State College's McGraw goes low at Indian Spring to claim a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Luke McGraw will be one of the top returning scholastic players in Pennsylvania when he tees off for his senior season late this summer.

   McGraw, a Boalsburg resident, finished in a tie for ninth place in the individual standings in the PIAA Class AAA Championship at Penn State’s Blue Course last fall and then capped his junior season by helping the Little Lions come up just short of a state Class AAA team crown as they finished in a tie for second place with Radnor, a shot behind state champion Unionville.

   McGraw took an Easter weekend road trip to Indian Spring Country Club in Marlton, N.J. on a spectacular first Saturday in April for golf and carded a sparkling 1-under-par 69 to capture a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division.

   McGraw made birdies on the second, third, fifth and 10^th holes and had 11 pars on his scorecard. He got it to 3-under through 14 holes before making a couple of late bogeys.

   Ravi Gohel of Mount Laurel, N.J. earned runnerup honors as he made birdies at the third, ninth and 14^th holes and had 10 pars on his card, including a string of four straight pars from 10 through 13, as he finished four shots behind McGraw with a solid 3-over 73.

   Joey Higgins, a junior on the Philadelphia Academy Charter School golf team, made a birdie on the ninth hole and had nine pars on his card as he finished five shots behind Gohel in third place with a 78.

   Tyler Sharpe of Woolwich Township, N.J. took fourth place with a 79 and Matthew Perez of Linwood, N.J. finished fifth with an 80.

   The foursome of David Dempsey of Franklinville, N.J., Shea Henefer of Moorestown, N.J., Ryan Stankoski of Mullica Hill, N.J. and Benjamin Perticari of West Deptford, N.J. finished in a tie for sixth place, each signing for an 81.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division was Tim Croyle, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a junior at Pennridge last fall, as he finished in 10^th place with an 82.

   A couple of graduates from a very competitive 12-and-under division in 2025, Helmut Dang of Newtown Square and Preston Minio of Lansdale, finished 1-2, respectively, in the 13-to-15 division.

   Dang opened his round with a birdie at the first hole and had 12 pars on his scorecard, including a run of seven straight pars from six through 12, as he claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory among the younger guys with a 4-over 74.

   Minio had 11 pars on his card, including a string of six straight pars from the fifth through the 10^th holes, as he earned runnerup honors with a 78.

   David Padgett of Barnegat, N.J. made a birdie on the 12^th hole and had eight pars on his card, closing his round with three straight pars, as he finished in third place with a 79.

   Rithvik Nimma, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a freshman at Council Rock North last fall, took fourth place with an 80 and Jackson Roy, playing close to his Marlton, N.J. home, was fifth with an 81.

   The quartet of Mark Westfall, another guy playing close to his Marlton, N.J. home, Jonah Lowenberg of Villanova, Jack Gilbert of Bryn Mawr and Lucas Solano of Vineland, N.J. finished in a tie for sixth place, each recording an 82.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division was the pair of Jason Leekley of Moorestown, N.J. and Beckett Kush of Yardley as they finished in a tie for 10^th place, each tallying an 83.

   It was a home game for Siena Cohen, a Marlton, N.J. resident, and she made a birdie on the 13^th hole and had nine pars on her scorecard to earn a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 16-to-18 division with an 84.

   It was a tight battle for the top spot as Morgan Tyhanic of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. had six pars on her card as she finished a shot behind Cohen in second place with an 85.

   Rounding out the field in the 16-to-18 division was Christina St. Pierre, who wrapped up her scholastic career at Pennsbury last fall, as she had a pair of pars on the incoming nine at Indian Spring to finish in third place with a 96.

   Mallie Heenan of Ocean City, N.J. made pars on the ninth and 13^th holes as she finished atop the leaderboard in the 13-to-15 division with a 91.

   Madison Cabot of Newtown, the reigning Player of the Year in the 13-to-15 division, had three pars on her scorecard as she finished three shots behind Heenan in second place with a 94.

   Emma Cowan of Moorestown, N.J. made a par on the third hole as she finished in third place with a 97.

   Sophia Carvalho of Downingtown took fourth place with a 101 and Molly Wagner of Newark, Del. rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as she finished fifth with a 104.

   Grayson Wright of Philadelphia had five pars on his scorecard as he bested the field of 12-and-under nine-holers with a 4-over 39.

   Brody Rollins of Milton, Del. had three pars on his card, closing out his round with back-to-back pars at the eighth and ninth holes, as he earned runnerup honors with a 41.

   Joey Charpentier of Schwenksville had four pars on his card, including a string of three straight pars at the fifth, sixth and seventh holes, as he finished a shot behind Rollins in third place with a 42.

   Caden Bartra of Yardley took fourth place with a 43, James Schneider of Penn Valley and Victor Wang of Hockessin, Del. shared fifth, each registering a 45, and Kash Gray of Eagleville finished seventh with a 46.

   Ben Cho of Chesterbrook took eighth place with a 47, Luke George of Mullica Hill, N.J. was ninth with a 48 and Alex Cheng of Wilmington, Del. rounded out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished 10^th with a 51.

   Charlotte Cabot, another member of Newtown’s Team Cabot, bested the field of 12-and-under nine-holers with a 54.

   Addison Sabatini of West Chester rounded out a short field in the girls 12-and-under division as she finished in second place with a 58.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fang, Stout share medalist honors, lead Oklahoma State to team crown in Maridoe Collegiate

 

   Oklahoma State head coach Alan Bratton trotted out the same lineup that defeated Virginia in the NCAA Championship’s Final Match at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa last spring and delivered a 12^th national title for the Cowboys in last week’s Maridoe Collegiate at the Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas.

   And wouldn’t you know it, that same lineup rolled to an 18-shot victory with an 11-over 875 total for Oklahoma State’s third team title of the wraparound 2025-2026 season and second of the spring campaign.

   Oklahoma State, the reigning Big 12 champion, came into the Maridoe Collegiate at No. 7 in the Scoreboard, powered by clipped, rankings and moved up a spot to No. 6 following its victory.

   The reality is that the team that won the national championship a year ago has done nothing but get better and more experienced, particularly when it comes to match play. If the Cowboys can figure out a way to fight their way into the match-play bracket when they return to La Costa and Carlsbad, Calif. next month, they are going to be a tough, tough out.

   It was a dominant performance by Oklahoma State on a 7,569-yard, par-72 Maridoe layout that seems to have played plenty tough, particularly in Tuesday’s final round.

   Ethan Fang, a junior from Plano, Texas and No. 8 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), and Preston Stout, a junior from Richardson, Texas and No. 3 in the WAGR, shared medalist honors as they were the only players to finish under par, each ending up with a 1-under 215 total.

   Eric Lee, a junior from Fullerton, Calif. and No. 29 in the WAGR, finished in a tie for fourth place at 1-over 217 for the Cowboys.

   Oklahoma State basically put the team chase away with an opening round of 5-under 283. The Cowboys added a 5-over 293 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to take a 14-shot lead over Big 12 rival Arizona State into Tuesday’s final round.

   Oklahoma State closed with an 11-over 299 to expand its final margin of victory over the Sun Devils to 18 shots.

   Fang had five birdies, including three straight at the 12^th, 13^th and 14^th holes against a lone bogey in an opening round of 4-under 68 that matched the low individual round of the tournament.

   He matched par in the afternoon of Monday’s double round with a 72 to take a two-shot lead over his teammate Stout going into the final round before stumbling a little with a 3-over 75 that left him at 1-under.

   Stout made a birdie at the third hole, ripped off three straight birdies at five, six and seven and added another birdie at 13 to get it to 5-under in the opening round. Closing bogeys at the 17^th and 18^th holes left him with a 3-under 69.

   Back-to-back 1-over 73s left him with a share of medalist honors with Fang at 1-under. It was Stout’s second win of the season and fifth career victory.

   Fang and Stout carried the momentum of Oklahoma State’s national championship at La Costa into the summer last year.

   Fang took a hop over the pond and became the first American since Drew Weaver in 2007 to capture the title in The Amateur Championship at Royal St. George’s Golf Club.

   It will be interesting see how well Maridoe prepares Fang for the big stage because that victory in The Amateur Championship earned him a starting time in next week’s Masters.

   Stout was the medalist in qualifying in the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif. and reached the round of 16 in match play.

   A couple of weeks later Stout delivered the point that clinched an outright victory for the United States in its 17-9 victory over Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup Match at the iconic Cypress Point Club on northern California’s Monterey Peninsula.

   Fang was also on that winning U.S. side at Cypress Point.

   Lee contributed a 2-under 70 to Oklahoma State’s fast start, added a 1-over 73 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round and closed with a 2-over 74 to get a share of fourth place with Alabama’s William Jennings, a sophomore from Greenville, S.C. and No. 59 in the WAGR, each ending up at 1-over.

   Lee has established some pretty strong match-play chops of his own. All he did at La Costa last spring was pull out the clinching point in both the Cowboys’ semifinal victory over Mississippi and again in the Final Match against Virginia.

   In August, Lee reached the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club before falling to eventual champion Mason Howell, the talented teen from Thomasville, Ga.

   Oklahoma State’s other victory this spring came in the Cabo Collegiate, which wrapped up March 3^rd at the Twin Dolphin Club in Los Cabos, Mexico. Stout ran away with the individual title by seven shots to lead the way for the Cowboys.

   Hoping to get a chance to see Fang, Stout and Lee in action this summer when the U.S. Amateur comes to our backyard in Philadelphia at Merion Golf Club’s historic East Course in the Ardmore section of Haverford Township.

   Arizona State, which maintained its No. 9 spot in the Scoreboard rankings, earned runnerup honors with a 29-over 893 total.

   After opening with a 4-over 292, the Sun Devils added a 10-over 298 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 303.

   Arizona State was led by freshman Bowen Mauss, the bomber from Draper, Utah who finished among a trio tied for eighth place at 4-over 220. After opening with a 3-over 75, Mauss added a 1-under 71 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 2-over 74.

   Arizona State advanced to the NCAA Championship last spring by finishing in second place as the top seed in the Bremerton Regional, but never really got it going at La Costa.

   Baylor, another Big 12 entry, and host North Texas, playing out of the American Athletic Conference, outperformed their rankings by finishing in third and fourth place, respectively.

   The Bears only trailed Oklahoma State by six shots following an opening round of 1-over 289, but struggled to a 309 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 299 that left them in third place with a 33-over 897 total.

   Baylor got a couple of top-10 finishes individually as Alex Heard, a junior from Boca Raton, Fla., finished in sixth place with a 2-over 218 and Jonas Appel, a senior from Encinitas, Calif. joined Arizona State’s Mauss and Texas Rio Grande Valley’s Jorge Martin Sampedro, a freshman from Spain, in the trio tied for eighth place at 4-over 220.

   Heard opened with a solid 1-under 71 and added a 2-over 74 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 1-over 73.

   After opening with a 1-over 73, Appel added a 4-over 76 in the afternoon of  Monday’s double round before closing with a solid 1-under 71.

   Baylor was No. 94 in the Scoreboard rankings following its solid showing in the Maridoe Collegiate.

   The Mean Green added a 7-over 295 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to their opening-round 299 before closing with a 305 as they finished two shots behind Baylor in fourth place with a 35-over 899 total.

   North Texas was a spot ahead of Baylor at No. 93 in the Scoreboard rankings in the aftermath of the Maridoe Collegiate.

   Oklahoma State’s ancient in-state rival, Oklahoma, finished five shots behind North Texas in fifth place with a 40-over 904 total.

   The two teams are no longer Big 12 rivals with the Sooners’ move to the Southeastern Conference in the fall of 2024. The rivalry between the two schools might be its most intense in men’s golf and the golf gods gave us an Oklahoma State-Oklahoma matchup in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship last spring at La Costa, the Cowboys winning the match on their way to the national title.

   Oklahoma opened with a solid 1-over 289 in the Maridoe Collegiate, but struggled after that as the Sooners added a 311 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 304.

   Oklahoma was led Ryder Cowan, a senior home boy from Edmond, Okla. and No. 27 in the WAGR who finished in third place in the individual standings, a shot behind Oklahoma State’s Fang and Stout with an even-par 216 total.

   Cowan matched Fang’s opening round of 4-under 68 and struggled a little with a 4-over 76 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before matching par in the final round with a 72.

   Alabama, one of Oklahoma’s SEC rivals, finished three shots behind the Sooners in sixth place in the 13-team field with a 43-over 907 total.

   The Crimson Tide, who dropped a spot in the Scoreboard rankings from No. 16 to No. 17 following the Maridoe Collegiate, opened with an 11-over 299 and added a 302 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 306.

   Jennings led the way for Alabama as he added a solid 2-under 70 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his opening round of 2-over 74 before closing with a 73 to get a share of fourth place with Oklahoma State’s Lee at 1-over.

   It was a disappointing end to the wraparound 2024-’25 season for Alabama last spring as the Crimson Tide failed to advance to the NCAA Championship as a three seed in the Reno Regional.

   Backing up the trio of Fang, Stout and Lee for Oklahoma State was Gaven Lane, a junior from Argyle, Texas and No. 79 in the WAGR, as he finished alone in 24^th place with a 228 total.

   Lane added a 3-over 75 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his opening-round 76 before closing with a 77.

   Rounding out the Oklahoma State lineup was Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson, a sophomore from Sweden who finished among the group tied for 29^th place at 231. After opening with a 4-over 76, Fahlberg-Johnsson added a 78 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before finishing up with a 77.

   Also in the group at 231 was Oklahoma State’s Collin Bond, a redshirt freshman from Norman, Okla. who was competing as an individual. Bond opened with a solid 1-over 73, but struggled a little after that, adding a 78 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with an 80.

   Boston College’s Markus Lam, a junior from Hong Kong, finished alone in seventh place with a 3-over 219 total. After opening with a solid 2-under 70, Lam added a 1-over 73 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 76.

   The Eagles, an Atlantic Coast Conference representative, finished last of the 13 teams with a 67-over 931 total.

   Rounding out the trio tied for eighth place at 4-over was UTRGV’s Martin Sampedro as he bounced back from an opening round of 6-over 78 with a 2-under 70 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before matching par in the final round with a 72.

   UTRGV, which plays out of the Southland Conference, finished in seventh place in the team standings with a 50-over 914 total.

   Sophomore Nick Gross, the 2021 Pennsylvania champion in Class AAA as a sophomore at Downingtown West, was in the lineup for Alabama and finished among a trio tied for 57^th place with a 237 total.

   Gross struggled at Maridoe as he opened with a 6-over 78 and added a 79 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with an 80.

   Alabama has one more regular-season tournament, the Mossy Oak Collegiate, hosted by SEC rival Mississippi State in West Point, Miss. April 13 and 14.

   That will be the final tuneup for the Crimson Tide before the SEC Championship tees off April 22 at the Sea Island Resort on St. Simons Island, Ga.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keba captures individual title, helps Drexel rally past Penn to claim team crown in Columbia Invitational at Rolling Green

 

   Coming off trips to two of the most popular golf destinations on the West Coast, West Philadelphia neighbors Drexel and Penn hooked up in Delaware County Monday at the William Flynn gem that is Rolling Green Golf Club and a late rally by the Dragons gave them a three-shot victory over the Quakers in the Columbia Spring Invitational, a one-day 36-hole shootout.

   Google maps says it’s 19 miles from Penn’s campus to Rolling Green, but that’s taking you down to I-95 and up the Blue Route. Pretty sure if you just zipped out Walnut Street, went through 69^th Street and hooked a right on Township Line Road, it would be 15 miles max.

   Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Rolling Green was preparing to host the 2016 U.S. Women’s Amateur, a championship that produced at least four major champions on the LPGA Tour in the ensuing decade.

   Penn’s Ivy League rival Columbia has hosted this event in the late March-early April time frame in recent years and players have often been met with some dicey early spring weather. But the field caught a pretty good day to play 36 Monday, albeit with enough March wind to keep scores pretty high over the challenging 6,818-yard, par-70 layout with those always tricky Flynn greens.

   Drexel, which plays out of the Coastal Athletic Association, trailed Penn by three shots following the morning round as the Quakers opened with a 15-over-par 295 while the Dragons were at 18-over 298.

   But the Dragons, getting a 1-under 69 from individual champion John Keba, a junior who was a scholastic standout at Allentown Central Catholic, closed with a 12-over 292 in the afternoon for a 30-over 590 total.

   It was the second team title of the wraparound 2025-2026 season for Drexel under first-year coach Scott Yurgalevicz as the Dragons also won locally last fall in the Temple Invitational at The 1912 Club. At No. 175 in the Scoreboard, powered by clippd, rankings, Drexel was the highest-ranked team in the field

   Penn finished up with an 18-over 298 in the afternoon to earn runnerup honors with a 33-over 593 total.

   Keba had opened with a 3-over 73, but his strong finish enabled him to overtake teammate Caleb Taylor, a senior from Woodbine, Md., for the individual title with Keba’s 1-under 69 giving him a 2-over 142 total.

   Taylor had opened with a 1-under 69, matching the low individual round of the day, before closing with a 4-over 74 that left him a shot behind Keba in second place with a 3-over 143 total.

   Drexel had a third top-10 finisher in senior Kevin Lydon, who starred scholastically at Central Bucks West and qualified for last summer’s U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif., as Lydon finished among a group of five players tied for 10^th place at 9-over 149.

   Lydon, coming off a strong showing in the UC San Diego Invitational at the Torrey Pines Golf Course’s North Course in San Diego, Calif. a week earlier, added a 3-over 73 in the afternoon Monday to his opening-round 76.

   Penn was led by Hayden Adams, a junior from Lexington, Ky. who finished two shots behind Taylor in third place in the individual standings with a 5-over 145 total.

   Adams, coming off a runnerup finish in a tough field that gathered for the Bandon Dunes Championship at the Bandon Dunes Resort’s Pacific Dunes Course on the rugged Oregon coastline in early March, was only two shots behind Taylor following an opening round of 1-over 71 before adding a 4-over 74 in the afternoon.

   Max Fonseca, a junior from Miami, Fla., gave the Quakers a second finisher inside the top five as he added a 3-over 73 in the afternoon to his opening-round 74 that left him among a group of four players tied for fifth place at 7-over 147.

   Manhattan, a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference representative, finished 10 shots behind Penn in third place with a 603 total. The Jaspers struggled in the opening round with a 309 before bouncing back with a 14-over 294 in the afternoon.

   Manhattan was led by Cabell Faulkner, a sophomore from Potomac, Md. who joined Penn’s Fonseca, Fordham’s A.J. DePaolo, a junior from Cheshire, Conn. competing as an individual, and Maryland’s Armond Papaziani, a senior from France competing as an individual, as they comprised the quartet tied for fifth place at 7-over.

   Faulkner opened with a solid 2-over 72 before adding a 75 in the afternoon.

   Manhattan had another top-10 finisher as Aidan Talent, a sophomore from Canada, added a solid 1-over 71 in the afternoon to his opening-round 78 to join the quintet tied for 10^th place at 9-over.

   Fordham, an Atlantic 10 representative, Le Moyne, a Northeast Conference entry, and Siena, one of Manhattan’s MAAC rivals, finished in a tie for fourth place, each ending up a shot behind Manhattan with a 44-over 604 total.

   The Rams recorded back-to-back 302s.

   They were led by Luke Brower, a junior from Middlebury, Conn. who finished a shot behind Penn’s Adams in fourth place with a 6-over 146. Brower opened with a 1-over 71 before adding a 75 in the afternoon.

   Liam Howard, a junior from Leesburg, Va., ended up in the group tied for 10^th place for Fordham as he bounced back from an opening round of 8-over 78 with a solid 71 in the afternoon.

   DePaolo may have earned himself some consideration for a spot in Fordham’s first five by finishing in the quartet tied for fifth place at 7-over while competing as an individual. DePaolo added a 2-over 72 in the afternoon to his opening-round 75.

   The Dolphins of Le Moyne bounced back from an opening-round 309 with a 15-over 295 in Monday afternoon’s second round. The Saints of Siena opened with a 306 before adding an 18-over 298 in the afternoon.

   Saint Joseph’s had an even shorter route to Rolling Green as City Line Avenue just turns into Township Line Road in Delaware County.

   The Hawks, one of Fordham’s A-10 rivals, finished in a tie for eighth place in the 12-team field with host Columbia and Lafayette, a Patriot League entry, each landing on 49-over 609. St. Joe’s added a 305 in the afternoon to its opening-round 304.

   Backing up the trio of Keba, Taylor and Lydon for Drexel was sophomore John Stevenson, a scholastic standout at La Salle and a back-to-back winner of the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s Junior Boys’ Championship in 2023 and 2024, as he finished among the group tied for 42^nd place with a 16-over 156 total.

   Stevenson added a 6-over 76 in the afternoon to his opening-round 80.

   Rounding out the Drexel lineup was sophomore Nathan Guertler, who starred scholastically at Haddon Heights, as he finished in the trio tied for 64^th place with a 163 total. Guertler added an 81 in Monday afternoon’s second round to his opening-round 82.

   Drexel was coming off a solid fourth-place finish in the UC San Diego Invitational, which wrapped up March 24^th at Torrey Pines, home of a regular PGA Tour stop, with a 7-under 857 total.

   Lydon led the way as he finished in a tie for 11^th place with a 5-under 211 total. Keba and Taylor also had top-20 finishes at Torrey Pines as they finished in the group tied for 20^th place at 2-under 214. 

   Maryland, out of the Atlantic Coast Conference, didn’t field a full team at Rolling Green, but sent several individuals.

   Papaziani was one of those players and he matched par in the afternoon with a 70 after opening with a 77 to join the quartet tied for fifth place at 7-over.

   Merrimack’s Rafli Sati, a senior from Indonesia, finished alone in ninth place with an 8-over 148 total as he opened with a solid 2-over 72 and added a 76 in the afternoon.

   The Warriors, another MAAC representative, finished in 11^th place with a 66-over 626 total.

   Rounding out the quintet tied for 10^th place at 9-over was a pair of Lafayette players, junior Winston Kelenc-Blank, who played scholastically at Peddie School and Choate Rosemary Hall, and Viktor Kofod-Olsen, a freshman from the United Arab Emirates who competed as an individual.

   Kelenc-Blank, who regularly appeared on Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour leaderboards as a junior player, opened with a 3-over 73 before adding a 76 in the afternoon. Kofod-Olsen opened with a 4-over 74 and added a 75 in the afternoon.

   Lafayette shared eighth place with Saint Joseph’s and Columbia with a 49-over 609 total.

   Backing up Adams and Fonseca for Penn was Wesley Hu, a sophomore from Suwanee, Ga. as he finished among the group tied for 22^nd place with an 11-over 151 total. Hu opened with a 2-over 73 before adding a 78 in the afternoon.

   Henry Chen, a freshman from Hillsborough, Calif., finished in the group tied for 34^th place at 154 for the Quakers as he bounced back from an opening-round 81 with a 3-over 73 in Monday afternoon’s second round.

   Rounding out the Penn lineup was Kayden Wang, a freshman from San Diego, Calif. who finished in the group tied for 60^th place at 162 as opened with a 7-over 77 before adding an 85 in the afternoon

   Adams has had a really strong spring for Penn, highlighted by his runnerup finish in the Bandon Dunes Championship, which wrapped up March 10^th at the Tom Doak-designed Pacific Dunes Course at Bandon.

   Adams closed with a sizzling 7-under 65 to end up with an 8-under 205 total.

   He led Penn to a final round of 7-under 281 that left the Quakers in 10^th place in a tough 15-team field with a 17-over 869 total.

   Penn opened its spring campaign by finishing in a tie for 13^th place in a 20-team field in the Loyola Intercollegiate, which wrapped up Feb. 17^th at Palm Valley Golf Club in Goodyear, Ariz., with a 4-over 868 total.

   Adams led the way for Quakers at Palm Valley as well as he finished in a tie for 22^nd place with a 4-under 212 total.

   Saint Joseph’s was led by its pair of talented freshmen, George Williamson Jr. of Sykesville, Md. and Michael Henry Jr., who was one of the top performers in the tough Inter-Ac League during his scholastic career at Malvern Prep.

   Williamson, who is having a good spring, added a 5-over 75 in the afternoon to his opening-round 76 to finish among the group tied for 22^nd place with an 11-over 151 total.

   Henry was in a trio of players tied for 29^th place at 12-over 152 as posted a pair of 6-over 76s at Rolling Green.

   Junior Noah Moelter, who finished in a tie for sixth place in the PIAA Class AAA Championship as a senior at Central Bucks South in 2022, and senior Christian Matt, a two-time PIAA Class AAA qualifier during an outstanding scholastic career at Wissahickon, finished among the group tied for 34^th place at 154 for St. Joe’s.

   Moelter opened with a 5-over 75 before adding a 79 in Monday afternoon’s second round. Matt had the opposite splits, rebounding from an opening-round 79 with a 5-over 75 in the afternoon.

   Junior Kevin Lafond, a PIAA Class AAA Championship qualifier as a senior with Catholic League power La Salle in 2022, rounded out the Saint Joseph’s lineup as he opened with a 7-over 77 and added an 83 in the afternoon to finish in a tie for 56^th place with a 160 total.

   Freshman Ian Natale, another product of the La Salle scholastic program, competed as an individual for Saint Joseph’s and added an 82 in the afternoon to his opening-round 85 to finish in 68^th place with a 167 total.

   Natale and Drexel’s Stevenson were in the lineup for the Explorers when they were the runnerup in the PIAA Class AAA team chase in 2023.