Radnor's Kim continues strong play on Junior Tour

   Radnor freshman Gabby Kim had a big weekend, playing well in two different stops on the Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour.

   In Saturday’s stop at Lu Lu Country Club, Kim fired a 5-over 76 to easily take top honors in the 13-to-15 age group. Kim had three birdies on the back nine. Meher Mankikar of Bridgewater, N.J. was a distant second with an 84 and Chichester freshman Caprian Kan was third with an 88.

   Sunday’s stop at Woodcrest Country Club was a qualifier for this weekend’s Hurricane Junior Golf Tour event at Wyncote Golf Club with only the top finisher among boys and girls 13 to 18 earning a ticket to Wyncote. Kim just missed as she lost in a playoff in the 13-to-15 age group to a familiar Junior Tour rival in Esther Park of Wilmington, Del. 

   Park and Kim each fired an 85 to finish in a tie for first and Park parred the first hole of the playoff to get the spot in the Hurricane Junior Tour event.

   Also in that age group at Woodcrest, Agnes Irwin eighth-grader Kaitlyn Lees, who will defend her Inter-Ac League title in a couple of weeks, was fourth with a 91 and Chi’s Kan was sixth with a 99.

Back at Lu Lu Saturday, John Updike of Wayne won the 13-to-15 division with a sparkling 3-over 74. He finished two shots ahead of David Robbins of Holland, who had a 76.

   Also in that age group, Billy Civitella of Berwyn and Aronimink Golf Club finished in a tie for 11^th with an 86, Daniel Bullock of Wayne finished in a tie for 17^th with an 89, Jack McKnight of  Villanova was 24^th with a 95 and William Condran of Radnor finished 26^th with a 98.

   Among the nine-holers, Kevin Civitella, Billy’s younger brother, topped the field with a 47. June Kim of Wayne finished fifth with a 50, Joseph Morganti of Havertown was seventh with a 54 and Aidan Lowe of Villanova was eighth with a 58.

   In the 16-to-18 division,  Marple Newtown sophomore Joey Delfranco finished in a tie for sixth with an 84. Richard Vanni took top honors in the age group with an 80. Brandon Dejesse finished 21^st with a 104.

   In the girls 16-to-18 division, Radnor sophomore Caitlin Bullock finished fourth with a 117 and Notre Dame sophomore Gabby Morganti finished fifth with a 120. Julia Shinkle took top honors in the age group with a 99.

   In addition to Kim’s strong showing at Woodcrest, Springfield senior Samantha Miller finished third in the 16-to-18 division with a 104. Morgan Frazier of Mechanicsburg won the division with an 88.

   In the boys 16-to-18 division, Cardinal O’Hara junior Andrew Fisher finished in a tie for ninth with a 94 and Nick Andreade of Broomall finished 18th with a 106.

   In the 13-to-15 division, D.J. Colleran of Radnor finished in a tie for seventh with an 88,  Aj Aivazoglou of Glen Mills finished 19^th with a 99, Jack McKnight of Villanova finished in a tie for 20^th with a 101 and Matthew Barkann of Newtown Square finished 29^th with a 118.

   William Mirams of Stroudsburg earned the spot in the field at Wyncote, but he had to fight for it. He finished in a tie with Connor Boham of Collegeville after both shot 82 and the two players went to a sixth hole of sudden death before Mirams finally won with a par.

   Among the nine-holers, Dolan Cox of Newtown Square finished fifth with a 48, James Quinn of Radnor finished sixth with a 49, June Kim of Wayne finished in a tie for eighth with a 51, Jackson Fields of Glen Mills finished 10^th with a 52 and Hayden Smith of Havertown finished 11^th with a 53.