O'Hara's DeMarco a Philly Junior Tour winner for a second time this spring at Chesapeake Bay

 

   Matt DeMarco, a junior on the Cardinal O’Hara golf team, put together a solid 2-over-par 74 at Chesapeake Bay Golf Club in Rising Sun, Md. to claim a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division Sunday.

   It was chilly and breezy, but downright balmy compared to the conditions the Philly Junior Tour golfers faced Saturday at Honeybrook Golf Club in the northwest corner of Chester County.

   It was the second Philly Junior Tour victory of the young season for DeMarco as he prevailed in less-than-ideal conditions in the season opener March 7^th at Five Ponds Golf Club.

   DeMarco made birdies at the seventh, 11^th, 15^th and 17^th holes and had nine pars on his scorecard in a solid effort at Chesapeake Bay.

   Luke McGraw, a junior at State College who has qualified for the PIAA Class AAA Championship in each of the last two falls, made birdies at the sixth, eighth, ninth and 12^th holes and had 10 pars on his scorecard, including five straight pars to start his round, as he finished a shot behind DeMarco in second place with a 3-over 75.

   It looked like McGraw was going to run away with the victory as his birdie at the 12^th hole got him to 4-under for his round, but he cooled off a little down the stretch.

   Luke Ladrido, a classmate of McGraw’s on the State College golf team, and Frank Kunze, a sophomore on the Garnet Valley golf team, finished in a tie for third place, each landing on 5-over 77.

   Luke Ladrido had 13 pars on his card, grinding out seven straight pars to close out his round. Kunze made birdies at the sixth, eighth, ninth and 14^th holes and had six pars on his card.

   Luke Ladrido’s twin brother Charlie, also a junior on the State College golf team, and Billy Nikolaidis, a sophomore on the Muhlenberg golf team, shared fifth place, each signing for an 80.

   McGraw and the Ladrido twins were three of the five players in the State College lineup as the Little Lions finished in a tie for second place with Radnor in the PIAA Class AAA team chase, a shot behind state champion Unionville, last fall at Penn State’s Blue Course.

   Nicholas Fargnoli of Mickleton, N.J. and Ben Pifer of Wyoming, Del. shared seventh place, each posting an 81 and Josh Mohn, a junior on the St. Mark’s golf team, finished alone in ninth with an 82. Scholastic golf in Delaware is played in the spring and the season is just getting under way.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division were Anthony Beach of Westville, N.J. and Brayden Hughes of Hockessin, Del. as they finished in a tie for 10^th place, each tallying an 83.

   Evan Smith, playing not far from his Elkton, Md. home, made birdies on the second, ninth and 14^th holes and had 10 pars on his scorecard, including four straight pars to finish up his round, as he took top honors in the 13-to-15 division with a 3-over 75.

   Smith was coming off a tie for second place a day earlier in the brutal cold and wind at Honeybrook.

   Preston Minio of Lansdale, one of the many talented 12-and-under nine-holers from a year ago who have moved into the ranks of the 18-holers, made birdies on the ninth and 11^th holes and had nine pars on his card as he finished three shots behind Smith in second place with a 6-over 78.

   Taimoor Naseem, the talented 13-year-old from Sinking Spring, made birdies on the 10^th and 12^th holes and had six pars on his card as he finished in third place with an 82.

   Naseem had the best score of the day in either of the 18-hole boys divisions in the bitter cold Saturday at Honeybrook.

   Helmut Dang of Newtown Square took fourth place with an 83, Dean Matta of West Grove was fifth with an 84 and Camden Blevins, a sophomore on the Garnet Valley golf team, finished sixth with an 85.

   Connor Masulis of Pottstown and Brooks Buerhaus of Bel Air, Md. shared seventh place, each registering an 86, and Ethan Clouser, a freshman at La Salle and a Newtown resident, and Ben Meixell, a Wilmington, Del. resident whose freshman season at Salesianum is just getting under way, rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as they finished in a tie for ninth, each carding an 87.

   The best score among the girls emerged from the 13-to-15 division as Ella Buerhaus of Abingdon, Md. had three pars on her scorecard to earn a Philly Junior Tour victory with a 94.

   Alexa Mcelwain of Schnecksville rounded out a short field in the 13-to-15 division as she made back-to-back pars on the sixth and seventh holes on her way to a 100 that earned her a runnerup finish.

   Brooke Burge of Middletown, Del. made birdies on the sixth and 10^th holes and had three pars on her scorecard as she claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division with a 97.

   A couple of players from Towson, Md. rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as Isabel Knott finished in second place with a 103 and Hadley Clark was third with a 108.

   Knott had two pars on her card and Clark made a birdie on the sixth hole and a par at 11.

   Connor Michaels of Lancaster made birdies on the sixth and eighth holes and a par at nine as he bested the field of 12-and-under nine-holers with a 6-over 42.

   Dillon Tierney of Marlton, N.J. had three pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors with a 43 that left him a shot behind Michaels.

   Victor Wang of Hockessin, Del. and Alex Cheng of Wilmington, Del. finished in a tie for third place, each signing for a 45. Wang had three pars on his card and Cheng had back-to-back pars on the eighth and ninth holes.

   A couple more Wilmington, Del. guys, Chris Pilcher and Julian Kelley, finished in a tie for fifth place, each recording a 51, and Landon Post of Lincoln University rounded out the field in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished seventh with a 52.

   Aashi Chakraborty of Kennett Square was the lone entry in the girls 12-and-under division and she made back-to-back pars at the fifth and sixth holes on her way to a 47.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Naseem overcomes harsh conditions at Honeybrook to cruise to a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   The cold-weather gear was required with temperatures in the northwest corner of Chester County barely reaching the 40s and a cruel March wind consistently blowing 20 mph with higher gusts.

   But give the intrepid kids who play the Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour credit. They came out in force Saturday at Honeybrook Golf Club and some of them played pretty darn well on a day when just finishing was an accomplishment in itself.

   Take for instance, Taimoor Naseem, a talented 13-year-old from Sinking Spring who had the best round of the day among the guys with a 1-over-par 66 that gave him a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division.

   The 18-hole divisions only played 17 holes as the par-5 fourth hole at Honeybrook remains out of commission. This time last year I guessed that the hole was closed because some kind of offseason renovation wasn’t quite completed.

   I’ve heard since then there is some kind of property dispute with one of Honeybrook’s neighbors that might be making its way through the courts.

   Naseem, seemingly unbothered by the cold and wind, made a birdie on the 16^th hole and had 14 pars on his scorecard, making pars on 10 of the first 12 holes he played.

   Evan Smith of Elkton, Md. and Ryan Agan, a freshman on the Oxford golf team, finished four shots behind Naseem in a tie for second place, each posting a 5-over 70.

   Smith had 13 pars on his card, including eight straight pars to finish out his round. Agan made a birdie at the seventh hole and had 10 pars on his card as he toured the outgoing eight holes in even-par 30.

   Luciano Follo of Newtown Square and Carter Bove, a 12-year-old from Kennett Square, shared fourth place, each signing for a 75, Benjamin Lear of West Chester was sixth with a 76 and Declan Mayo of Chadds Ford and Mason Arnold of Ambler finished in a tie for seventh, each recording a 77.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division were Nolan Sweigart of Lancaster and Charlie Orio of Downingtown as they finished in a tie for ninth place, each tallying a 79.

   Alex Hoskins, a sophomore on the State College golf team, made a road trip from central Pennsylvania pay off with a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division with a 6-over 71.

   Hoskins made birdies on the second and 14^th holes and had eight pars on his scorecard.

   Ian Larsen, a junior on the Downingtown West golf team, and Joey Bilotta, who wrapped up is scholastic career at Boyertown last fall, finished a shot behind Hoskins in a tie for second place, each registering a 7-over 72.

   Larsen was a PIAA Class AAA qualifier as a sophomore in the fall of 2024 when he finished in a tie for second place in the District One Class AAA Championship at Turtle Creek Golf Course, but came up short of a return trip to states last fall. Larsen has always played well in the Philly Junior Tour stop at Honeybrook and had 11 pars on his card this time around.

   Bilotta made a birdie on the third hole and had nine pars on his card.

   Colby Seislove, who wrapped up his scholastic career at Spring-Ford by qualifying for the District One Class AAA Championship last fall, and Pierce Drake, a junior on the Downingtown East golf team, finished in a tie for fourth place, each carding a 73.

   Brady Morris, a junior on the Governor Mifflin golf team, took sixth place with a 74, Jack Yantosh, a junior on the Garnet Valley golf team, was seventh with a 75 and Michael Liu, a Garnet Valley resident whose senior season at Archmere Academy is just getting under way, finished eighth with a 79.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division were Shane Cornell, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a junior on the Avon Grove golf team last fall, and Joey Gangemi Jr., who wrapped his scholastic career at Downingtown East last fall, as they finished in a tie for ninth place, each posting an 82.

   The best score among the girls also came out of the younger 13-to-15 division as Noor Mehta, who came up just short of earning a trip to the state tournament as a freshman at Council Rock North last fall, carded a 1-over 66 to earn a Philly Junior Tour victory.

   Mehta made birdies on the 12^th and 17^th holes and had 12 pars on her scorecard. Seven of those pars came on the outgoing eight holes, which Mehta toured in 1-over 31.

   Raegan Young of Middletown and Molly Wagner of Newark, Del. shared second place, each ending up with a 79.

   Young made birdies on the 12^th and 17^th holes and had three pars on her card. Wagner had six pars on her card.

   Alexa Mcelwain of Schnecksville took fourth place with an 80, Olivia Kirmayer, a freshman on the Downingtown East golf team, was fifth with an 81, Allison Choi of Penn Valley was sixth with an 86 and Giuliana Orlando of Cheser Springs was seventh with a 92.

   Sophia Carvalho of Downingtown took eighth place with a 97, Emily Milito of Coatesville was ninth with a 99 and the Malvern pair of Olivia Rosen and Kate Benson, a freshman on the Great Valley golf team, rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as Rosen was 10^th with a 109 and Benson was 11^th with a 112.

   Two of the Central League’s top players, Megan Choi, a sophomore at Harriton and another member of Penn Valley’s Team Choi, and Jill Burks, a junior at Conestoga, went 1-2, respectively, in the 16-to-18 division.

   Megan Choi, who has qualified for the PIAA Class AAA Championship in each of her first two seasons at Harriton, made a birdie at the fifth hole and had 12 pars on her scorecard, grinding out eight straight pars in the difficult conditions to complete her round, as she claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory among the older girls with a 4-over 69.

   Jill Burks earned her third straight trip to states in Class AAA last fall and led the Pioneers to the PIAA Class AAA team crown. She made birdies at the first, 15^th and 17^th holes and had five pars on her card as she finished five shots behind Megan Choi in second place with a 74.

   Emma Gangemi, a sophomore on the Downtown East golf team and a member of Downingtown’s Team Gangemi, had four pars on her card, including three straight pars at the fifth, sixth and seventh holes, as she finished in third place with an 87.

   Rounding out the field in the 16-to-18 division was Faridah Ismaila, a sophomore on the Great Valley golf team who finished in fourth place with a 100.

   Brody Rollins of Milton, Del. made a birdie on the 12^th hole and had six pars on his scorecard as he bested the field of boys 12-and-under nine-holers with a solid 1-over 36.

   Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr had seven pars on his card, including four straight pars to close out his round, as he earned runnerup honors with a 2-over 37.

   James Wilson of Wilmington, Del., coming off co-medalist honors in the boys 12-and-under division in a Philly Junior Tour stop at Shore Gate Golf Club at the Jersey Shore, made a birdie on the 12^th hole and had five pars on his card as he took third place with a 3-over 38.

   Joey Charpentier of Schwenksville took fourth place with a 39, Connor Michaels of Lancaster and Andrew DElia of Clarks Summit shared fifth, each signing for a 40, and Victor Wang of Hockessin, Del. was seventh with a 44.

   Dino Luccia of North Wales took eighth place with a 45, Nolan Dunkelberger of Nazareth was ninth with a 46 and the pair of Caden Bartra of Yardley and Sid Joshi of Coopersburg rounded out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division as they finished in a tie for 10^th, each recording a 47.

   Tight battle between two talented youngsters as 12-year-old Katelyn Burks, another member of Paoli’s Team Burks, claimed a two-shot victory over 11-year-old Trisha Lobo of Collegeville, with Katelyn Burks besting the field of girls 12-and-under nine-holers with a 4-over 39.

   Katelyn Burks had six pars on her scorecard, including a run of fourth straight pars from the 14^th to the 17^th holes.

   Lobo, the reigning Philly Junior Tour Player of the Year in the girls 12-and-under division, had four pars on her card as she earned runnerup honors with a 41.

   Aashi Chakraborty of Kennett Square had two pars on her card as she finished in third place with a 46.

   Addison Sabatini of West Chester took fourth place with a 52 and the Chester Springs duo of Lauryn Kirby and Sophia Kim rounded out the field in the girls 12-and-under division as they finished in a tie for fifth, each tallying a 55.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zerfass earns share of individual title, helps Villanova finish second in Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate

 

   Matt Zerfass, a three-time PIAA Class AAA qualifier during a standout scholastic career at Emmaus, started his college career at Saint Joseph’s, but headed for the Main Line and Villanova two years ago and, as a senior, has been a top performer for the Wildcats.

   Zerfass got a share of the individual title with Navy senior Jack Tarzy, a South Jersey native who was a regular on Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour leaderboards as a junior golfer, in the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate, which wrapped up Tuesday at the Golden Horseshoe Golf Course, a Robert Trent Jones design in Williamsburg, Va.

   Zerfass closed with a sparkling 4-under-par 67 over the 6,817-yard, par-71 Golden Horseshoe layout to catch Tarzy, who played scholastically at The Hun School of Princeton, for the individual crown, each ending up with a 5-under 208 total.

   It was the second individual title of the wraparound 2025-2026 season for Zerfass, who was the outright winner in the Big 5 Championship in October at The 1912 Club.

   Zerfass opened with a 1-under 70 before matching par in the afternoon of Monday’s double round with a 71.

   He has formed a nice 1-2 punch for Villanova with Ryan “Coop” Pamer, a senior from Hudson, Ohio who finished among a quartet of players tied for ninth place at Golden Horseshoe with a 1-over 214 total.

   They led the way as the Wildcats earned a runnerup finish to tournament host William & Mary, a Coastal Athletic Association entry and the highest-ranked team in the field in the Scoreboard, powered by clippd, rankings at No. 133.

   The Tribe took control of the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate right from the outset with a 6-under 278, the best team round of the tournament, in the opening round. After adding a 2-over 286 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round, William & Mary took a six-shot lead over Navy into Tuesday’s final round.

   The Tribe closed with another 2-over 286 that gave them a 2-under 850 total and their second team title of the wraparound 2025-’26 season. William & Mary was the only team to finish under par for the tournament.

   William & Mary had three players in the top 10 in the individual standings, led by Eli Felty, a freshman from North Chesterfield, Va. who finished in a tie for fourth place with Virginia’s Michael Lee, a freshman from Fairfax, Va. competing as an individual, as they both landed on 3-under 210.

   Felty added a 2-over 73 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his solid opening-round of 3-under 68 before closing with a 2-under 69.

   Backing up Felty for the Tribe were Grady Williams, a sophomore from Manakin-Sabot, Va., and Talon Dingledine, a freshman from Chesterfield, Va., both of whom joined Villanova’s Pamer in the quartet tied for ninth place at 1-over.

   Williams sandwiched a 1-under 70 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round with a pair of 1-over 72s while Dingledine followed up a solid opening round of 3-under 68 with a pair of 2-over 73s.

   Villanova, a Big East representative, opened with a 1-over 285 and added a 5-over 289 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round that left the Wildcats in third place, four shots behind Navy and 10 shots behind front-running William & Mary, going into the final round.

   Villanova closed with a second straight 5-over 289 to finish 13 shots behind William & Mary in second place with an 11-over 863 total.

   Pamer backed up Zerfass as he added a solid 2-under 69 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his opening round of 1-over 72 before closing with a 2-over 73 to join the William & Mary pair of Williams and Dingledine and Lafayette’s Reed Theiss, a sophomore from Leesburg, Va., in the foursome tied for ninth place at 1-over.

   Navy, out of the Patriot League, opened with a 2-under 282 and added a 4-over 288 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to creep within six shots of William & Mary going into the final round.

   The Midshipmen closed with a 13-over 297 to finish in third place with a 15-over 867 total that left them four shots behind Villanova.

   Navy was led by Tarzy, who built a two-shot lead going into the final round with a pair of 3-under 68s in Monday’s double round.

   He closed with a 1-over 72 to get a share of medalist honors with Villanova’s Zerfass at 5-under.

   It was Tarzy’s fourth individual victory of the season as he got on quite a heater during the fall campaign, rattling off three straight wins in The Goat, hosted by Navy at its home course, the Naval Academy Golf Club in Annapolis, Md., the Commander-in-Chief’s Cup at the famed Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y. and the Nassau Intercollegiate at Nassau Country Club in Glen Cove, N.Y. on Long Island.

   Navy also got a strong showing from Chip Deegan, a senior from Newport Beach, Calif. who finished a shot behind Tarzy and Zerfass in third place with a 4-under 209 total.

   Deegan blitzed the Golden Horseshoe layout with an opening round of 5-under 66, the low individual round of the tournament. He backed off with a 4-over 75 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a solid 2-under 68.

   Longwood, a Big South Conference entry, finished three shots behind Navy in fourth place in the team standings with an 18-over 870 total.

   The Lancers opened with a 2-over 286 and added a 6-over 290 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 291.

   Nice showing by Saint Joseph’s, out of the Atlantic 10, as the Hawks finished four shots behind Longwood in fifth place with a 22-over 874 total.

   St. Joe’s was solid throughout, opening with a 6-over 290 and adding a 293 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 291.

   The Hawks were led by George Williamson Jr., a freshman from Sykesville, Md., and junior Noah Moelter, who capped his scholastic career at Central Bucks South by finishing in a tie for sixth place in the PIAA Class AAA Championship as a senior in 2022, as they finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the individual standings.

   Williamson opened with a solid 3-under 68 and added a 1-over 72 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before matching par in the final round with a 71 to end up in sixth place with a 2-under 211 total.

   Moelter opened with a 1-under 70 and added a 2-over 73 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before finishing strong with a 2-under 69 that left him a shot behind his teammate Williamson in seventh place with a 1-under 212 total.

   Georgetown, one of Villanova’s Big East rivals, was another seven shots behind Saint Joseph’s in sixth place with a 29-over 881 total. The Hoyas matched par in the opening round with a 284 and added a 12-over 296 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before struggling in the final round with a 301.

   Delaware, in its first season as a member of Conference USA, finished in eighth place in the 12-team field with a 34-over 886 total. After opening with a 14-over 298, the Blue Hens added a 293 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 295.

   Rounding out the William & Mary lineup was the pair of Preston Burton, a junior from Charlottesville, Va., and Matthew Monastero, a graduate student from Leesburg, Va., both of whom finished among the group tied for 13^th place with a 2-over 215 total.

   Burton sandwiched an even-par 71 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round with a pair of 1-over 72s. After opening with a 1-under 70, Monastero added a 1-over 72 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 2-over 73.

   William & Mary head coach Tim Pemberton took advantage of the Tribe’s home event to send out four players to compete as individuals.

   Luke Walmet, a junior from Charleston, S.C., finished among a trio of players tied for 43^rd place with a 226 total. Walmet matched par in the opening round with a 71 and added a 7-over 78 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 77.

   Matthew Guy, a freshman from Baltimore, Md., finished in a tie for 78^th place with a 241 total as he added an 8-over 79 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his opening-round 78 before closing with an 84.

   James Gayle, a freshman from Bristol, Va., finished in a tie for 84^th place with a 246 total as he opened with a 5-over 76 and added an 86 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with an 84.

   Rounding out the William & Mary contingent was Davis Adams, a senior from Raleigh, N.C. who finished in 86^th place with a 250 total as opened with a 7-over 78 before struggling to an 81 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round and a 91 in the final round.

   Virginia, the reigning Atlantic Coast Conference champion and No. 2 in the Scoreboard rankings, sent some of its depth players to Williamsburg and Lee finished in a tie for fourth place with William & Mary’s Felty at 3-under.

   After matching par in the opening round with a 71, Lee added a 2-under 69 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 1-under 70.

   Liberty, a Conference USA representative, did the same as Virginia, sending a few players to compete as individuals, but not a full team to the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate and the Flames got a solid showing from Luke Libbey, a sophomore from Lynchburg, Va. who finished alone in eighth place with an even-par 213 total.

   Libbey only trailed Navy’s Tarzy by three shots going into the final round after Libbey opened with a 3-under 68 and matched par in the afternoon of Monday’s double round with a 71. Libbey backed off a little with a 4-over 75 in the final round.

   Lafayette’s Theiss rounded out the foursome tied for ninth place 1-over as he opened with a 1-under 70 and added a 2-over 73 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before matching par in the final round with a 71.

   Theiss led the Leopards, one of Navy’s Patriot League rivals, to a seventh-place finish as they ended up three shots behind Georgetown with a 32-over 884 total.

   Backing up Zerfass and Pamer for Villanova was Vibhav Alokam, a sophomore from Ypsilanti, Mich. who finished in a tie for 26^th place with a 6-over 219 total. After matching par in the opening round with a 71, Alokam added a 5-over 76 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 72.

   Brockton English, a graduate student from Shelby Township, Mich., finished among the group tied for 33^rd place for the Wildcats with a 9-over 222 total. English added a 2-over 73 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his opening-round 72 before finishing up with a 77.

   Rounding out the Villanova lineup was Nathan Marion, a junior from San Antonio, Texas who finished in the group tied for 46^th place with a 227 total. After opening with a 2-over 73, Marion added a 5-over 76 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 78.

   Luke Leonard, a freshman from Jupiter, Fla., teed it up as an individual for Villanova and finished alone in 61^st place with a 232 total. Leonard sandwiched a 5-over 76 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round with a pair of 78s.

   Backing up Williamson and Moelter for Saint Joseph’s was senior Christian Matt, a two-time PIAA Class AAA qualifier during a standout scholastic career at Wissahickon as he finished among the group tied for 38^th place with a 224 total. Matt sandwiched a solid 1-over 72 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round with a pair of 76s.

   Rounding out the lineup for the Hawks was a pair of freshmen, Michael Henry Jr., a standout for Inter-Ac League power Malvern Prep, and Sam Feeney, whose scholastic career at West Chester Rustin was highlighted by a victory in the District One Class AAA Championship as a senior in 2023, as they both landed among a trio tied for 57^th place at 230.

   Henry added a 6-over 77 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his opening-round 78 before closing with his best round of the tournament, a 4-over 75. Feeney carded a pair of 5-over 76s in Monday’s double round before finishing up with a 78.

   Leading the way for Delaware was Arsit Areephun, a junior from Thailand who finished in the group tied for 20^th place with a 4-over 217 total. Areephun recorded a pair of 2-over 73s in Monday’s double round before matching par in the final round with a 71.

   Backing up Areephun for the Blue Hens was Aryan Vuradi, a senior from Brambleton, Va. who finished among the group tied for 29^th place at 8-over 221. Vuradi was really solid in Monday’s double round, adding a 1-under 70 in the afternoon to his opening round of 2-over 73 before backing off a little with a final-round 78.

   Cheng-En Wu, a freshman from Taiwan, finished alone in 42^nd place at 225 for Delaware as he registered three straight 3-over 75s.

   Ikk Iampongsai, a sophomore from Thailand, finished in the group tied for 46^th place at 227 for the Blue Hens as he opened with a 6-over 77 and added back-to-back 75s in the final two rounds.

   Rounding out the Delaware lineup was junior Matthew Homer, the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association champion as a junior at The Tatnall School in 2022 and the Delaware Junior Boys’ Championship winner later that summer.

   Homer bounced back from an opening-round 81 with a 7-over 78 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 74 as he finished in a tie for 62^nd place with a 233 total.

   Caleb Itzoe, a sophomore from Phoenix, Md., competed as an individual for Delaware and joined St. Joe’s Henry and Feeney in the trio tied for 57^th place 230. Itzoe got off to a solid start with a 1-over 72, but struggled a little in the final two rounds with an 80 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round and a 78 in the final round.

   Hunter Swidzinski, the PIAA Class AAA champion in 2023 as a senior at Butler, was in the lineup for Longwood and finished in the group tied for 29^th place with an 8-over 221 total. After opening with a 3-over 74, Swidzinski struggled a little with a 77 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a solid 1-under 70.

   Also in the group at tied for 29^th place at 8-over was Robert Morris redshirt senior Chuck Tragresser, the runnerup in the PIAA Class AAA Championship in 2020 as a senior at Franklin Regional. After struggling a little in the opening round with a 6-over 77, Tragresser added a 2-over 73 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before matching par in the final round with a 71.

   The Colonials, who play out of the Horizon League, finished in ninth place in the team standings, six shots behind Delaware with a 49-over 892 total.

   A couple of familiar names in the Lafayette lineup, including junior Winston Kelenc-Blank, a guy who, like Navy’s Tarzy, would often show up on Philly Junior Tour leaderboards as a junior golfer.

   Kelenc-Blank, who played scholastically at Peddie School and Choate Rosemary Hall, finished in the group tied for 33^rd place with a 9-over 222 total. Kelenc-Blank sandwiched a 1-over 72 in the afternoon of Monday’s second round with a pair of 75s.

   Freshman Chris Vahey, who closed out his scholastic career at Catholic League power La Salle by finishing in a tie for ninth place in the PIAA Class AAA Championship in 2024, teed it up as an individual for Lafayette and finished in 74^th place with a 237 total.

   Vahey tallied back-to-back 81s in Monday’s double round before closing with a 4-over 75.

   Another member of the Liberty contingent competing as individuals was junior Evan Barbin of the golfing Barbin family of Elkton, Md. Barbin was solid, finishing in the group tied for 24^th place with a 5-over 218 total. He added a 3-over 74 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his opening-round 73 before matching par in the final round with a 71.