Leon, Fioravante, Yenser share top spot in Junior Tour stop at Meadia Heights

   Jacob Leon of Downingtown, Michael Fioravante of Mohnton and Colton Yenser of Douglassville all landed on 3-over-par 74 Monday as they shared first place in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop at Meadia Heights Golf Club in Lancaster.

   Leon and Fioravante, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier as a junior at Berks Catholic last fall, each had multiple birdies on his scorecard while Yenser’s steady round included only three holes that were worse than par all day.

   Eliajah Ruppert, who finished in a tie for third in the PIAA Class AA Championship as a junior at Brandywine Heights last fall, shared fourth place with Jake Shmonov of Harrisburg, each carding a 5-over 76, two shots behind the top three, over the par-71 Meadia Heights layout.

   Alex Gekas of York and Owen Wisner of Reading finished in a tie for sixth place, each posting a 77.

   Jack Novis of Lancaster took eighth place with an 82, Tanner Cole of Lumberton, N.J. was ninth with an 83 and Tyler Swartz of Hummelstown rounded out the top 10 as he was alone in 10^th place with an 84.

   Lucas Steinmetz, a sophomore at The Hill School, was very consistent, making 11 pars on his way to an 8-over 79 that earned him top honors in the 13-to-15 division.

   Tyler Debusschere, who helped Strath Haven win the first Central League title in program history as a freshman last fall, had a solid front-nine 37 as he registered an 82 that gave him runnerup honors, three shots behind Steinmetz. Luke Fazio of Schwenksville finished in third place with an 85 that included a birdie on the 12^th hole.

   Alec Thiele of Philadelphia took fourth place with an 87, Jake Blackman of Pottstown was fifth with an 88 and Joey McGinty of Litiz was sixth with a 90. A couple of Lancaster guys, Quinn Badger and Nicholas Stramara, rounded out the 13-to-15 field as they finished in seventh and eighth place with respective scores of 91 and 97.

   The best score among the girls at Meadia Heights came out of the 13-to-15 division as Avery McCrery of Wilmington, Del. had birdies at the fourth, 10^th and 16^th holes on her way to a 78.

   Silvana Gonzalez of Exton was the runnerup with a 97 that included a birdie at the fifth hole and Emily Mayo of Boothwyn took third place with a 105 that included a solid front-nine 49.

   Keegan Dings of Lancaster had identical 45s on the two Meadia Heights nines for a 90 that put her atop the leaderboard in the 16-to-18 division. Gwenaelle DeLeo of Lititz was the runnerup with a 98.

   Davis Conaway of East Bradford continued his summer-long roll in the coed 12-and-under division, making a birdie on the seventh hole on his way to a 2-over 37 that gave him his 11^th victory among the nine-holers in the wraparound 2019-2020 season.

   Lawson Leeper of York had four pars and nothing worse than a bogey on his scorecard as he claimed runnerup honors with a 5-over 40. Ian Larsen of Glenmoore matched Conaway’s birdie on the seventh hole as he finished alone in third place with a 43.

   Miles McGinty of Lititz’s Team McGinty took fourth place with a 44 and Colby Komancheck of Royersford was another three shots behind McGinty in fifth place with a 47.

   Bryn Krosse of York finished in sixth place with a 53, Charlotte Reid of Cream Ridge, N.J. was seventh with a 54 and Sophia Enriquez of York rounded out the 12-and-under field, ending up alone in eighth place with a 63.