Tamaqua's Sam Vinc eyes up his putt on the 18th green during the Schuylkill League Golf Individual Championships at Schuylkill Country Club (Photo by Leroy Boyer).

STATE COLLEGE — Overall, their scores were good.

The problem was that at the PIAA Golf Championships, good scores leave you looking up at a lot of other golfers on the leaderboard.

Four Schuylkill League golfers finished Monday’s Day 1 of the PIAA Golf Championships in the middle of the Class AA pack after up-and-down rounds on the par-72 Penn State White Course.

In the boys’ tournament, Tamaqua freshman Sam Vinc ended the day in a six-way tie for 22nd after shooting a 5-over-par 77. Schuylkill Haven junior and District 11 champion Alan Evans was in a five-way tie for 41st after carding an 8-over 80 and North Schuylkill senior Jude Maziekas was in a four-way tie for 54th with a 12-over 84.

In the girls’ field, Lourdes junior and District 4 champion Vivian Reiprish was in a three-way tie for 18th place with a 12-over 84.

Wind played a key role in Monday’s first round, delaying the start of the tournament by one hour. Evans (10:20) and Reiprish (11:30) started on No. 1, while Maziekas (10:20) and Vinc (10:30) started on No. 10.

Vinc had a hot hand early, sitting at 1-under through four holes with three birdies and a double bogey. Vinc then rattled off four straight pars before a double-bogey 7 left him at 1-over 37 at the turn.

The freshman carded a bogey on both No. 1 and No. 2 to get to 3-over, then rattled off six straight pars before closing with a double-bogey 6 on No. 9.

Vinc is nine strokes behind the leader, Scranton Prep’s Cole Powell, who shot a 4-under 68. Luke Sikora of Greensburg Salem is second at 3-under 69.

Evans, who was tied for the lead after Day 1 last year, finished the day with three birdies — No. 1, No. 8, No. 11 — six pars, seven bogeys and two double bogeys. He had a 41 on the front nine and a 39 on the back nine.

Maziekas also birdied his first hole, the par-5 No. 10, but then ran into trouble with a bogey on No. 11, double bogey on No. 12 and a 7 on the par-3 No. 14. The Spartan senior was at 9-over 45 at the turn but it picked it up late, shooting 3-over 39 on the front.

Reiprish had one birdie on the day, shooting a 2 on the par-3 No. 5. She had seven bogeys, eight pars and two disaster holes, carding 7 on the par-4 No. 2 and a 7 on the par 4 No. 18.

Reiprish is 16 strokes off the lead, which is shared by three girls’ golfers, St. Joseph’s Madison Koshko, Shady Side Academy’s Alyssa Zhang and West Middlesex Kate Sowers, all with a 4-under-par 68.

Day 2 of the 72-hole tournament is Tuesday. Local tee times: Vinc, 10:30 a.m., No. 1; Maziekas, 10:40 a.m., No. 10; Evans, 11:10 a.m., No. 10; Reiprish, 11:30 a.m., No. 1.

Walborn competes in 3A tournament

Blue Mountain’s Delaney Walborn was a late addition to the PIAA Golf Championships after one of District 11’s qualifiers backed out. The Eagles’ senior fared well, shooting an 87 on the Penn State Blue Course that left her in 30th place out of 36 golfers.

Walborn had a pair of birdies in her round, shooting a 2 on both the par-3 No. 4 and par-3 No. 14. Her round hit some bumps on the back nine when she carded a 6 on No. 10, an 8 on No. 12 and a 7 on No. 18.

Mya Morgan of Elizabeth Forward leads the Class 3A girls’ field with a 3-under 69, five strokes ahead of Kayley Roberts of Phoenixville, Bryn Brandt of Cedar Crest and Ellie Benson of Peters Township.

Walborn continues play today at 11:40 a.m. on No. 10.