The Ike (day 2)

June

Nehansic Valley’s Kevin Foley held off Arcola’s Morgan Hoffman by one shot to win the Ike Championship yesterday at Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell, N.J. The victory is the first MGA title for Foley, who recently wrapped up an All-American sophomore season at Penn State University.

Mike Dougherty was on the scene while continuing to track the circus that is the Knicks during NBA draft week. Here is his article that ran in today’s paper.

Max Buckley, last year’s Journal News Westchester/Putnam golfer of the year, finished in a tie for sixth place. The Rye product is on an incredible run lately, recently winning the Westchester Amateur Championship as well. He will be playing for SMU next year.

Another former TJN player of the year, Michael Quagliano, shot a 3-under-par 68 in the second round to move up into fourth place.

Speaking of player of the year awards, I’m wrapping up my three stories (Westchester/Putnam boys and girls and Rockland boys) today. Who will win? The suspense will continue to build until the special All-Star section comes out July 11…

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 at 2:57 pm by Alex Myers. Print | Email

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