The Youngstown State Football Alumni Group held their annual Golf Outing on Friday at the Youngstown Country Club. More than 90 former Penguins turned out to take part in the event, which allowed former players of all generations to gather for a fun afternoon.
Winning the four-person best-ball scramble was the grouping of Randy Barker (1980-81), Ray Briya (1965-67), Pete Brittain and Frank Pokorny (1982-84) who carded the low-round of 63. Finishing second was Joey Briganti (1968-71), Mike Roman, Marty Willmitch and Vince Chianese with a 64. Placing third with a 65 was Ray DiDonato, Tom Meola (1977-79), Carey Orosz (1976-79) and Tom Orosz carding a 65.
Skill prize winners Zach Underhill who made the longest putt on No. 3, YSU offensive coordinator Shane Montgomery who was closest to the pin on No. 6, former YSU quarterback Jeff Ryan (1998-01) who had the longest drives on holes No. 7 and No. 10 and Don McCloud (1973-77) who was closest to the pin on No. 16 and drained the longest putt on No. 18.
The major contributing sponsor was Ford Office Machine. Additional sponsors for the event were Columbiana Buick Oldsmobile Cadillac, Pennsylvania Coach Lines, Huntington National Bank, Quench Bar & Grill, Taco Bell/Semrick Inc., ms consultants inc.
Raffle prizes included a set of Adams Golf Insight Irons, Maxfli Golf Bag, Coors Golf Bag, Miller Lite Golf Bag, New Taylor Made R11 Driver, four Pittsburgh Pirates tickets, YSU autographed football and jersey, two game tickets to Penguin Club Loge.
The evening was capped by a special Spaghetti Dinner, which had more than 100 in attendance.
The next YSU Football Alumni Group event is a Bocce Social which is being held at the MVR in July. For more information contact Tom Morella at (330) 941-2351.
Skill Prize Winners
No. 3 - Longest Putt: Zach Underhill
No. 6 - Closest to Pin: Shane Montgomery
No. 7 - Longest Drive in Fairway: Jeff Ryan
No. 10 - Longest Drive in Fairway: Jeff Ryan
No. 16 - Closest to Pin: Don McCloud
No. 18 - Longest Putt: Don McCloud
