MECHANICVILLE - Only three scores from each school counted toward determining a team winner Tuesday in the Section 2 Class C-D golf championship at the Fairways of Halfmoon.
When one of the players shoots even par, a school's chances of winning rise significantly.
Tanner LaTorre, a two-time Section 2 individual champion from Ichabod Crane, matched par 72 to earn medalist honors and led the Riders to a seven-stroke victory in the team competition.
LaTorre, a senior who was runner-up at last week's sectional tournament after winning the previous two years, was six strokes clear of Greenwich's Brett Traver and Coxsackie's Nico Galante in the individual standings. LaTorre carded three birdies and three bogeys.
The Riders got an 88 from LaTorre's brother Mason and a 94 from Keegan Mullins to post a seven-shot victory over Voorheesville, whose three players were within four shots of each other.
Each of the 24 teams brought four players. The bottom score wasn't included in the team total.
"It definitely helps," first-year coach Cameron Holzhauer said of having the elder LaTorre. "He's a good guy to watch. He's very special. They all have learned so much from him. He's been great to the young guys on the team, too. It's been great having him all year long. He's a big leader."
Tanner LaTorre couldn't stay around for the awards presentation - or interviews - because he was getting his senior photo taken, so Mason met with the media. The LaTorres first got media reps in 2022 when both qualified for the Drive, Chip and Putt national finals in Augusta, Ga.
"I don't really know (what to expect), because I didn't really know the other teams that well," Mason said. "I don't know if we were good enough, especially because we lost a lot of people. We lost two seniors last year that were pretty good."
Saratoga Catholic finished third, nine behind the Riders. Defending C-D champion La Salle has moved up to Class B.
Ichabod Crane finished second last year competing in Class B.
"I'm lucky to have so many great golfers with me," Holzhauer said. "It's been a great year. It was awesome to watch them today. They played great all the way through.
"We graduated a lot of guys last year. At the beginning we were piecing together the top six, but they all made huge leaps to get to where they were. It was awesome to see some of the guys that really weren't golfers before the season take huge leaps."
Classes A and B will conduct separate tournaments, playing simultaneously, on Wednesday.
Scores
- ICHABOD CRANE (254): Tanner LaTorre 72, Mason LaTorre 88, Keegan Mullins 94.
- VOORHEESVILLE (261): Keegan Twarog 85, Matteo Dambrocia 87, Andreas Amedore 89.
- SARATOGA CATHOLIC (263): Cole Cefalu 86, Landon Lockrow 87, Mark Mahay 90.
- GREENWICH (265): Brett Traver 78, Peter Wade 90, Dylan Brown 97.
- LAKE GEORGE (267): Keegan Nastke 84, Christopher Mondella 88, Aiden Cardinale 95.
- MAPLE HILL (275): Jack Connelly 88, Jacob Germaine 89, Nolan Mulhahy 98.
- WHITEHALL (276): Seth Arquette 87, Lucas Sharrow 91, Mason Cigana 98.
- COBLESKILL (277): Fred Sperbeck 84, Tiernan Farnum 92, Dylan Brown 97.
- CAMBRIDGE (278): Connor Genevick 92, James Beagle 93, Sawyer Armstrong 93.
- WATERFORD (280): Bradley O'Connor 90, Dylan Day 93, Landon Pitcher 97.
- COXSACKIE (282): Nico Galante 78, Blake VanSchaack 95, Camden Bradt 109.
- BROADALBIN-PERTH (285): Vincent Lanzi 89, Brady Van Voast 91, Lucas Bartman 105.
- MECHANICVILLE (286): Matthew Salvadore 86, Brody Landy 95, Kolton Rinaldi 105.
- CAIRO-DURHAM (286): Rogan Delaney 92, Mike Pernice 97, Devin Hoovier 97.
- SCHUYLERVILLE (288): Jackson Dunbar 91, Hailee Riley 98, Jagger MacNaughton 99.
- STILLWATER (290): Tye Morris 88, Vincent Festa 101, Julian Peluso 101.
- GLOVERSVILLE (294): Sam Morrison 86, Matt Flannery 98, Ashton Guntert 110.
- JOHNSTOWN (294): Cashton Delmata 92, Nash Wing 100, Ryan Fallis 102.
- HOOSICK FALLS (295): Spencer Tate 94, Quinn Haynes 97, Jack Shea 104.
- CORINTH (300): Reiley Halliday 97, Cooper Philo 97, Parker Duerr-Clark 106.
- SCHOHARIE (301): Gideon Alescio 97, Bryson Beck 100, Andrew Shrederis 104.
- HOOSIC VALLEY (303): Keegan Antolick 96, Jackson Schram 102, Ryan Morrissey 105.
- DUANESBURG (307): Calvin Raymond 93, Mikayla Rivenburg 104, Brayden Jones 110.
- CANAJOHARIE (313): Mason Gray 93, Larry Sanders 108, Cooper Kretser 112.
Subscribe
There’s more to Albany with the Times Union. Subscribe today for just 25¢.This article originally published at Tanner LaTorre captures medalist honors, leads Ichabod Crane to Section 2 boys' golf crown.