WPIAL team golf sites set
The quest for a WPIAL team golf title begins Wednesday with five local boys teams and one girls squad taking to the course. The girls’ championship is at Cedarbrook Golf Course’s Red course while both the boys’ Division I and II championships will play at Cedarbrook’s Gold course. All three championships will be played on Monday, Oct. 19. The Belle Vernon boys, Division I, Section 2 champions, will be on the road to New Castle, vying with Bethel Park, Blackhawk, Fox Chapel, Mars, North Allegheny, Penn Trafford and Thomas Jefferson at Castle Hills Golf Club for one of the three berths into the WPIAL Division I finals.
Laurel Highlands, runner-up to the Leopards, are a bit closer to home with a road trip to Donegal Highlands Golf Course. The Mustangs play off against Central Catholic, Elizabeth-Forward, Greater Latrobe, Moon, Peters Twp., Seneca Valley and Shady Side Academy for a spot in the finals.
California, Jefferson-Morgan and Waynesburg Central tied for first place in Division II, Section 8. The Rockets and Raiders play their Division II team semifinal at Indian Run Golf Club in Avella, joining Bentworth, Burgettstown, Center, Ford City, Riverside, Seton-LaSalle, Sewickley Academy and South Fayette. Three teams will advance to the finals.
California, Bishop Canevin, Chartiers-Houston, Freeport, Greensburg Central Catholic, Neshannock, New Brighton, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Rochester and Vincentian Academy will meet at Pheasant Ridge Golf Club in Gibsonia in the other Division II semifinal.
The Mount Pleasant girls advanced to the finals with Bethel Park, Butler, Center, Fox Chapel, Penn Trafford, Shady Side Academy and Upper St. Clair.