthur Golf Club. Aiden Duffy finished as medalist with a 3-under 78 to lead Westmoreland County Community College over the Pioneers 321-330. BC3 topped the Community College of Allegheny County, which finished with a 368. Mitchell Covert, Jaxon Salata and Ellis Rae had 84s for BC3, and Mason Phillips, an 87. Worsley and Salata are graduates of Butler Senior High School; Scheidt and Phillips, of Knoch; Covert, of Lincoln in Ellwood City; and Ray, of North Catholic. The Pioneers’ next match is Sept. 8 at Glengarry Golf Links, Latrobe.
A golf outing whose proceeds benefit Butler County Community College raised Aug. 1 the second-highest amount in its 30-year history, introduced to its 31 competing teams an opportunity to capitalize on the accuracy of a BC3 All-American and presented to the winning squad the Champions Cup only after a tiebreaker. Squads in the scramble format could pay $20 to purchase an orange ball to be driven on a par-3 hole by Jacob Marquardt, a BC3 student-athlete who earned the prestigious postseason award in golf in June. First National Bank received its second consecutive Champions Cup after winning a tiebreaker against the Alliance for Nonprofit Resources. Each team finished regulation at 15-under on the par-70 course, but First National Bank had posted a lower total on a scorecard playoff. The BC3 Education Foundation in 30 golf outings has raised approximately $1.56 million in unrestricted funds, including a record $115,000 in 2021, that will support BC3 resources such as adult literacy, a food pantry and the college’s community opioid addiction recovery program.