Pompey leads Scranton Prep to Jackman title

MOUNT COBB -- David Pompey had a hole-in-one on the way to the individual title while also leading Scranton Prep to the team championship of the 49th annual Jackman Memorial Boys' Golf Tournament Friday at Scranton Municipal Golf Course.

Pompey aced the 158-yard, 12th hole as part of a 5-under-par, 31 on the back nine. He was the only player to finish the round under par, shooting 2-under-par, 70.

Scranton Prep shot a four-play team total of 292 to win by 16 strokes over Wallenpaupack, 17 over Valley View and 18 over Abington Heights.

Two other Cavaliers joined Pompey in receiving individual awards. After the individual championship, the top two players in each grade were honored.

Valley View’s Gary Geldhof, who was second overall, took the low senior award with a 72. Kyle Jackson of Wallenpaupack was second in low senior with a 73.

Dunmore’s Michael Weber shot 73 and Scranton Prep’s 75 to finish as the top two juniors.

Scranton Prep’s Chris Cerminaro had a 73 and Valley View’s Anthony Stambone a 77 to lead the sophomore class.

Tom Dzwonczyk of Holy Cross was the top freshman with a 79, followed by Dylan O’Dell of Forest City with an 84.

JACKMAN MEMORIAL
(Friday at Scranton Muni, par 72)
Team Scores

Scranton Prep 292, Wallenpaupack 308, Valley View 309, Abington Heights 310, Dunmore 315, North Pocono 328, Holy Cross 332, Lakeland 332, Montrose 338, Honesdale 348, Lackawanna Trail 359, Scranton 362, Forest City 366, Delaware Valley 369, Mid Valley 370, Mountain View 379, Riverside 382, Western Wayne 385, Old Forge 395, West Scranton 413.

Top Individual Scores

70: David Pompey (SP).
72: Gary Geldhof (VV).
73: Michael Weber (D), Chris Cerminaro (SP), Kyle Jackson (W).
74: Evan Joyce (SP).
75: Nick Johnson (SP).
76: Jamie Egan (AH), Greg Reeves (L).
77: Alex Altier (AH), Mike Thomas (L), Joe Chaudhari (SP), Anthony Stambone (VV), Eric Miller (W), Alex Jackson (W).
78: Sean Conway (AH), Owen Walsh (H), Kerry Connors (NP), Carl Pugliese (R), Codi Bennedict (M).
79: Anthony Sebastianelli (AH), John Barone (D), Dave Lopatka (D), Tom Dzwonczyk (HC), Mike Brennan (L).