RIVERTON — Kihei Akina’s duel with fellow Utah junior golf standout Bowen Mauss came down to the final few holes of their respective senior seasons.
Akina, the top-rated boys golfer by USA Today from Lone Peak who has committed to BYU, shot 9-under-par 63 in Tuesday’s final round en route to a Utah high school record-setting tournament total to hold off Mauss for his third individual title in four years at the 6A boys’ golf state meet at Riverbend Golf Course.
Mauss, an Arizona State commit who, like Akina, was coming off an exemption to play the first two rounds on the PGA Tour at the Black Desert Championship, finished second with a two-day total of 14-under 130…