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Yu makes statement for Falcons
Golf: Defending league champion puts himself in good position to defend his title with a 69.
By Dylan Kruse
GLENDALE — After steamrolling its way through the Pacific League season all year long, the Crescenta Valley High boys’ golf team entered Wednesday’s fourth Division A Pacific League match as the prohibitive favorite.
And as the match, which also acts as the first league individual preliminary, wore on, the Falcons proved exactly why they are the group of golfers to beat.
Senior Justin Yu carded a 69 for medalist honors at the par-72 Brookside No. 1 Golf Course and helped his team record a 388, 21 shots ahead of second-place Arcadia.
“It was a bit windy and a little cooler,” said Crescenta Valley Coach John Pehar. “I thought the scores would be a little lower. They were good though.”
Yu takes a three-shot lead over Arcadia’s Eric Stratton into the second individual prelim on Tuesday, which also acts as the final day of team action.
After competition Tuesday, the 36-player individual field will be cut down to 18 for the individual finals the following day.
Of the 18, the top four finishers earn automatic spots into CIF Southern Section divisional play.
Yu, the league’s reigning individual champion, put himself in great position to win the individual crown again by firing two-under on his front nine and turning in just one bogey on the entire day.
“He does everything — chipping, putting,” Pehar said of Yu. “He does a great job of just playing the course.”
Glendale High standout junior girl Tammy Panich fired a 75, good enough for third place. Her teammate Matthew Zari turned in a round of 81.
As a team, the Nitros finished in fifth place Wednesday with a 473.
Crescenta Valley (31-1, 22-0), the defending league champion, got solid rounds out of Michael McKinley, who finished with a four-over 76, and Cory Barkley, who added a 78.
Teammates Michael Timpson (82) and Josh Ward (83) both scored over 80, but thanks to the format, have another day to rebound and make the cut for the final day of individual competition.
“Some of the guys were probably a little disappointed with their scores being in the 80s,” said Pehar, whose team has already secured a trip to CIF. “I know they are capable of better scores.
“This being a three-day tournament, they are more than capable of coming back and taking one of those four spots.”
And as the match, which also acts as the first league individual preliminary, wore on, the Falcons proved exactly why they are the group of golfers to beat.
Senior Justin Yu carded a 69 for medalist honors at the par-72 Brookside No. 1 Golf Course and helped his team record a 388, 21 shots ahead of second-place Arcadia.
“It was a bit windy and a little cooler,” said Crescenta Valley Coach John Pehar. “I thought the scores would be a little lower. They were good though.”
Yu takes a three-shot lead over Arcadia’s Eric Stratton into the second individual prelim on Tuesday, which also acts as the final day of team action.
After competition Tuesday, the 36-player individual field will be cut down to 18 for the individual finals the following day.
Of the 18, the top four finishers earn automatic spots into CIF Southern Section divisional play.
Yu, the league’s reigning individual champion, put himself in great position to win the individual crown again by firing two-under on his front nine and turning in just one bogey on the entire day.
“He does everything — chipping, putting,” Pehar said of Yu. “He does a great job of just playing the course.”
Glendale High standout junior girl Tammy Panich fired a 75, good enough for third place. Her teammate Matthew Zari turned in a round of 81.
As a team, the Nitros finished in fifth place Wednesday with a 473.
Crescenta Valley (31-1, 22-0), the defending league champion, got solid rounds out of Michael McKinley, who finished with a four-over 76, and Cory Barkley, who added a 78.
Teammates Michael Timpson (82) and Josh Ward (83) both scored over 80, but thanks to the format, have another day to rebound and make the cut for the final day of individual competition.
“Some of the guys were probably a little disappointed with their scores being in the 80s,” said Pehar, whose team has already secured a trip to CIF. “I know they are capable of better scores.
“This being a three-day tournament, they are more than capable of coming back and taking one of those four spots.”
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