Red Lion Christian’s Evan Barbin is the Boys Player of the Year and Sussex Academy’s Sarah Lydic is the Girls Player of the Year on the All-State golf teams recently released by the Delaware High School Golf Coaches Association.
The teams were determined by the lowest USGA handicaps derived from scores posted from high school matches during the regular season.
Barbin finished second among boys in the recent DIAA Golf Tournament, while Lydic tied for third among girls.
Both DIAA individual champions – Matt Homer of Tatnall and Hannah Lydic of Sussex Academy – were also among the All-State first-team players.
Joining Barbin and Homer on the boys first team were Jeff Homer of Tatnall, Drew Clark of Archmere, Anthony Ciconte of Tatnall and Jack Homer of Tatnall.
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Joining the Lydic sisters on the girls first team were Avery McCrery of Tower Hill, Sawyer Brockstedt of Sussex Academy, Reagan Garnsey of Caesar Rodney and Kylie Yiengst of Polytech.
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All-State golf teams
Boys
First team
Evan Barbin, sr., Red Lion Christian
Jeff Homer, jr., Tatnall
Matt Homer, jr., Tatnall
Drew Clark, jr., Archmere
Anthony Ciconte, sr., Tatnall
Jack Homer, fr., Tatnall
Second team
Evan Gebhart, so., Caesar Rodney; Ryan Hseih, sr., Archmere; Kristof Kopecky, jr., Salesianum; Patrick Maxwell, sr., Salesianum; Jake Boyce, sr., Mount Sophia Academy; Matt Reed, jr., Caesar Rodney.
Honorable mention
Brendan Harrington, sr., Archmere.
Girls
First team
Sarah Lydic, so., Sussex Academy
Hannah Lydic, sr., Sussex Academy
Avery McCrery, fr., Tower Hill
Sawyer Brockstedt, fr., Sussex Academy
Reagan Garnsey, fr., Caesar Rodney
Kylie Yiengst, fr., Polytech
Second team
Josephine Wellons, jr., Wilmington Friends; Kayla Brosius, sr., Caesar Rodney; Danielle Higbee, fr., Archmere; Meredith Beyer, sr., Tower Hill; Ella Aghajanian, jr., Padua; Lydia Mankus, sr., St. Georges.
Honorable mention
Lily Stewart, jr., Dover.
