Colby Komancheck, the Malvern Prep junior who has been one of the top players in one of Pennsylvania’s most competitive scholastic circuits, the Inter-Ac League, throughout his career with the Friars, fired a sparkling 1-under-par 71 at Shore Gate Golf Club in Ocean View, N.J. on a springlike Sunday that gave him a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division.
Komancheck, the son of the husband-wife team of PGA professionals, Jamie and Kelly Komancheck, who run the pro shop at the RiverCrest Golf Club & Preserve, played in both ends of a Junior Golf Scoreboard (JGS) Philly Junior Tour Shore Series weekend.
Komancheck finished in a tie for fourth place among the older guys with a 4-over 76 in Saturday’s stop down the coast a little at the Shore Club in Cape May Court House, N.J.
Pretty sure those scores are combined to give players who play in both events some JGS points, which can help earn them status on some of the more competitive junior circuits, most notably the American Junior Golf Association.
Trebor Melendez, the talented 12-year-old from Vineland, N.J., had led all the guys with a sparkling 1-under 71 at the Shore Club. Melendez again led the 13-to-15 division with a 5-over 77, but it left him a shot behind Komancheck in the overall scoring for the weekend with a 148 total.
Komancheck earned a trip to the Boys Junior PGA Championship at Purdue’s Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette, Ind. last summer by claiming medalist honors in the Philadelphia Boys Junior PGA Championship, a one-day 36-hole test at his home course at RiverCrest.
In the fall, Komancheck was the medalist in the Pennsylvania Independent Schools Athletic Association (PAISAA) Championship at Radley Run Country Club, leading Malvern Prep to a share of the team title.
A week before the PAISAA Championship, Komancheck finished in a tie for third place in the Bert Linton Memorial for the Inter-Ac individual championship at The 1912 Club. Komancheck has finished fifth, tied third and tied third again in his first three starts in the Bert Linton.
Komancheck finished second in the Inter-Ac’s points race, compiled during the six invitationals that make up the Inter-Ac regular season, leading Malvern Prep to a runnerup finish in the Inter-Ac team chase behind Episcopal Academy. It was an incredibly tight race among the Friars, the Churchmen and three-time defending champion Haverford School.
At Shore Gate, Komancheck made birdies at the first, third, ninth, 10th and 13th holes and had 10 pars on his scorecard, including a run of five straight pars from four through eight. Komancheck toured the outgoing nine at Shore Gate in a sizzling 3-under 33.
Colby Seislove, who was a District One Class AAA qualifier as a senior at Spring-Ford last fall, made a birdie on the second hole and had 13 pars on his card, including a string of seven straight pars from 11 through 17, as he earned runnerup honors in the 16-to-18 division with a 3-over 75.
Ryan Stankoski of Mullica Hill, N.J. made birdies at the second, ninth and 16th holes and had seven pars on his card, including four straight pars from five through eight, as he finished a shot behind Seislove in third place with a 4-over 76.
Stankoski just snuck into the top 10 a day earlier at the Shore Club with an 81 that left him in 10th place.
Charles Friel, a Gladwyne resident and a junior on the golf team at The Haverford School, headed a strong foursome that included Ben Nowland, a sophomore on the Avon Grove golf team, Jack Ferm, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a junior at Garnet Valley last fall, and Benjamin Perticari of West Deptford, N.J. as they finished in a tie for fourth place, each recording an 80.
Friel had topped the field in the 16-to-18 division a day earlier at the Shore Club with a solid 1-over 73. Ferm shared second place at the Shore Club, two shots behind Friel with a 75.
Rounding out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division was the trio of Gus Stolzfus, a teammate of Nowland’s at Avon Grove and a PIAA Class AAA qualifier as a junior last fall, Brayden Hughes of Hockessin, Del. and Liam McFadden, a Bryn Mawr resident who wrapped up his scholastic career at The Haverford School last fall, as they each signed for an 82 to finish in a tie for eighth place.
Stoltzfus finished in a tie for fourth place in the Philly Junior Tour stop at the Shore Club Saturday with a 4-over 76.
Melendez was typically solid in claiming top honors in the 13-to-15 division with his 77. He made birdies at the 10th and 15th holes and had 10 pars on his scorecard, including a string of six straight pars from three through eight.
Daniel Padgett of Barnegat, N.J. had 12 pars on his card, including a run of seven pars in a row from the 10th through the 16th holes, as he earned runnerup honors with a 79. Padgett toured Shore Gate’s incoming nine in 1-over 37.
Padgett finished in a tie for fourth place in the 13-to-15 division a day earlier at the Shore Club with another 79.
Matthew Pilcher of Wilmington, Del. took fourth place with an 83, Chase Yakaitis, a freshman on the Salisbury golf team, was fifth with an 86, and Aiden Jose of Brick, N.J. and Nathan Lobo of Collegeville finished in a tie for sixth, each tallying an 87.
Pushkar Vatsavayi of Marlton, N.J. took eighth place an 89, Lucas Shank of West Chester was ninth with a 90 and Mason Arnold of Ambler rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as he finished alone in 10th with a 92.
The best score among the girls emerged from the 13-to-15 division as Julie Costello of Ocean City, N.J. had two pars on her scorecard on her way a Philly Junior Tour victory with a 98.
Costello was the runnerup in the division a day earlier with a 90 at the Shore Club and finished first overall in the weekend Shore Series.
Hailey Cousins of Port Republic, N.J. also had two pars on her card as she earned runnerup honors with a 104.
Brianna Stwalley, a sophomore on the Central Bucks West golf team, had two pars on her card as she finished in third place with a 103.
Alexa Mcelwain of Schnecksville took fourth place with a 108. Cousins and Mcelwain teed it up in both ends of the Shore Series, Cousins finishing in fourth place with a 101 Saturday at the Shore Club and Mcelwain taking third with a 95.
Brooklyn Ksiazek of Egg Harbor Township, N.J. rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as she registered a 125.
Annie Corrigan, a Huntingdon Valley resident and a sophomore on the Mount St. Joseph golf team that finished in a tie for third place in the PIAA Class AAA team competition last fall, was the lone entry in the 16-to-18 division as she had four pars on her scorecard, going back-to-back with pars at the 16th and 17th holes while posting a 100.
Michael Antolino of Richboro and James Wilson of Wilmington, Del. shared the top spot among the boys 12-and-under nine-holers as each landed on 7-over 43.
Antolino had six pars on his scorecard, opening his round by rattling five straight pars. Wilson made a birdie on the second hole and had two pars on his card.
Dillon Tierney of Marlton, N.J. had three pars on his card as he took third place with a 45.
Luke George of Mullica Hill, N.J. took fourth place with a 46 and Joey Charpentier of Schwenksville was fifth with a 47. A day earlier at the Shore Club, George finished in third place with a 45 and Charpentier was the runnerup with a 39.
Jaxon Bucci of Marlton, N.J. took sixth place with a 50, Joseph Sherman of Gladwyne was seventh with a 53 and Mark Pilcher, another member of Team Pilcher out of Wilmington, Del., and Kayaan Patel of Mullica Hill, N.J. finished in a tie for eighth, each ending up with a 55.
Kelly Selvesen of Cape May Court House, N.J. rounded out the field in the 12-and-under division as he finished in 10th place with a 59.
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