Galucci matches par at Southmoore to claim a weather-shortened Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Emmett Galucci of Cresco got it around the outgoing nine at Southmoore Golf Course in Bath, Northampton County in even-par 36 to capture a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division July 10^th.

   There was a lot of rain around that Friday, more in some places, less in others, but it looks like it limited that Philly Junior Tour players to nine holes in the boys and girls divisions and the nine-holers were only able to get in four holes.

   Galucci made a birdie on the fourth hole and had seven pars on his scorecard, twice making three pars in a row at one, two and three to open his round and again at seven, eight and nine to finish up his round.

   Lucas Keysock of Schwenksville had seven pars on his card, closing out his round with six straight pars, as he earned runnerup honors with a 2-over 38.

   Cooper Aspen, a senior on the Southern Lehigh golf team, had six pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Keysock in third place with a 3-over 39.

   The trio of Tim Croyle, a senior on the Pennridge golf team, Jack Ferm, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a junior at Garnet Valley last fall, and Cole Eckenroth, a junior on the York Suburban golf team, shared fourth place, each ending up a shot behind Aspen with a 40.

   Joey Solt, a junior on the Palmerton golf team, and Braydon Dolan, a senior on the Springfield golf team, shared seventh place, each posting a 40. Solt was coming off a Philly Junior Tour victory a day earlier at Woodstone Country Club.

   Tucker Dempsey, a Philadelphia resident and a junior on the Episcopal Academy golf team, took ninth place with a 42 and Jaxon Law of Souderton and Sahil Manjeshwar, another Philly guy, finished in a tie for 10^th, each tallying a 45.

   Rounding out the field in the 16-to-18 division was Kyle Talley of Springfield as he finished in 12^th place with a 60.

   Mason Kim of Blue Bell also matched par with a 36 on Southmoore’s outgoing nine to capture a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division.

   Kim registered back-to-back birdies at the fourth and fifth holes, added another bogey at eight and had three pars on his scorecard.

   Henry Small of Berwyn made a birdie at the fourth hole and had six pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Kim in second place with a 1-over 37.

   Aiden Jose of Brick, N.J. made birdies at the sixth and eighth holes and had four pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Small in third place with a 2-over 38.

   Jack Gilbert of Bryn Mawr took fourth place with a 39, Sam Nelligan, an incoming freshman at Boyertown, was fifth with a 40 and Chase Fogli of Wayne finished sixth with a 41.

   Connor Bates of Schwenksville, Lucas Shank of West Chester and Jonah Lowenberg of Villanova shared seventh place, each posting a 42.

   James Keegan of Newtown and Auggie Furlong, a Phoenixville resident and a sophomore on the golf team at The Hill School, rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as each recorded a 43 to finish in a tie for 10^th place.

   Alexa Mcelwain of Schwenksville made a par on the eighth hole on her way to a 48 as she earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 13-to-15 division. It was the second straight Philly Junior Tour victory for Mcelwain as she earned a win a day earlier at Woodstone.

   Nazareth’s Team Soporowski, Natalie Soporowski and Lindsay Soporowski, rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division, finishing in second and third place, respectively. Natalie Soporowski had a par on the fourth hole on her way to a 51 that earned her runnerup honors and Lindsay Soporowski was third with a 58.

   Jace Collins of Spring Brook Township and Sid Joshi of Coopersburg finished in a tie atop the leaderboard among the boys 12-and-under nine-holers, each signing for a 1-over 17 for four holes.

   Collins made birdies at the second and fourth holes around a par at three. Joshi made three straight pars at the second, third and fourth holes.

   Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr opened his round with back-to-back pars at the first and second holes as he finished two shots behind Collins and Joshi with a 3-over 19.

   Leonardo Rossi of Ambler took fourth place with a 20 and Kash Gray of Eagleville rounded out the field in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished fifth with a 22.

   Gray had been on a heater in the days before the stop at Southmoore as he had wins in a Nine-Hole Series event at DuPont Country Club’s Montchanin Nine July 6^th, at Medford Lakes Country Club July 8^th and at Woodstone a day earlier.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solt feels right at home on his way to a Philly Junior Tour victory at Woodstone

 

   Joey Solt, a junior on the Palmerton golf team, matched par with a 72 at Woodstone Country Club in Danielsville, Northampton County to claim a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division July 9^th.

   It was basically a home game for Solt, a Kunkletown resident, and he put together a really solid round, opening with a birdie at the first hole and finishing up with a birdie at 18. In between he had 14 pars on his scorecard, rattling off 13 straight pars from the second through the 14^th holes.

   Solt toured the outgoing nine at Woodstone in 1-under 35.

   Joey Bilotta, who wrapped up his scholastic career at Boyertown last fall, got off to a fast start with back-to-back birdies at the second and third holes, added birdies at 14 and 17 and had eight pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors with a 3-over 75.

   Charles Ball of West Chester made a birdie on the ninth hole and had 12 pars on his card, including a string of seven pars in a row from two through eight, as he finished in third place with a 4-over 76.

   Mason Matlack of Boyertown, Tucker Dempsey, a Philadelphia resident and a junior on the Episcopal Academy golf team, and Cooper Aspen, a senior on the Southern Lehigh golf team, shared fourth place, each posting a 77.

   Jack Ferm, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a junior at Garnet Valley finished alone in seventh place with a 78.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division was the trio of Braydon Dolan, a senior on the Springfield golf team, Brayden Hughes of Hockessin, Del. and Ty Miller, a senior on the State College golf team, all of whom signed for a 79.

   Brody Campell, a Plymouth Meeting resident and a sophomore on the Malvern Prep golf team, matched Solt’s even-par 72 to earn a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division.

   Campbell made a birdie on the sixth hole and then really got it going on the incoming nine with birdies at 12, 14 and 17. He also had 10 pars on his scorecard, finishing his round with five straight pars while touring the back at Woodstone in 1-under 35.

   Sam Whitehouse of Pottstown opened his round with a birdie at the first hole and finished up the front nine with another birdie at nine. He had 11 pars on his card, rattling off eight straight pars from the 10^th through the 17^th holes, as he earned runnerup honors among the younger guys with a solid 4-over 76.

   Mason Kim of Blue Bell had 11 pars on his card as he finished in third place with a 79.

   Henry Small of Berwyn took fourth place with an 80, Benjamin Lear of West Chester was fifth with an 81 and the foursome of M.J. Nestor of Greenville, Del., Jonah Lowenberg of Villanova, Chase Schmidt of Waterford, N.J. and Sam Nelligan, an incoming freshman at Boyertown, finished in a tie for sixth, each signing for an 82.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division were Thomas Airoldi of Bryn Mawr and Lucas Shank of West Chester as they finished in a tie for 10^th place, each recording an 83.

   The best score of the day among the girls came out of the 13-to-15 division as Alexa Mcelwain of Schnecksville had three pars on Woodstone’s incoming nine on her way to a Philly Junior Tour victory with a 95.

   Mae Racowski of Newtown Square rounded out a short field in the 13-to-15 division as she finished in second place with a 116.

   Kallista Spence of Phoenixville was the lone entry in the 16-to-18 division and she finished up her round with a par at the 18^th hole to register a 110.

   A red-hot Kash Gray of Eagleville bested the field of 12-and-under nine-holers for the third time in four days as he made a birdie at the seventh hole and had four pars on his scorecard on his way to a 3-over 39.

   Gray had claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory a day earlier at Medford Lakes Country Club and was the winner July 6^th in a Nine-Hole Series event at DuPont Country Club’s Montchanin nine.

   Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr had four pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors with a 42.

   Sid Joshi of Coopersburg finished up his round with a birdie at the ninth hole and had two pars on his card as he finished in third place with a 45.

   Leonardo Rossi of Ambler took fourth place with a 49, Andrew Winkler of Macungie was fifth with a 51 and Mason Freeborn of Reading rounded out the field in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished sixth with a 55.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salesianum's Rittereiser puts together steady round at Medford Lakes to claim Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Robert Rittereiser, coming off his freshman season on the Salesianum golf team in the spring, carded a solid 1-over-par 72 at Medford Lakes Country Club to claim a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division July 8^th.

   Rittereiser made birdies at the fifth and eighth holes and had 13 pars on his scorecard, twice rattling off four straight pars from one through four and again from 10 through 13. He toured the outgoing nine at Medford Lakes in 1-under 34.

   Ravi Gohel of Mount Laurel, N.J. finished up his round with a birdie at the 18^th hole and had 13 pars on his card, including a string of eight straight pars from eight through 15, as he earned runnerup honors with a 3-over 74.

   David Watts of Haddonfield, N.J. made a birdie on the seventh hole and had 11 pars on his card, including a run of five straight pars from 11 through 15, as he finished in third place with a 5-over 76.

   Benjamin Perticari of West Deptford, N.J. took fourth place with a 77, Vaughn Smartt of Bryn Mawr and John Hoffman of Marlton, N.J. shared fifth, each tallying a 79, and Connor Holland of Churchville was seventh with an 80.

   Max Petrakis, another Marlton, N.J. guy, and Sy Kavitsky, a junior on the Neshaminy golf team, shared eighth place, each signing for an 81, and Jack Forstein of Moorestown, N.J. rounded out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division as he finished 10^th with an 83.

   Bobby Stefanski of Newtown Square and Rayan Shah, a Newtown resident who helped George School capture the Friends Schools League crown as a sophomore in the spring, shared the top spot in the 13-to-15 division, each registering a 2-over 73.

   Stefanski made back-to-back birdies at the 12^th and 13^th holes and had 12 pars on his scorecard, stringing together eight straight pars from four through 11. Shah made a birdie at the 12^th hole and had 14 pars in his steady round, including a run of seven straight pars from three through nine.

   Sam Whitehouse of Pottstown and Lucas Solano of Vineland, N.J. finished two shots behind Stefanski and Shah in a tie for third place, each posting a 4-over 75.

   Whitehouse made birdies at the first, third, ninth and 18^th holes and had seven pars on his card. After making a birdie at the eighth hole, Lucas Solano went back-to-back with birdies at 11 and 12 and had eight pars on his card with a pair of streaks of four straight pars from four through seven and again from 14 through 17.

   Jack Gilbert of Bryn Mawr took fifth place with a 76, Brooks Buerhaus of Bel Air, Md. and Gavin McLane of Wyncote shared sixth, each carding a 77, and David Padgett of Barnegat, N.J. and Parker Kriews of Manahawkin, N.J. finished in a tie for eighth, each recording a 79.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division was Dean Matta of West Grove as he finished in 10^th place with an 80.

   The best score of the day among the girls came out of the 13-to-15 division as Emma Cowan of Moorestown, N.J. had nine pars on her scorecard on her way to a Philly Junior Tour victory with an 86.

   Hailey Cousins of Port Republic, N.J. went back-to-back with birdies at the 15^th and 16^th holes and had six pars on her card as she finished a shot behind Cowan in second place with an 87.

   Naaya Patel, another Moorestown, N.J. entry, made pars on the third and 11^th holes as she finished in third place with a 99.

   Gigi Lake of Newtown took fourth place with a 103, Mackenzie Lim of Harleysville was fifth with a 108, and Kyla Fuente of Medford, N.J. and Sonia Rosenman, another Moorestown, N.J. entry, rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as they finished in a tie for sixth, each tallying a 112.

   Morgan Tyhanic of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. finished at the top of the leaderboard in the 16-to-18 division as she had nine pars on her scorecard on her way to an 87.

   Madison Gibson of Cinnaminson, N.J. and Christina St. Pierre, who wrapped up her scholastic career at Pennsbury last fall, finished in a tie for second place, each signing for a 97.

   Gibson made a birdie on the 17^th hole and had three pars on her card. St. Pierre made a birdie on the sixth hole and a par at 13.

   Rounding out the field in the 16-to-18 division was Emily Renouf, another Cinnaminson, N.J. gal, as she finished in fourth place with a 106.

   Kash Gray of Eagleville, coming off a victory in a Nine-Hole Series event two days earlier at DuPont Country Club’s Montchanin nine, made birdies at the fourth, sixth and seventh holes and had four pars on his scorecard as he bested the field of 12-and-under nine-holers with a sparkling 1-under 34.

   Chase Venne of Moorestown, N.J. had six pars on his card, including three straight pars at the first, second and third holes to open his round, as he earned runnerup honors with a 3-over 38.

   Damien Dollard of Cinnaminson, N.J., the Philly Junior Tour’s Player of the Year in the boys 12-and-under division in 2025, had five pars on his card as he finished in third place, a shot behind Venne with a 39.

   Caleb Solano, another member of Team Solano out of Vineland, N.J., took fourth place with a 44, Crew Schiemer of Ocean View, N.J. was fifth with a 49 and Kamran Patel, another member of Team Patel out of Moorestown, N.J., rounded out the field in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished in sixth place with a 52.

   Sydney Lim, another member of Harleysville’s Team Lim, was the lone entry in the girls 12-and-under division and posted a 58.