Radnor junior Blake Stephano made four birdies on his way to
a 1-over-par 72 to capture top honors in the 16-to-18 division in a
Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop at Paxon Hollow Country Club in
Marple Township on a glorious August Wednesday.
Stephano had two birdies on each side over the 5,708-yard,
par-71 Paxon Hollow layout on his way to his first win of the season on the
Junior Tour.
If you saw a copy of the most recent Tri-State Golfer with a cover story on Paxon Hollow laying around
down there Wednesday, I hope you enjoyed it, since I wrote it. It was a fun
assignment for me from Joe Burkhardt, who publishes Tri-State Golfer, since I, like a lot of fledgling Delco golfers
back in the day, grew up playing Paxon.
Maxwell Rubin of Marlton N.J. was the runnerup to Stephano
with a 3-over 74. Zak Summy of Media, Cortie Fischer of Villanova and Cole Shew
finished tied for third, each carding a 5-over 76.
Will Horn of Narberth finished sixth with a 77, Luke
Fayocavitz of Clarks Summit was seventh with a 79, Samuel Bertrando of West
Chester and Will Keane of Newtown Square shared eighth place at 79 and Ethan
Krohn of Berwyn rounded out the top 10 with an 82.
Dylan Gooneratne of Plymouth Meeting, who has been playing
solid golf all summer, matched Stephano’s 1-over 72 to win the 13-to-15
division. Gooneratne had four birdies, three of them in a sizzling 3-under 32
front nine.
Connor Bennink of Kennett Square had two birdies, one on
each side, to claim runnerup honors with a 3-over 74. Luke Watson of Royersford
was third with a 76 and a couple of Newtown Square players, Jake Maddaloni and
Jack Davis, finished fourth and fifth with respective scores of 78 and 80.
Kevin Motil of Sewell, N.J. finished sixth with an 81, Ryan
McCabe of Media was seventh with an 83, Ryan Kennedy of Wayne and Noah Sim of
Ambler shared eighth place at 84 and Evan Drummond of Exton rounded out the top
10 with an 85.
Christina Carroll of Bear, Del. carded an 88 to top the
field in the girls 16-to-18 division with an 88. It was her fifth Junior Tour
victory of the season. Olivia Wirsching of Blue Bell and Episcopal Academy
senior Marykate Chambers shared runnerup honors, each finishing a shot behind
Carroll with an 89.
Amanda Heins finished fourth with a 106 and Kelly Brown of
Coatesville took fifth with a 111.
Niosha Parvizi of Gladwyne was the only entrant in the
13-to-15 division and posted a 101.
Henry Stone of Kennett Square birdied the 12th
and the straight downhill par-3 17th to best the field of
nine-holers with a 3-over 39. Kristof Kopecky of Garnet Valley birdied the
tough par-5 11th on his way to runnerup honors with a 44.
JP Hoban of Havertown finished third with a 46, Hank Kancher
of Philadelphia was fourth with a 50 and Rhianna Gooneratne of Team Gooneratne
from Plymouth Meeting was fifth with a 51.
Samuel Cottone of Wayne finished sixth with a 52, Cyrus
Parvizi of Gladwyne (younger brother of Niosha, I’m guessing) was seventh with
a 54, Matthew Buckley of Media was eighth with a 58, and Heather Sanbower of
Chambersburg and Christopher DiRita of Drexel Hill rounded out the top 10 as
they finished tied for ninth at 59.
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