It was the annual trek through Delaware for the Philadelphia
Section PGA’s Junior Tour, which included three courses over three days in a
Junior Golf Scoreboard Mizuno Rehoboth Beach Series event as well as winners
crowned at each individual event and a local qualifier for the Junior Tour’s Junior
PGA Championship sectional qualifier.
The series included stops at Cripple Creek Golf &
Country Club in Dagsboro, Del. Tuesday, Bear Trap Dunes in Ocean View, Del. Wednesday
and the Bayside Resort Golf & Country Club in Selbyville, Del. Thursday.
Jack Halleron of Timonium, Md. breezed to the series crown
in the 16-to-18 division with rounds of even-par 72 at the 6,502-yard, par-72
Cripple Creek layout, a 3-over 75 at the 6,455-yard, par-72 Bear Trap Dunes
course and a 2-over 74 at the 6,289-yard, par-72 Bayside Resort course for a
221 total.
Devin Sanders of Camden, Del. claimed second at 232,
Nathaniel Hiriak of Doylestown and Joseph Centeno of Flourtown finished in a
tie for third at 235, Brady Erb of Conestoga was fifth at 240, Jacob Suder of
Greencastle was sixth at 243, Cameron Arnold of Coopersburg was seventh at 245,
Timothy Chaykosky Jr. of Ambler was eighth at 251 and Dylan Sterlacci of Downingtown
was ninth at 254.
The series winner in the 13-to-15 division was Nikita
Romanov of Wilmington, Del., who had an 87 at Cripple Creek, a 2-under 70 at
Bear Trap Dunes and a 3-over 75 Bayside Resort for a 232 total.
Nicholas Covey of Easton, Md. finished second at 254, Roy
Anderson of Chadds Ford was third at 263, Nathan Lutz of Middletown, Del. was
fourth at 263 and Aidan Letendre of Gwynedd Valley was fifth at 297.
The series winner in the girls 16-to-18 division was Casey
Oppenheimer of Conshohocken, who opened with a 98 at Cripple Creek and added a
77 at Bear Trap Dunes and an 88 at Bayside Resort for a 263 total.
Briana Hocker of Warminster finished second at 298 and Sera
McClintock of West Chester finished third at 370.
Hannah Lydic of Ocean View, Del. was the only player among
the nine-holers to tee it up all three days, carding rounds of 46 at Cripple
Creek, 43 at Bear Trap Dunes and 40 at Bayside Resort for a 129 total.
Halleron, who had won the 16-to-18 division in the Rehoboth
Junior Open Monday, made it two wins in as many days when his even-par 72 took
top honors at Cripple Creek. Sanders was second, a shot back at 73, and Liam
Powderly of Cockeysville, Md. finished third with a 74.
Morgan Lofland of Paoli won the 13-to-15 title at Cripple
Creek with an 80, Logan Hess of Willow Street finished second with an 82 and
Alex Mulrooney of Wilmington, Del. took third with an 84.
Grace Stillman of Lancaster topped the field in the girls
16-to-18 division in a match of scorecards with Molly Holbert of Mechanicsburg after
each carded an 89. Oppenheimer took
third with a 98.
Among the nine-holers, Bret Bergey of Downingtown led the
way with a 42. Matthew Homer of Wilmington, Del. finished second with a 45,
Lydic was third with a 46, Will Slavik of Middletown, Del. and Evan Barbin of
Elkton, Md. were tied for fourth at 47, Maceo Giampietro of Malvern was sixth
at 48, Anthony Ciconte and Jeffrey Homer, both of Wilmington, Del., were tied
for seventh at 49 and Joey Suarez of Downingtown was ninth at 71.
Powderly, while not competing in all three series events,
had the best round of the week, a spectacular 5-under 67 that gave him the
16-to-18 division title at Bear Trap Dunes. Hiriak was second with a 71 and
Chaykosky took third with a 73.
Romanov won the 13-to-15 division with a 2-under 70. Covey
finished second with a 77 and Zak Summy of Media finished third with a 78.
Oppenheimer won the girls 16-to-18 division with a 77, one
shot better than Stillman’s 78.
Cristea Park of Blue Bell won the 13-to-15 division with an
85. Olivia Schwandt of Wilmington, Del. was the runnerup with a 93.
Lydic was the only competitor among the nine-holers and
carded a 43.
Centeno carded a 1-over 73 to take top honors in the
16-to-18 division at Bayside Resort. Halleron was a shot back in second with a
74, Suder was third with a 75 and Arnold was fourth with a 76.
Romanov won the 13-to-15 division with a 75, Jacob Zeng, a
Downingtown resident and a freshman at Episcopal Academy, finished second with
an 80 and Christopher Skean of Kennett Square was third with an 82.
Oppenheimer won the girls 16-to-18 division with an 88 with
Hocker the runnerup at 98.
Park won the girls 13-to-15 division with a 91. Lily Yang of
West Chester finished second with a 92 and Schwandt took third with a 95.
Lydic was the only competitor among the nine-holers and
carded a 40.
The boys who earned a trip to the sectional qualifier for
the Junior PGA Championship are Centeno, Halleron, Suder, Romanov, Arnold,
Matthew Bricker of York, Hiriak, Erb, Sanders, Kevin Scherr of Nazareth, Andrew
Forjan of York and Hayden Rousselle of Doylestown.
The boys sectional qualifier will be held July 11 at
Whitford Country Club while the sectional qualifier for the girls and
nine-holers will be July 11 LuLu Country Club.
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