Cole Powell, a Fell Township resident and winner of the PIAA Class AA Championship as a sophomore at Scranton Prep last fall, carded a solid 1-over-par 73 in chilly conditions Sunday at Maple Dale Country Club in Dover, Del. to claim a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division.
The stop at Maple Dale was the back end of a weekend Junior Golf Scoreboard (JGS) Delaware Series following Saturday’s Philly Junior Tour event at Rock Manor Golf Club in Wilmington, Del.
The JGS events award players points that can earn them status on some of the higher-profile junior circuits, most notably the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA). Pretty sure you had to tee it up in both ends of the Delaware Series to be eligible for the JGS points.
Powell, who also helped the Cavaliers capture the state Class AA team crown last fall at Penn State, made birdies at the sixth, ninth, 12th and 17th holes and had nine pars on his scorecard at Maple Dale.
Powell finished in second place for the weekend among the players who teed it up at both Rock Manor and Maple Dale, in less-than-ideal weather, with a 145 total. Powell had posted a 1-over 72 Saturday at Rock Manor.
Luke LaScala, a junior on the Salesianum golf team, had the best overall score for the Delaware Series after signing for a 3-over 75 Sunday at Maple Dale to finish in a tie for second place, two shots behind Powell.
LaScala made birdies on the third and 15th holes and had 11 pars on his card.
LaScala had the best score of the day Saturday with a 3-under 68 at Rock Manor and his 75 at Maple Dale gave him a 143 total.
Sharing second place with LaScala in the 16-to-18 division at Maple Dale was Onyu Park, a sophomore on the Germantown Academy golf team.
Park made birdies on the 11th and 14th holes and had 12 pars on his card, including six straight pars from two through seven.
Ben Fifer of Wyoming, Del. took fourth place among the older guys with a 4-over 76 and Brayden Hughes of Hockessin, Del. and Ben Nowland, a sophomore on the Avon Grove golf team, shared fifth, each tallying a 78.
Bryce Erwin, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier as a junior at Hershey last fall, Benjamin Perticari of West Deptford, N.J. and Kie Shaw, a Wilmington, Del. resident and a junior on the Delaware Military Academy golf team, finished in a tie for seventh place, each landing on 80.
Johnny LaViola of Berlin, Md. and Jack Tunnell of Lewes, Del. rounded out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division as they finished in a tie for 10th place, each recording an 81.
Max Davis, a Newtown Square resident and a freshman in the Malvern Prep golf program, got off to a great start with birdies at the first, second and fourth holes, added a birdie at 12 and capped his round with an eagle at the par-4 17th as he finished at the top of the leaderboard in the 13-to-15 division with a 2-over 74.
Davis also had seven pars on his scorecard.
Nathan Lobo of Collegeville capped a solid weekend in Delaware as he rattled off four straight birdies at the ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th holes and had nine pars on his card to earn runnerup honors among the younger guys with a 3-over 75.
Lobo had finished atop the leaderboard in the 13-to-15 division Saturday at Rock Manor with a 2-over 73 and his 148 total was the third best overall among the players who completed both ends of the Delaware Series.
Henry Sokol, a PIAA Class AAA qualifier as a freshman at Harriton last fall, made a birdie at the second hole and had 12 pars on his card, including a run of seven straight pars from three through nine, as he finished in third place in the 13-to-15 division with a 5-over 77.
Sokol had posted a 5-over 76 Saturday at Rock Manor and his 153 total was fourth best among players who completed both ends of the Delaware Series.
Jonathan Thomas of Landenberg took fourth place with a 78, Noah Gates of Ardmore and Jack Gilbert of Bryn Mawr shared fifth, each registering an 84 and Declan Mayo of Chadds Ford and Sam Nelligan of Gilbertsville finished in a tie for seventh, each signing for an 86.
Lucas Shank of West Chester took ninth place with an 88 and Ben Meixell of Wilmington, Del. rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as he finished 10th with an 89.
Ellie Walls of Millsboro, Del. had 10 pars on her scorecard, ripping off six straight pars from the eighth to the 13th holes, as she claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 16-to-18 division with an 84.
Emma Bergey of Kennett Square made a birdie on the sixth hole and had seven pars on her card as she earned runnerup honors among the older girls with an 88.
Bergey, however, bettered Walls by four shots among the players who completed both ends of the Delaware Series.
Bergey also posted an 88 Saturday at Rock Manor for a 176 total for the weekend. Walls had carded a 96 Saturday at Rock Manor for a 180 total for Delaware Series.
Gabrielle Hamstead of Milton, Del. made a birdie on the second hole and had two pars on her card as she rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division by finishing in third place with a 94.
A couple of Wilmington, Del. gals, Dahlia Garrick and Hannah LeGrew, matched Walls for the best score of the day among the girls as each posted an 84 to share a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division.
Garrick made birdies at the third, 12th and 18th holes and had seven pars on her scorecard. LeGrew had eight pars on her card.
LeGrew also completed both ends of the Delaware Series and finished third in the overall scoring among the girls after recording a 96 at Rock Manor for a 180 total.
Gigi Gratz, a sophomore on the North Penn golf team, had four pars on her card as she finished in third place with a 93 at Maple Dale.
Kerena Boyd of Kennett Square rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as she finished in fourth place with a 137.
The always competitive boys 12-and-under nine-holers ended up with a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard as Baylor Keim of Blue Bell, Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr and James Wilson of Wilmington, Del. each carded a solid 3-over 39.
Keim had six pars on his scorecard, including five straight pars to close out his round. Muego finished up his round with a birdie at the ninth hole and had five pars on his card.
Wilson, coming off a runnerup finish a day earlier at Rock Manor, also closed out his round with a birdie at the ninth hole and had five pars on his card.
Victor Wang of Hockessin, Del. and Ben Adkins of Lewes, Del. shared fourth place, each registering a 42, Alex Cheng of Wilmington, Del. was sixth with a 43 and James Schneider of Penn Valley was seventh with a 47.
Shiv Toli of Newtown Square rounded out the field in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished in eighth place with a 62.
Addison Sabatini of West Chester bested a short field in the girls 12-and-under division with a 53.
Aashi Chakraborty of Kennett Square was the only other entry in the division and finished in second place with a 55.
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