Keiser's birdie barrage gives him a Philly Junior Tour victory at Glen Brook

   Only three players teed it up in the 16-to-18 division of a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop at Glen Brook Golf Club in Stroudsburg Monday, but they engaged in a spirited battle.

   Colin Keiser of West Chester emerged with the victory as a birdie barrage on Glen Brook’s outgoing nine help him put together a solid 2-under-par 70.

   Keiser erupted for four birdies in a five-hole stretch, three straight on the third, fourth and fifth holes, and another at seven as he toured the front nine in 3-under 33. Keiser finished with 12 pars on his scorecard.

   Archbishop Carroll senior Matthew Hurchalla, who has had a solid spring on the Philly Junior Tour, made birdies on the ninth, 11^th and 17^th holes and also had 12 pars on his card as he matched par with a 72 to finish just two shots behind Keiser in second place.

   Rounding out the field in the 16-to-18 division was Jake Johnson of Wayne as he made birdies on the sixth and 14^th holes and had 13 pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Hurchalla in third place with a 1-over 73.

   It was also a pretty strong showing by Christopher Mark Parrish of Woolwich Township, N.J. in winning the 13-to-15 division as he made birdies at the sixth, seventh, ninth and 17^th holes and had seven pars on his scorecard on his way to a solid 4-over 76.

   Eddie Gephardt of Swarthmore finished with a birdie on the 18^th hole and had six pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors among the younger guys with an 86. Vyom Shukla of Berwyn had six pars on his card as he finished two shots behind Gephardt in third place with an 88.

   Quinn Gallagher of Bryn Mawr took fourth place with a 92, Kyan DeLong of Allentown was fifth with a 93 and Michael Doyle of Haddonfield, N.J. finished sixth with a 95.

   Rounding out the field in the 13-to-15 division was Nathaniel Mette of Nazareth as he finished in seventh place with a 106.

   Only two players teed it up in the girls divisions and the best score of the day emerged from the 13-to-15 division as Keira Conner of Ridley Park made back-to-back pars on the 10^th and 11^th holes on her way to a 103.

   Shayla Ames had two pars on her scorecard, both on the front nine at Glen Brook, as she claimed a Philly Junior Tour win in the 16-to-18 division with a 110.

   Zachary Proud, playing close to his Stroudsburg home, bested the field of nine-holers as he had five pars on his scorecard on his way to a 7-over 43.

   Landon Romanczuk of Bangor opened his round with a par on the first hole as he carded a 50 to finish in second place with a 50.

   Rounding out the field in the coed 12-and-under division was Connor Mujulis of Pottstown as he made a par on the fifth hole to end up in third place with a 55.