Central Bucks South's Traczykiewicz solves Rancocas to earn a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Nolan Traczykiewicz, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a junior at Central Bucks South last fall, put together a solid 2-over-par 73 at Rancocas Golf Club in Willingboro, N.J. in some tricky winds Sunday to capture a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division.

   It was the back end of a Junior Golf Scoreboard (JGS) Jersey Series weekend on the Philly Junior Tour, although Traczykiewicz did not tee it up in the front end of the series Saturday at Golden Pheasant Golf Club.

   JGS events offer points that can earn players some status on some of the higher profile junior circuits, most notably the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA).

   Traczykiewicz made birdies on the third and 16^th holes and had 12 pars on his scorecard, including a string of eight pars in a row from five through 12.

   Pierce Drake, a junior on the Downingtown East golf team, went back-to-back with birdies at the sixth and seventh holes and had 12 pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors among the older guys with a 5-over 76.

   Drake had a pair of four-hole runs of pars, one on the first four holes of his round and again from the 12^th through the 15^th holes.

   Of the players who teed it up in both ends of the Jersey series, it looks like Drake was the runnerup in the overall scoring – including both the 16-to-18 and 13-to-15 divisions -- with a 158 total. Drake had posted an 82 in even windier conditions Saturday at Golden Pheasant and finished in a tie for eighth place in the 16-to-18 division.

   Lucas Solano of Vineland, N.J. had the best score among all the guys in claiming a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with a 3-over 75 at Golden Pheasant and came back with an 82 Sunday at Rancocas that left him in third place among the younger guys.

   That gave Solano a 157 total that was the best among the guys who completed both ends of the Jersey Series.

   Shane Cornell, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a junior at Avon Grove last fall, and Ryan Sun of Morganville, N.J. finished in a tie for third place in the 16-to-18 division at Rancocas as each tallied an 8-over 79.

   Cornell made birdies at the third and 10^th holes and had six pars on his card and Sun made birdies at five and 16 and had seven pars on his card.

   Both were on the leaderboard in the overall standings for the Jersey Series as Cornell had a 160 total and Sun completed the two rounds with a 162 total.

   Jack Sokol, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a freshman at Harriton last fall, took fifth place with an 80 and Benjamin Perticari of West Deptford, N.J. was sixth with an 81.

   Henry Sokol, Jack Sokol’s twin brother and a PIAA Class AAA qualifier as a freshman at Harriton last fall, and Johnny LaViola of Berlin, Md. finished in a tie for seventh place, each signing for an 82.

   The Sokol twins were on the leaderboard in the overall scoring for the Jersey Series as Henry Sokol finished in a tie for second place in the 16-to-18 division at Golden Pheasant with a 78 and had a 160 total and Jack Sokol finished in a tie for eighth with an 82 at Golden Pheasant for a 162 total for the weekend.

   Adam Boyce of Yardley took ninth place at Rancocas with an 83 and Hayden Bartie, a junior on the Southern Lehigh golf team, rounded out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division as he finished 10^th with an 84.

   Jason Leekley of Moorestown, N.J. made birdies at the fourth, 12^th, 14^th and 17^th holes and had five pars on his scorecard as he earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with a 7-over 78.

   Richard Davoli of Ambler wrapped up a solid weekend in South Jersey as he made a birdie at the 16^th hole and had 10 pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Leekley in second place with a 79.

   Davoli was the runnerup to Solano Saturday at Golden Pheasant with an 82 and his 79 Sunday at Rancocas had him on the leaderboard in the overall scoring for the Jersey Series with a 161 total.

   Solano had eight pars on his card as he finished in third place among the younger guys with an 82. That score, combined with his 3-over 75 at Golden Pheasant that was the best score of the day among all the guys, left him atop the leaderboard in the Jersey Series with a 157 total.

   Helmut Dang of Newtown Square took fourth place at Rancocas with an 84 and the trio of Parker Kriews of Manahawkin, N.J., Nathan Lobo of Collegeville, and Ethan Clouser, a freshman on the golf team at Catholic League power La Salle and a Newtown resident, finished in a tie for fifth place, each recording an 85.

   William Quartermain, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a freshman at Haverford High last fall, and Jack Gilbert of Bryn Mawr shared eighth place, each registering an 86 and Bryce Moyer, another Bryn Mawr guy, rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as he finished 10^th with a 91.

   Emma Bergey, a junior on the Bishop Shanahan golf team and a Kennett Square resident, made a birdie on the 11^th hole and had four pars on her scorecard as she claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division with an 89.

   Bergey was one of the few girls who completed both ends of the Jersey Series as she finished in second place among the older girls Saturday at Golden Pheasant with an 82 and was the overall girls winner in the series with a 171 total.

   Emily Renouf of Moorestown, N.J. made a birdie on the 16^th hole and had two pars on her card as she earned runnerup honors among the older girls with a 95.

   Madison Gibson of Cinnaminson, N.J. had three pars on her card, including back-to-back pars at the second and third holes as she rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division, finishing in third place with a 104.

   Sara Fanelli, coming off a solid sophomore season at Radnor, had five pars on her scorecard, including a closing stretch in which she made pars at the 15^th, 16^th and 18^th holes, as she claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with a 95.

   Sonia Rosenman of Moorestown, N.J. and Julie Costello of Ocean City, N.J. finished in a tie for second place as each tallied a 99.

   Rosenman finished strong with pars at the 16^th and 18^th holes and Costello also had two pars on her card.

   Rounding out the field in the 13-to-15 division was Emma Cowan, another Moorestown, N.J. entry, as she finished in fourth place with a 103.

   Give Cowan credit for teeing it up in both ends of the Jersey Series on a weekend when the wind was always a factor. She had opened with a 99 at Golden Pheasant.

   Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr had three pars on his scorecard as he bested the field of 12-and-under nine-holers with a 6-over 41.

   Muego was coming off a fifth-place finish in the boys 12-and-under division with a 43 Saturday at Golden Pheasant.

   Luke George of Mullica Hill, N.J. had two pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors with a 43 that left him two shots behind Muego.

   Grayson Wright of Philadelphia and Dillon Tierney of Marlton, N.J. finished in a tie for third place, each posting a 46.

   Wright had three pars on his card and Tierney also had three pars on his card, including back-to-back pars at the second and third holes.

   Andrew Herman of Telford and Chase Venne of Moorestown, N.J. shared fifth place, each carding a 47 and Alex Cheng of Wilmington, Del. finished seventh with a 49.

   Kayaan Patel of Mullica Hill, N.J. took eighth place with a 50 and Victor Wang of Hockessin, Del. and Joseph Sherman of Gladwyne rounded out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division as they finished in a tie for 10^th, each landing on 51.

   Arianna Testaiuti of Newtown Square was the lone entry in the girls 12-and-under division and she made two pars on her way to a 49.