Sandler gets it going with a 72 at Landis Creek to claim a Junior Tour victory

   Zachary Sandler of Gladwyne had a pair of birdies, one on each nine, to capture the 16-to-18 division with a 2-over-par 72 at Landis Creek Golf Club in Limerick in a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop Wednesday.

   Jake Shmonov of Harrisburg also had a birdie on each side of the par-70 Landis Creek layout on his way to a 4-over 74 as he earned runnerup honors. Pennridge senior Blake Stewart toured the back nine at Landis Creek in 1-over 35 as he finished a shot behind Shmonov in third place with a 75.

   Dylan Gute of Chester Springs was a shot behind Stewart in fourth place with a 76. It was two shots back to a five-way logjam for fifth place at 78 that included Jack Lenox of Chalfont, Drew Davenport of Haverford, Joe Niblick of Royersford, Seth Roth of Hatboro and Jacob Leon of Downingtown.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division were Trey Campbell of Haverford and Nicholas Rafetto of Pottstown, both of whom signed for a 79 to finish in a tie for 10^th place.

    Sean Surowiec of West Chester and Hunter Stetson of Newtown Square shared the top spot in the 13-to-15 as each posted a 6-over 76. Surowiec and Stetson each registered a birdie on the incoming nine to nail down a piece of a Junior Tour win.

   Harriton sophomore Cyrus Parvizi put together a solid 2-over 38 front nine on his way to a 77 that enabled him to finish alone in third place. Ethan Martin of North Wales was a shot behind Parvizi in fourth place with a 78.

   Sachin Blake of Berwyn, Josh Baker of West Chester and Jordan Minter of Royersford finished in a tie for fifth place, each getting it in just under 80 with a 79.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division were three players – Strath Haven sophomore Tyler Debusschere, Connor Gherghel of Orwigsburg and Ajeet Bagga of Blue Bell – who finished in a tie for eighth place, each carding an 82. Debusschere, who helped the Panthers claim the first Central League title in program history last fall, had claimed a Junior Tour victory earlier this week at Yardley Country Club.

   Chaela Barnett, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier as a sophomore at Archbishop Wood last fall, and Conestoga junior Sophia Brubaker, a District One Class AAA qualifier last fall, shared the top spot on the girls 16-to-18 leaderboard, each carding an 82.

   Chaela Barnett birdied the 15^th hole on her way to the clubhouse while Brubaker finished up with a solid 4-over 40 on the incoming nine at Landis Creek.

   Megan Adelman, who lost her freshman season at Baldwin to the coronavirus pandemic this spring, birdied the seventh hole on her way to an 85 that left her alone in third place.

   Sarah Lawrie of Eagleville took fourth place with a 91, Paige Damon of Manchester was fifth with a 94 and Elizabeth O’Donnell of Downingtown was sixth with a 101.

   Serena Bagga of Blue Bell’s Team Bagga rode a solid 5-over 41 on Landis Creek’s outgoing nine to an 84 that gave her a victory in the 13-to-15 division. Serena Bagga played on the boys team at Germantown Academy as a freshman last fall and earned an invitation to the Bert Linton Inter-Ac League individual championship at Gulph Mills Golf Club.

   Lola Bennett of Hatboro’s Team Bennett, Silvana Gonzalez of Exton and Clarissa Leung of Villanova finished in a tie for second place, each signing for an 89.

   Cierra Griffith of Pottstown finished alone in fifth place with a 96 and Brynne Mushlin of Berwyn and Sophia DeSantis of Glen Mills rounded out the 13-to-15 field as they shared sixth place, each posting a 100.

   Lawson Leeper of York continued his summer-long roll with a sparkling 1-over 37, highlighted by a birdie at the fourth hole, that gave him a victory in the coed 12-and-under division.

   Davis Conaway of East Bradford, another player who has been very strong among the nine-holers, and Anthony Proud of Stroudsburg finished five shots behind Leeper in a tie for second place, each carding a 6-over 42.

   Jason Mark of Delaware Water Gap took fourth place with a 47, Nathan Lebo of Collegeville was fifth with a 49 and Gus Stoltzfus of Lincoln University was sixth with a 51.

   Rounding out the top 10 were four players who finished in a tie for seventh place at 57, including William Shutford of Wayne, Ian Ratto of Kennett Square, Ryan Kelly of Harleysville and Reagan McGruther of Downingtown.

   Preston Minio of Lansdale rounded out the coed 12-and-under field, finishing alone in 11^th place with a 63.