Piper Smith of Manheim Township and Cedar Crest’s Dylan Ramsey were named female and male Lancaster-Lebanon League golfers of the year, respectively, in voting announced last week.
Smith, a junior, won the Lancaster-Lebanon League and District Three Class 3A championships and tied for seventh in the PIAA tournament.
She led the Blue Streaks girls to a runner-up finish, decided via sudden-death playoff, in the state 3A team championships.
Ramsey won the 2022 PIAA Class 3A title as a freshman. Now a junior, he finished second at states, tied for third in districts and second in the league tournament to Alex Kaun of Township.
Smith, Ramsey and Kaun were joined on the all-league team by Drew Wilson of Lampeter-Strasburg, 2023 L-L champion Jesse Shue of Penn Manor, Cole Stoltzfus of District Three Class 2A team champion Pequea Valley, Logan Francis of Annville-Cleona and Jon Breinich of Manheim Central.
Following are the all-section teams.
Section One
All-stars: Cedar Crest’s Ramsey, Ethan Rader and Carson DiBiaso, Manheim Township’s Kaun, Penn Manor’s Shue and Sauder, Ephrata’s Kenna Heckman (tied for 10th in the Class 3A state tournament as a freshman), and Warwick’s Elle Overly.
Honorable mention: Joey McGiniy, Warwick; Jadon Lee, Hempfield; Joseph Bilson, Manheim Township.
Section Two
All-stars: Manheim Central’s Breinich and AJ Hondru, Conestoga Valley’s Thomas Kowalinski and Andrew Kowalinski, Cocalico’s Brady Shipton and Ethan Moua, Solanco’s Luke Herr, and Garden Spot’s Lila Albertson.
Honorable mention: Sam Murray, Sal Bushey and Gus Bushey, Manheim Central; Cash Landis and Toby Schaub, Conestoga Valley; Hudson Brown, Solanco.
Section Three
All-stars: Lampeter-Strasburg’s Wilson, Addison Rosa, Brady Weichler, Thad Book and Charlie Westerlund, and Donegal’s Andrew Fabian.
Honorable mention: Brendan Hart and Christopher Everly, Octorara; Leland Kohr, Brian Bicksler, Northern Lebanon; Brady Keath, Elco.
Section Four
All-stars: Pequea Valley’s Cole Stoltzfus, Max Hershey, Josh Stoltzfus, Dylan Stoltzfus and Chase Dizel, Annville-Cleona’s Francis and Wesley Heller, and Lancaster Catholic’s Rocco Tirone.
Honorable mention: Jackson Irons, Lancaster Mennonite; Felix Chen, Lancaster Country Day; Ben Discuillo, Lebanon.
