Bobby Lugiano of Shavertown heated up on the back nine on
his way to claiming a victory in the 16-to-18 division in a Philadelphia
Section PGA Junior Tour stop at the Olde Homestead Golf Club in New Tripoli
Saturday.
Lugiano made two birdies and an eagle in a stretch between
the 14th and 16th holes on his way to a 5-over-par 77
over the 6,054-yard, par-72 Olde Homestead layout that gave him a one-shot edge
over William Mirams, a junior at Notre Dame of East Stroudsburg. Lugiano also
had two birdies on the front nine.
Mirams, who earned a share of second place in the PIAA Class
AA Championship at the Heritage Hills Golf Resort last fall, finished alone in
second at Olde Homstead with a 6-over 78.
Ryan D’Ariano of West Chester and Thomas Butler of Telford
shared third place, each carding an 82. Nathan Pierce of Limerick finished
fifth with an 83, Jack Cooley of Chadds Ford was sixth with an 84 and Nathaniel
Wheeler of Northampton was seventh with an 89.
A scorecard playoff was needed to determine the winner of
the 13-to-15 division and the victory went to Connor Gherghel of Orwigsburg
after he finished in a tie for first with Jackson Debusschere of Wallingford,
each posting an 8-over 80. Gherghel’s back nine score gave him the tiebreaker
edge. Both Gherghel and Debusschere had a birdie in his round.
James Vinson of Princeton Junction, N.J. and Stephen Butler
of Telford shared third place, each carding an 87. Jacob Haberstumpf of
Bethlehem finished alone in fifth with a 96.
Grey Conta of Hummelstown and Dante Billoni of Lancaster
shared sixth place, each posting a 103 and Lucien VanDerMiller of Langhorne
finished eighth with a 121.
Helen Shaw of Harleysville was the only entrant in the girls
16-to-18 division and claimed the win with her 116.
Natasha Kiel of New Hope outdueled Kathleen Mark of Media to
capture her first win of 2018 in the 13-to-15 division by a shot with an 88.
Mark, a freshman at Episcopal Academy who was coming off a victory in Friday’s
Junior Tour stop at Heritage Hills, carded an 89.
John Keba of Emmaus had a pair of birdies on his way to a
3-over 39 on the front nine at Olde Homestead to top the field of nine-holers.
Michael Maslanka of Taylor was two shots behind Keba in second with a 41.
Maslanka lost out in a scorecard playoff in Friday’s Junior Tour stop at
Heritage Hills, so he’s playing some solid golf.
Jillian Burks of Paoli finished third with a 55 and Elora
Walker of Philadelphia was fourth with a 57.
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