Johnson's steady round earns him a Philly Junior Tour victory at Indian Valley

   Jake Johnson of Wayne was the picture of consistency as he claimed the top spot in the 16-to-18 division in a well-attended Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop Tuesday at Indian Valley Country Club in Telford.

   Johnson only made one birdie, at the fourth hole, but had 13 pars on his scorecard, including a run of nine straight pars from seven to 15, as he carded a 3-over-par 75 over the par-72 Indian Valley layout.

   Alex Topping of Philadelphia made a birdie on the final hole of his round, the ninth, to earn sole possession of second place with a 6-over 78. Topping had 11 pars on his card.

   A couple of guys playing close to their Telford homes, Jacob Dommel and Tyler Derstein, were part of a group of four players tied for third place, each landing on 79, a shot behind Topping.

   Dommel made birdies at the third and 12^th holes and had nine pars on his card. Derstein also made a birdie at the 12^th hole, added another at 17 and had nine pars on his card.

   Jack Brennan, a recent Pope John Paul II graduate and a looper at Stonewall, and Luke Tappeiner of Northfield, N.J. rounded out the foursome tied for third place.

   Brennan made back-to-back birdies at the third and fourth holes and had seven pars on his card. Tappeiner made birdies at the 12^th and 14^th holes and had nine pars on his card.

   Ehren Weyman of New Hope took seventh place with an 80, Andrew Elliott of Souderton was eighth with an 83 and Michael Furey of Warrington was ninth with an 84.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division were three players -- Landon Fox of Wilmington, Del., Shane Callahan of Schwenksville and Owen Grimes of Malvern -- who finished in a tie for 10^th place, each recording an 87.

   Andrew Brendlinger of Collegeville made birdies on the fourth and 11^th holes and had nine pars on his scorecard as he earned a victory in the 13-to-15 division with a 5-over 77.

   Jack Luterman of Ardmore and Jackson Lane of Cinnaminson, N.J. finished a shot behind Brendlinger in a tie for second place, each carding a 78.

   Luterman made a birdie at the seventh hole and had 11 pars on his card while Lane made a birdie at 14 and had 12 pars on his card.

   Cole Henning of Harleysville took fourth place with an 81 and Luke Fediukov of Downingtown and Alexander Hall of Schwenksville finished a shot behind Henning in a tie for fifth, each recording an 82.

   Judd Fletcher of Moorestown, N.J. and Gage Fadely of Havertown shared seventh place each posting an 83 and Wyatt Underwood of Telford finished ninth with an 84.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division was a trio of players, including Tristan Smith of Philadelphia, Harry Traynor of Malvern and Carter Hippauf of Quakertown, who finished in a tie for 19^th place, each ending up with an 86.

   Cierra Griffith of Pottstown had the best score among the girls as she carded an 83 to finish atop the leaderboard in the 16-to-18 division. Griffith made a birdie on the eighth hole and had nine pars on her scorecard.

   Emma Xu of Center Valley rounded out a short field in the 16-to-18 division as she had four pars on her card, two on each side, on her way to a 94 that gave her runnerup honors.

   Freja Jensen of Solebury and Anna Rufo of Gladwyne were the only two entries in the 13-to-15 division and they finished in a tie for first place, each signing for a 98.

   Jensen had four pars on her scorecard, two on each side while Rufo had two pars on her card.

   Henry Sokol of Villanova had five pars on his scorecard, including four straight from the 12^th through the 15^th holes, as he posted a 4-over 40 to best the field of nine-holers.

   William Thorkelson of Bryn Mawr and Rayan Shah of Newtown each registered a 42 to finish two shots behind Henry Sokol in a tie for second place.

   Thorkelson made a birdie on the 12^th hole and had three pars on his card while Shah, who has been solid all spring, matched Thorkelson’s birdie on 12 and had four pars on his card, closing his round with three straight pars.

   Henry Mysliwiec of Doylestown and Logan Turner of Berwyn finished a shot behind Thorkelson and Shah in a tie for fourth place, each landing on 43.

   Eric Cunningham of Wayne and Jack Sokol, another member of Villanova’s Team Sokol, shared sixth place, each carding a 46, Grayson McCann of Downingtown took eighth with a 47 and John (Jack) Shea of Harleysville was ninth with a 49.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the coed 12-and-under division were two players – Joseph Aronson of Souderton and Jack Gilbert of Bryn Mawr – who finished in a tie for 10^th place, each recording a 50.