Pioneers’ women to also compete for postseason award in open tournament at Chautauqua
Pioneers off to 4-1 start, host three squads April 21
Salata shoots 78 to lead Pioneers for first time in six matches
Pioneer seek second consecutive trip to national championship tournament
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.
WPCC, Region 20 individual champion fires 1-under-71 at Chautauqua
Butler County Community College’s Jacob Marquardt and Taylor Voloch are positioned to become the college’s second set of All-Americans in golf in the same year and Voloch, to become a program pioneer. Marquardt is tied for fourth place among men and Voloch stands alone in 15th among women after two rounds of the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III national championships in Chautauqua, N.Y.
Marquardt sets Region 20 low-scoring record for undefeated Pioneers
Pioneers (7-0) would advance to Chautauqua with victory in regionals
Lincoln High grad wins medalist honor for second time as Pioneers top CCAC
