Ryan D’Ariano of West Chester had the edge on Alec Ryden of
Moorestown, N.J. in a match of scorecards as D’Ariano captured the 16-to-18
division Sunday in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop at Deerfield in
the middle of Delaware’s White Clay Creek State Park.
D’Ariano and Ryden each posted a 5-over-par 75 over the
challenging 6,307-yard, par-70 Deerfield layout. D’Ariano birdied the 16th
hole on his way to a 37 on the back nine that gave him the edge in the
scorecard playoff. Ryden had two birdies in his round.
A couple of Wilmington, Del. players finished third and
fourth as Owen Schlegel and Nathan Potts had respective scores of 80 and 83.
Jackson Paradee of Dover, Del. finished fifth with an 84, Jerry Haftman of
Springfield was sixth with an 85, Alex Mayernik of Columbus, N.J was seventh
with an 87 and Will Hage of Phoenixville was eighth with an 88.
Jack Herbine of Doylestown took ninth with a 90, Matt Walsh
of Chester Springs was 10th with a 93 and T.J. Prushinski of Bear,
Del. was 11th with a 94.
James Dalzell didn’t have far to go when the Linwood, N.J.
resident captured a Junior Tour victory at Linwood Country Club last weekend,
but Dalzell took his game on the road Sunday and won the 13-to-15 division at
Deerfield with a 79 that included three birdies.
Darren Nolan of Glenside birdied the 17th hole on
his way to an 83 that gave him runnerup honors. Keller Mulhern of Exton took
third with an 88.
Henry Stone of Kennett Square and Stephen Cain of Yardley
shared fourth place, each carding an 89, Kevin Deng of Devon was sixth with a
90 and Chase Stephano of Radnor and Jack Tarzy of Medford, N.J. finished tied
for seventh at 81.
Jackson Fields of Glen Mills finished ninth with a 92 and
Grady Benfer of West Chester rounded out the top 10 with a 97.
Even though Kayla Gutierrez of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. was
unopposed in the girls 13-to-15 division, her 86 was the best round posted
among any of the girls at Deerfield.
Olivia Perry of Millsboro, Del. took top honors in the
16-to-18 division with an 88. Perry finished her round with a flourish, making
birdie on the 18th. Brianna Marmorstein, a senior on perennial Inter-Ac
League power Notre Dame’s roster from Havertown, was the runnerup with a 93.
Olivia Schwandt of Wilmington, Del. finished third with a 94
and Elaine Loose of Malvern was fourth with a 116.
No matter who won the scorecard playoff among the nine-holers,
the gold and silver medals were headed for the Gooneratne household in Plymouth
Meeting. Little sister Rhianna Gooneratne took the top prize after she and
Fiona each carded a 12-over 47.
Ethan Martin of North Wales and Stefania Fedun of Glenmoore
shared third place, each posting a 50. Michael Dignazio of Wilmington, Del.
finished fifth with a 52, Griffin Gaughan of Avondale was sixth with a 54 and
Joseph Mancini of Philadelphia was
seventh with a 65.
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