Another strong showing for Team Debusschere in Junior Tour stop at Foxchase

    Strath Haven senior Jackson Debusschere had hoped to spend the weekend preparing for the PIAA Class AAA Championship, but the coronavirus pandemic denied him the opportunity to participate in the high school postseason.

   Strath Haven is playing dual matches in the Central League, but Jackson Debusschere won’t ever get another chance to make the state tournament as an individual again. To fill the void, Jackson Debusschere and his brother Tyler, a sophomore, have used the weekend events on the Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour this fall to show how much their hard work on their games has paid off.

   Jackson Debusschere, playing on a sparkling fall Saturday, fired a 2-over-par 74 at Foxchase Golf Club in Stevens, Lancaster County to claim a victory in the 16-to-18 division. Jackson Debusschere had four birdies on his scorecard, including three in a stretch of four holes on the back nine to finish three shots clear of the field of older guys.

   Meanwhile, Tyler Debusschere had birdies on the fifth and seventh holes as he finished third in the 13-to-15 division with a solid 7-over 79.

   Cardinal O’Hara senior Thomas Larkin and Nathan Guertler of Merchantville, N.J. finished in a tie for second place in the 16-to-18 division as each posted a 5-over 77. Larkin, a Drexel Hill resident, birdied the 14^th hole while Guertler had two birdies, one on each side.

   Downingtown East senior Dylan Gute, Jim Kelly of Slatington and Owen Wismer of Reading landed in a tie for fourth place, each registering a 78.

   Matthew Normand of Lumberton, N.J. took seventh place with a 79, Jared Foltz of Wyomissing was eighth with an 82, Radnor junior Chase Stephano was ninth with an 84 and J.R. McMenamin of Pottstown rounded out the top 10 as he finished alone in 10^th place with an 85.

   Dylan Ramsey of Lebanon birdied two of the last three holes on the front nine as he took top honors in the 13-to-15 division with a 77. Ajeet Bagga of Blue Bell birdied the 10^th hole as finished a shot behind Ramsey in second place with a 78. Team Debusschere’s Tyler Debusschere was another shot behind Bagga in third place with his 79.

   Noah Wallace of Elkton, Md. took fourth place with an 80, Sachin Blake of Berwyn was fifth with an 82, Alistair Demko of Hershey was sixth with an 83, William Aprahamian of West Chester was seventh with an 85 and Chase Dillman of Gilbertsville was eighth with an 86.

   Rounding out the top 10 among the younger guys were three players – Quinton Heljenek of Glenside, J.D. Mahoney of Ellicott City, Md., and Drew Clark of Kennett Square – tied for ninth place, each carding an 87.

   Germantown Academy sophomore Serena Bagga, another member of Blue Bell’s Team Bagga, had two birdies, one on each side, as she posted a 6-over 78 to claim medalist honors in the girls 16-to-18 division. Serena Bagga played on the boys team at GA as a freshman a year ago.

   Springside Chestnut Hill Academy senior Emma Schotsch had seven pars on her scorecard as she carded an 86 to earn runnerup honors. West Chester Rustin’s Mary Emma Guldi had four pars as she took third place with a 94. Catherine Chapman of Broomall r0unded out the 16-to-18 field as she finished in fourth place with a 112.

   Team Roberts of Phoenixville went 1-2 in the 13-to-15 division. Kate Roberts, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a freshman at  Phoenixville High, had back-to-back birdies on the fourth and fifth holes as she edged Kayley Roberts – pretty sure they’re sisters – by two shots with a 79. Kayley Roberts birdied the 13^th hole to earn runnerup honors with an 81.

   Jillian Burks, the Paoli youngster who will compete in the Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals next April at Augusta National Golf Club, had eight pars as she signed for an 83 to finish in third place.

   Elle Overly of Lititz took fourth place with an 84, Kylie Yiengst of Wyoming, Del. was fifth with an 89 and Alexandria Engart of Harleysville was sixth with a 90. Kiran Bagga, another member of Blue Bell’s Team Bagga, rounded out the 13-to-15 field as she finished in seventh place with a 91.

   Lawson Leeper of York birdied the second hole on his way to a 3-over 37 to best a very competitive field of nine-holers. Anthony Proud of Stroudsburg had six pars while claiming runnerup honors with a solid 5-over 39.

   Chase Mitstifer of Sinking Spring and Lily Kochersperger of Kennett Square shared third place, each registering a 41. Mitstifer had three pars on his scorecard and Kochersperger had five pars on her card.

   Trevor Sieben of Medford, N.J. took fifth place with a 43, Luke Fallon of Reading was sixth with a 46, Quin Ziegner of New Hope was seventh with a 48 and Colby Komancheck of Royersford was eighth with a 50.

   Benjamin Mayer of Garnet Valley finished in ninth place with a 51, Braydon Dolan of Springfield was 10^th with a 53 and Luke Matthews of Aston rounded out the field in the coed 12-and-under division with a 55 that left him in 11^th place.