Callahan Harrell of York and John Curran of Malvern shared medalist honors in the 13-to-15 division as each carded a 6-over-par 78 in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop at Berkleigh Golf Club in Kutztown on a chilly, cloudy Saturday.
Harrell made a birdie at the 11th hole and had 12 pars on his scorecard and Curran had 12 pars on his card as each player could claim a Junior Tour victory.
Tyler Sikorski of Lincoln University birdied the first hole and had 10 pars as he finished alone in third place with an 80 over the par-72 Berkleigh layout.
Nick Linkchorst of Glen Mills and Keegan Redmond of Hummelstown shared fourth place, each posting an 83. Colton Orris of Hershey took sixth place with an 89 and Michael Liu of Garnet Valley rounded out the 13-to-15 division field as he finished seventh with a 95.
David Birmingham was the lone entry in the 16-to-18 division and he signed for a 93. Birmingham had eight pars on his scorecard, six of them on the incoming nine as he bounced back from a tough start with a 3-over 40 on his way back to the clubhouse.
Jillian Burks of Paoli won a tight battle with Danielle Higbee of Mickleton, N.J. to earn a Junior Tour win in the girls 13-to-15 division.
Burks, who finished in fifth place in the Girls 10-11 division in the Drive, Chip & Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club the Sunday of Masters week, made birdies on the fifth and 14th holes and had nine pars on her scorecard on her way to a solid 6-over 78. Higbee made a birdie on the fourth hole and had 11 pars on her card as she finished a shot behind Burks in second place with a 79.
Katherine Liu of Moorestown, N.J. made birdies at the ninth and 14th holes and had six pars on her card as she finished alone in third place with an 82.
Kiersten Bodge of West Chester took fourth place with an 85, Kayla Benson of Beach Lake was fifth with a 90, Kaitlyn Hummers of Bethlehem was sixth with a 91 and Isabella Magno of Delran, N.J. rounded out the 13-to-15 division field as she finished seventh with a 103.
Colby Komancheck, the son of the RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve pro shop team of Jamie and Kelly Komancheck, was really steady, making pars on the first four holes and the last four holes of his round as he bested a very competitive group of nine-holers with a 1-over 36.
Jason Mack of Delaware Water Gap and Lawson Leeper of York chased Komancheck home as they finished in tie for second place, each posting a 2-over 37. Mack, a winner in last week’s Junior Tour stop at Heidelberg Country Club, finished up with a birdie at the ninth hole and had five pars on his scorecard. Leeper made a birdie at the second hole and had five pars on his card.
Sebastian Park of Lansdale and Anthony Proud of Stroudsburg finished in a tie for fourth place, each registering a 3-over 38 as only two shots separated the top five players. Henry Sokol of Villanova finished alone in sixth place with a 44.
Jack Sokol of Villanova’s Team Sokol, James Kulesa of Doylestown and Preston Minio of Lansdale finished in a tie for seventh place, each landing on 48. Elijah Hartono of Downingtown rounded out the top 10 in the coed 12-and-under division as he ended up alone in 10th place with a 54.
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