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EXETER &#8212; Tyler Yankosky spent most of the spring and summer swinging a baseball bat for the Wyoming Valley West and the Swoyersville American Legion teams.The senior didn&#8217;t get fully into swinging a golf club until earlier this month.That didn&#8217;t matter much on Monday at Fox Hill Country Club as Yankosky traded sticks and walked away with the title of the Tryba Preseason Invitational.Yankosky carded a 75 using an eagle on the par-4 No. 16 hole to best Crestwood&#8217;s Shane Angle by one shot. Lake-Lehman&#8217;s Adam Motovidlak (77) finished third, while Coughlin&#8217;s Ryan Keyes and Tunkhannock&#8217;s Tyler Faux fired 78 to tie for fourth.As a standout pitcher, Yankosky helped the Spartans reach the PIAA Class 4A championship game before helping Swoyersville make a run at the league title until its reign as defending state champion ended in the league playoffs. During the baseball season, he said he golfed a handful of times but didn&#8217;t start getting into the daily routine until about two weeks ago.&#8220;Practice routine this summer has been a baseball swing.&#8221; said Yankosky, who became the first golfer from Wyoming Valley West to claim the tourney&#8217;s title in the 14-year history of the event. &#8220;In the past two weeks, I&#8217;ve been spending four, five hours at the course everyday grinding it out. It paid off in the end.&#8221;Yankosky, who improved by five shots from his showing last year at the tourney, struggled with his drives until the 16th when he said that he &#8220;finally had a good drive&#8221; then got a nice chip shot to reach the hole in two strokes. He also added a pair of birdies to come out victorious.&#8220;That really helped me to win,&#8221; Yankosky said of his eagle. &#8220;Normally, I would think about a par there, so those two shots really helped.&#8221;On the team side, Angle&#8217;s sharp shooting helped the Comets score 327 and claim their second straight championship, edging Coughlin by one stroke.Angle, who tied for fifth in last season&#8217;s event, improved by four this season to pick up the Comets&#8217; lowest score. But perhaps the most important performance for Crestwood came from John McGroarty, who was listed as the team&#8217;s No. 5 golfer but posted the second-lowest score for coach Mark Jarolen, carding 82. Mike Golden&#8217;s 84 and Tyler Papura&#8217;s round of 85 were also good enough to score for the Comets.&#8220;That&#8217;s his first time playing this course,&#8221; Jarolen said of McGroarty. &#8220;I just got done telling him that if there was any surprise of the whole group it was John&#8217;s. He really improved his game over the course of one year.&#8221;The Crusaders, who may have entered as tournament favorites, were paced by Keyes, who was two shots better than last year, Tyler Kurilla (81), Collin Krokus (84) and Billy Mills (85). Coughlin and Crestwood have began a rivalry battling for the Wyoming Valley Conference&#8217;s Class 3A title. Crestwood has bested the Crusaders for the last two, while Coughlin claimed the regular season match last season.Monday&#8217;s showing just intensifies the growing rivalry.&#8220;We knew Coughlin was going to be the team, (coach) Mike Galli said that he has the target on his back and I think he was accurate in the preseason,&#8221; Jarolen said. &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be interesting, but Coughlin is the team to beat.&#8221;The team race was closer than it looked with Hazleton Area (337) finishing third. The next four teams all finished within five strokes of one another led by fourth-place Wyoming Area (342), Valley West (344), Wyoming Seminary (345) and Tunkhannock (347).Tryba Preseason InvitationalIndividual Scores1. Tyler Yankosky, Wyoming Valley West`38-37-752. Shane Angle, Crestwood`37-39-763. Adam Motovidlak, Lake-Lehman`35-42-774. Ryan Keyes, Coughlin`37-41-784. Tyler Faux, Tunkhannock`39-39-786. Kenny Wallace, Holy Redeemer`38-42-806. Anthony Shaver, Wyoming Area`39-41-808. Tyler Kurilla, Coughlin`42-39-819. Frank Seratch, Hazleton Area`38-43-8110. John McGroarty, Crestwood`41-41-82Team ScoresCrestwood`327Shane Angle`37-39-76John McGroarty`41-41-82Mike Golden`43-41-84Tyler Papura`42-43-85Coughlin`328Ryan Keyes`37-41-78Tyler Kurilla`42-39-81Collin Krokus`43-41-84Billy Mills`43-42-85Hazleton Area`337Frank Seratch`38-43-81Geran Triano`41-43-84Josh Provost`43-43-86Jordan Pick`44-42-86Wyoming Area`342Anthony Shaver`39-41-80Ryan Wrubel`41-45-86Nik Athmann`41-56-86Madeline Wharton`46-44-90Wyoming Valley West`344Tyler Yankosky`38-37-75David McCue`46-42-88Matt Evans`45-43-88Ryan Hogan`50-43-93Wyoming Seminary`345Liam Gilroy`43-40-83Noah Munley`38-46-84Bobby Wilson`40-46-86Jarod Godlewski`50-42-92Tunkhannock`347Tyler Faux`39-39-78Brett Soltysiak`44-42-86Mike Greene`47-44-91Hunter Prevost`46-46-92Dallas`351Mason Gattuso`42-43-85Alexis Wyandt`44-41-85Ethan Zawatski`45-45-90Adam Niznik`45-46-91Holy Redeemer`351Kenny Wallace`38-42-80Dave Iskra`46-43-89Connor Maloney`45-45-90Tom Day`38-42-80Berwick`370Zach Evans`45-45-90Matt Champ`44-47-91Nate Laubach`47-45-92Jake Demler`50-47-97Dylan Michael`50-47-97Lake-Lehman`375Adam Motovidlak`35-42-77Mike Sikora`45-46-91Tyler Scharff`50-48-98Tanner Harry`53-56-109Pittston Area`393Allie Craig`43-46-89Chaz Yager`48-52-100Jeff Donnora`52-49-101Joe Carchilla`51-52-103Hanover Area`467Shelby Monk`56-53-109Devin Senk`57-57-114David Swartz`57-63-120Joe Berkant`62-62-124Top individuals on non-scoring teams George Palermo, MMI`42-44-86Eric Grodzicki, Nanticoke`46-44-90Lee Falzone, Meyers`43-48-91Paul Leco, GAR `59-52-111<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Coughlin junior Ryan Keyes hits a 10-foot putt on No. 9 at Fox Hill Country Club at the Tryba Invitational Tournament on Monday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_Tryba-Tourney-11.jpg</photo0><caption0>Coughlin junior Ryan Keyes hits a 10-foot putt on No. 9 at Fox Hill Country Club at the Tryba Invitational Tournament on Monday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Tony Callaio | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_Tryba-Tourney-21.jpg">
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<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Tyler Yankosky show his winning form as he sinks a putt on his way to a 75, taking the Tryba Invitational Tournament title at Fox Hill. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_Tryba-Yankosky.jpg</photo2><caption2>Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s Tyler Yankosky show his winning form as he sinks a putt on his way to a 75, taking the Tryba Invitational Tournament title at Fox Hill. </caption2><photoCredit2>Tony Callaio | For Times Leader </photoCredit2></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Yankosky claims Tryba title; Comets repeat</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Dave Rosengrantdrosengrant@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta>Past ChampionsIndividual2002 &#8211; Ross Brown, Wyoming Seminary 752003 &#8211; Eric Plisko, Hanover Area 732004 &#8211; Joe Bevevino, Dallas 732005 &#8211; Rob Glyncefer, Wyoming Area 762006 &#8211; Mike Hirthler, Bishop Hoban 742007 &#8211; Dakota Brown, Tunkhannock 722008 &#8211; Brandon Matthews, Pittston Area 712009 &#8211; Brandon Matthews, Pittston Area 692010 &#8211; Brandon Matthews, Pittston Area 692011 &#8211; Brandon Matthews, Pittston Area 69 (won on 2nd playoff hole)2012 &#8211; Mariano Medico, Holy Redeemer 682013 &#8211; Mariano Medico, Holy Redeemer 712014 &#8211; Jason Dotzel, Crestwood 74 (won on fourth playoff hole)2015 - Tyler Yankosky, Wyoming Valley West 75Team2002 &#8211; Wyoming Seminary 3132003 &#8211; Wyoming Seminary 3132004 &#8211; Dallas 3142005 &#8211; Dallas 3162006 &#8211; Bishop Hoban 3132007 &#8211; Dallas 3102008 &#8211; Tunkhannock 3122009 &#8211; Dallas 3082010 &#8211; Holy Redeemer 2962011 &#8211; Holy Redeemer 2962012 &#8211; Holy Redeemer 2902013 &#8211; Holy Redeemer 2982014 &#8211; Crestwood 3172015 - Crestwood 327</factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Dave Rosengrant at 570-991-6398 or on Twitter @tldrosengrant</shirttailMeta></div>

Crestwood, Valley West’s Yankosky win titles at Tryba Tournament