{"id":50685,"date":"2026-08-15T04:25:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T04:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/50685\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T04:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T04:25:38","slug":"hs-golf-lackawanna-league-season-opens-ahs-moffat-wins-happy-valley-invitational-scranton-times-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/50685\/","title":{"rendered":"HS GOLF: Lackawanna League season opens; AH\u2019s Moffat wins Happy Valley Invitational \u2013 Scranton Times-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mng-gallery-initialized mng-gallery-slider\">\n<li data-index=\"1\" class=\"mng-ge mng-gallery-active\" id=\"mng-ge-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dunmore\u2019s Ralph Steeves hits a tee shot on the 7th...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/STT-L-GOLFRDP-BOLDL-0815-04.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/>\n<p>Dunmore\u2019s Ralph Steeves hits a tee shot on the 7th hole during a match against Mid Valley at Scott Greens Golf Club in Scott Township on Friday. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"2\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mid Valley\u2019s Lucas Zuraski hits a tee shot on the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/STT-L-GOLFRDP-BOLDL-0815-05.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/>\n<p>Mid Valley\u2019s Lucas Zuraski hits a tee shot on the 8th hole during a match against Dunmore at Scott Greens Golf Club in Scott Township Friday. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"3\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mid Valley\u2019s Connor Perna putts on the 8th green during...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/STT-L-GOLFRDP-BOLDL-0815-07.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/>\n<p>Mid Valley\u2019s Connor Perna putts on the 8th green during a match against Dunmore at Scott Greens Golf Club in Scott Township on Friday. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"4\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mid Valley\u2019s Aaron Merrifield hits an approach shot on the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/STT-L-GOLFRDP-BOLDL-0815-06.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/>\n<p>Mid Valley\u2019s Aaron Merrifield hits an approach shot on the 8th hole during a match against Dunmore at Scott Greens Golf Club in Scott Township Friday. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-index=\"5\" class=\"mng-ge\" id=\"mng-ge-4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dunmore\u2019s Anthony Yerka putts on the 5th green during a...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/STT-L-GOLFRDP-BOLDL-0815-02.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/>\n<p>Dunmore\u2019s Anthony Yerka putts on the 5th green during a match against Mid Valley at Scott Greens Golf Club in Scott Township on Friday. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 5<\/p>\n<p>Dunmore\u2019s Ralph Steeves hits a tee shot on the 7th hole during a match against Mid Valley at Scott Greens Golf Club in Scott Township on Friday. (ISAAC DIAZ\/STAFF PHOTO)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nate Grochowski shot even-par 33 to earn medalist honors, leading Dunmore over Mid Valley, 147-156, on the opening day of the Lackawanna League golf season Friday at Scott Greens Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>Grochowski and Anthony Yerka, who shot 38, each had a birdie on No. 5, as did Carter Sload for the Bucks.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Merrifield shot 37 and had two birdies (1, 2) to lead Mid Valley. Ian Scanlon added a birdie (1) for the Spartans.<\/p>\n<p>Mid Valley \u2014 Aaron Merrifield 37, Lucas Zuraski 39, Connor Perna 39, Ian Scanlon 41; Dunmore \u2014 Nate Grochowski 33, Ralph Seeves 38, Anthony Yerka 38, Logan Sottile 38.<\/p>\n<p>Abington Heights 151, Valley View 186: At Elkview Country Club, Conor O\u2019Malley-Kalinowski shot an even-par 36 with nine straight pars to lead the Comets past the Cougars.<\/p>\n<p>Logan Gallagher (1), Luca Burgio (2), Cole Severs (7) and Sebastian Meyer (1) had birdies for the Comets.<\/p>\n<p>Abington Heights \u2014 Connor O\u2019Malley-Kalinowski 36, Cole Severs 37, Sebastian Meyer 38, Logan Gallagher 40; Valley View \u2014 Caeden Krause 44, Braden Loff 45, Rocco Farina 47, Rocco Wascura 50.<\/p>\n<p>Scranton Prep 142, Honesdale 157: The defending PIAA Class 2A champs started the season strong with a win over the Hornets at Honesdale Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>Cole Powell, the defending PIAA Class 2A individual champ, shot a 4-under-par 31 with four birdies and an eagle.<\/p>\n<p>Brendan Bell had three birdies, Bobby Stott, Matthew Haggerty and Brian James added birdies for the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p>Trevan Dahlgren shot 37 and carded a birdie to lead the Hornets. Maddox Johnson also added a birdie.<\/p>\n<p>Scranton Prep \u2014 Cole Powell 31, Brendan Bell 34, Bobby Stott 37, Matthew Haggerty 40; Honesdale \u2014 Trevor Dahlgren 37, Woody Reynolds 39, Reed Howell 40, Connor Tierney 41.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>North Pocono 171, Scranton 182: At Pine Hills, Braylon Radick had a birdie (4) and shot 40 to earn medalist honors and lead the Trojans over the Knights.<\/p>\n<p>Carter Hagnebaugh and Luke Goul each eagled No. 8 for North Pocono.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Kerrigan had a birdie (8) for Scranton.<\/p>\n<p>North Pocono \u2014 Braylon Radick 40, Carter Hagnebaugh 43, Luke Goul 43, David Jones 45, Cole Cooper 45; Scranton \u2014 Travis Mendoza 41, Jack Lapolla 46, Brayden Clark 47, Jack Kerrigan 48.<\/p>\n<p>Delaware Valley 171, West Scranton 178: At Pine Hills, Hunter Stead shot 1-over-par 37 to help the Warriors win their season opener.<\/p>\n<p>Delaware Valley \u2014 Hunter Stead 37, Adam Myers 41, Zion Colon 45, Max Parker 48; West Scranton \u2014 Adam Holman 42, Colin May 45, Mark Novak 45, Julian Poniatowski 46, Noah Lynch 46.<\/p>\n<p>Lakeland 137, Old Forge 168: Ty Sokoloski had a birdie (2) and chipped in for eagle on No. 9 to earn medalist honors with a 3-over-par 36 in leading the Chiefs to the win at Scott Greens.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Pisarcik (2), Brenan Pantzar (3) and Carson Stephens (9) had birdies for Lakeland.<\/p>\n<p>Joey Revello led Old Forge by shooting 38.<\/p>\n<p>Lakeland \u2014 Ty Sokoloski 31, Mikey Pisarcik 33, Chase Rosenkrans 36, Carson Stephens 37; Old Forge \u2014 Joey Revello 38, James Kupetz 39, Rocco Revello 42, Chase Harris 49.<\/p>\n<p>Lackawanna Trail 164, Carbondale Area 201: At Canoe Club, William Evan earned medalist honors by shooting 4-over-par 34 with a birdie (4) to lead the Lions.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Phillips had a birdie (2) for Lackawanna Trail.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Moran led Carbondale Area with a 48.<\/p>\n<p>Lackawanna Trail \u2014 William Evans 34, Jimmy Phillips 39, Mac Filipek 44, Isaac Beckish 47, Josh Fowler 47, John Kearney 47; Carbondale Area \u2014 Jack Moran 48, Evan Cerra 51, Mitch Masco 51, Connor Ancherani 51.<\/p>\n<p>Elk Lake 174, Forest City 175, Blue Ridge 181: At Tall Pines, Parker Stone earned medalist honors, shooting 4-over 39 to led Elk Lake.<\/p>\n<p>Stone had a birdie (1) as did teammate Cooper Sipe (4) and Forest City\u2019s T.J. Collins (5).<\/p>\n<p>Elk Lake \u2014 Parker Stone 39, Cooper Sipe 41, Stephen Newhart 43, Colby Ruark 51; Forest City: TJ Collins 41, Brody O\u2019Neill 44, Mike Lesjack 44, Kennedy Walker 46; Blue Ridge \u2014 Chris Kowaleski 44, Tyler Soden 45, Brennan Woosman 45, Jan Decker 47.<\/p>\n<p>Mountain View 181, Montrose 184: At Rock Creek, Landon Weida earned medalist honors with a 4-over-par 40 to lead the Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Kipar had a birdie (7) for Montrose.<\/p>\n<p>Mountain View \u2014 Landon Weida 40, Logan Thatcher 46, Emma Thatcher 47, Jesse Keating 48; Montrose \u2014 Matt Dovin 42, David Newman 43, Victoria Kipar 45, Joey Cudo 54.<\/p>\n<p>Girls<\/p>\n<p>Abington Heights\u2019 Brianna Moffat shot 5-over-par 77 to capture the Class 3A girls championship and lead the Lady Comets to the team title at the Happy Valley Invitational on Thursday at the Penn State White Course in State College.<\/p>\n<p>Moffat was one shot better than Fox Chapel\u2019s Clara Koteski and Pine Richland\u2019s Siena Smith, who tied for second place. Also for Abington Heights, Margot Grad finished 10th with an 84, Liz George was 18th with an 87.<\/p>\n<p>The Lady Comets edged Fox Chapel by three strokes for the team championship, and were five shots better than third-place Pine Richland.<\/p>\n<p>North Pocono\u2019s Julia Bilko finished seventh with a 10-over 82.<\/p>\n<p>Elk Lake\u2019s Hannah LaRue was the top local finisher in Class 2A girls, finishing 20th with a 92 as the Lady Warriors finished sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Abington Heights 127, Elk Lake 153: At Glen Oak CC, Brianna Moffat shot 3-over 39 with a pair of birdies (1, 7) to lead the Lady Comets on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Nami Patton led Elk Lake with a 48.<\/p>\n<p>Abington Heights \u2014 Brianna Moffatt 39, Margot Gold 43, Liz George 45; Elk Lake \u2014 Nami Patton 48, Hannah LaRue 51, Raegan Sample 54.<\/p>\n<p>Honesdale 157, Scranton Prep 190: Marley Renolds shot 47 to help lead the Lady Hornets in the season opener Friday at Honesdale Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>Ava Skorupa had a birdie for Scranton Prep.<\/p>\n<p>Honesdale \u2014 Marley Reynolds 47, Julie Saylor 51, Abby Flederbach 59; Scranton Prep \u2014 Juliana Sileo 60, Sophia Boland 65, Ava Skorupa 65, Zada Zurcher 65, Nina Gilligan 65.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dunmore\u2019s Ralph Steeves hits a tee shot on the 7th hole during a match against Mid Valley at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[44,3737],"class_list":["post-50685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-golf","tag-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}