The Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour players were smart
enough to not pack away their cold-weather gear just yet and they needed it for
a stop at Iron Valley Golf Club in Lebanon County Sunday.
Caleb Ryan, the two-time PIAA Class AAA qualifier from Norristown,
made two birdies, one on each side on the tough 6,349-yard, par-72 Iron Valley
layout made even tougher by chilly temperatures and gusty winds for a 6-over 78
that gave him the top spot in the 16-to-18 division.
Ryan, a junior who is home-schooled through Commonwealth
Connections Academy, was the Sam Penecale Scoring Average Leader in the
16-to-18 age group for the 2016-’17 Junior Tour campaign.
Blake Stephano, a junior on Radnor’s Central League
championship team last fall, was just a shot back in second with a solid 79 in
the tough conditions and Calen Sanderson of Skillman, N.J. finished third with
an 81.
Alex Mulrooney of Wilmington, Del. and Benjamin Barnett of
Wellsboro shared fourth place, each carding an 82. Brock Fassnacht, the Warwick
junior who claimed the PIAA Class AAA East Region title at Golden Oaks Golf
Club last fall, and Logan Snyder of Dover shared sixth place at 84.
Stephen de Brechard of Brooklyn, N.Y. finished eighth at 85,
Plymouth-Whitemarsh freshman Dylan Gooneratne, the Graham Company Player of the
Year in the 13-to-15 division for the 2016-’17 Junior Tour campaign, was ninth
with an 86 and Hunter King of Atglen rounded out the top 10 with an 87.
James Ulsh of Carlisle matched Ryan’s 6-over 78 to claim top
honors in the 13-to-15 division. Ulsh had a pair of birdies to help offset a
triple bogey on the 11th. Win Thomas of Unionville was the runnerup
with an 80.
Derek McGlaughlin of Elizabethtown and Luke Watson of
Royersford shared third place, each posting an 81. Benjamin Saggers of West
Chester finished alone in in fifth with an 84. Maxwell Wager of State College
and Jackson Debusschere of Wallingford finished in a tie for sixth at 88.
Stephen Butler of Telford and Christian Matt of Springhouse
shared eighth place, each posting an 89. Rounding out the top 10 was another
representative of Team de Brechard from Brooklyn, Julien, who carded a 93.
Casey Oppenheimer of Conshohocken was the winner in the
girls 16-to-18 division in a match of scorecards with Jessica McClellan of
Freeland after each carded an 89. A 41 on the back nine was the difference for
Oppenheimer, the 2015-’16 Graham Company Player of the Year in the 16-to-18
division.
McKylie Boreman of New Cumberland finished third with a 95,
Peyton Kraras of Wyomissing was fourth with a 104, Marple Newtown sophomore
Gillyoung Koh was fifth with a 106 and Abigail Han of Hummelstown was sixth
with a 109.
The best score of the day among the girls belonged to Jade
Gu of Yardley, who won the 13-to-15 division with an 86. It was her third straight
Junior Tour win dating back to the start of the wraparound 2017-’18 Junior Tour
season last fall. Abigail Lynn of Furlong was the runnerup with an 87.
Amanda Gerish of Hummelstown finished third with an 88,
Paige Richter of Camp Hill was fourth with a 99, Fiona Gooneratne of Plymouth
Meeting’s Team Gooneratne, was fifth with a 103 and Riley Mulhern of
Downingtown was sixth with a 109.
John Keba of Emmaus took top honors among the nine-holers in
a match of cards with Michael Maslanka of Taylor after each posted a 7-over 43.
Keba’s total over the last six holes gave him the tiebreaker edge.
A third member of Plymouth Meeting’s Team Gooneratne,
Rhianna, finished third with a solid 44. Mason Tucker of York finished fourth
with a 46, Reed Krosse of York was fifth with a 51, Tyler Debusschere of
Wallingford’s Team Debusschere was sixth with a 52 and Elora Walker of
Philadelphia was seventh with a 55.
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