DONE DEAL!
The Fox Chapel Area High School boys golf team with their first-place PIAA medals and trophy.
All-America team, it was a day of
redemption after he had a disheartening
finish at the PIAA Class 3A individual
championships. Coach Deal said it was
a tremendous show of Scott’s character
for him to come back in such a
commanding way after playing 36 holes
the day before.
The other boys who also played that
day – seniors Will Livingston, Matt
Mattioli, and Amani D’Ambrosio – also
contributed in big ways.
“Will had the round of his high school
career,” added Coach Deal. “To shoot
a 72, one over par, and end up third
among all of the 3A team finalists, was
impressive.”
“When they come back to Fox Chapel
Area High School 20 years from now,
they can show their kids their pictures
on the Wall of Fame and tell them all
about the team and the day they won
the state championship.”
The team will play together one final
time at the invitation-only 2020 High
School Golf National Invitational in
June at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst,
North Carolina. The three-day event
will feature the top boys golfers from
across the country.
Matt and Amani also contributed to
the historic season and the dominant
victory at the state level. Matt shot a 74,
three over par at the PIAA tournament,
and had it not been for Amani’s
impressive performance at the WPIAL
Class 3A team championship the week
before, the team would not have even
qualified for states.
Other contributors to the team’s
success included seniors Jack Flanagan,
Brevin Urso, and Arnold Vento, and
sophomores Owen Delaney and
Zachary Paper.
“That was a day everyone will
remember forever,” said the coach.
Fox Chapel Area High School senior and
member of the 2019 American Junior Golf
Association Scholastic Junior All-America
team, Scott Bitar.
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