Andrews heads a strong showing for the Souderton contingent in Philly Junior Tour stop at Indian Valley

 

   The Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour had a stop at Indian Valley Country Club in Telford, where Montgomery County meets Bucks County, June 16^th and the Souderton golf team was out in force.

   Chase Andrews, a senior for the Big Red, claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division with a solid 1-over-par 73 and classmate Cole Henning and Declan Henry, a junior for Souderton, were Andrews’ closest competitors, finishing in a tie for second place among the older guys, each posting a 6-over 78.

   After making a birdie at the eighth hole, Andrews really got it going on the incoming nine at Indian Valley with four straight birdies at 12, 13, 14 and 15. Andrews, a District One Class AAA qualifier last fall, had 10 pars on his scorecard, including four straight pars to open his round.

   The birdie barrage on the back nine enabled Andrews to tour Indian Valley’s incoming nine in 3-under 33.

   Henning also got it going on Indian Valley’s back nine as he made birdies at the 12^th, 15^th, 16th and 18th holes and had six pars on his card.

   Henry made a birdie at the 12^th hole and had 11 pars on his card, including a string of five straight pars from 13 through 17.

   A couple of District One Class AAA qualifiers last fall, Tim Croyle, a senior on the Pennridge golf team, and Jake Jaffe, a senior on the Central Bucks South golf team, shared fourth place, each signing for an 80.

   Matt DeMarco, a Broomall resident and a senior on the Cardinal O’Hara golf team, took sixth place with an 81 and Mason Stephan, a Collegeville resident and a senior on the Malvern Prep golf team, was seventh with an 82.

   Jack Ferm, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a junior at Garnet Valley last fall, and A.J. Sundstrom, who wrapped up his scholastic career at Parkland last fall, shared eighth place, each tallying an 83 and Grant MacColl of Haverford rounded out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division as he finished 10^th with an 86.

   Jack Shea of Harleysville made back-to-back birdies at the ninth and 10^th holes, added another birdie at 16 and had 10 pars on his scorecard as he earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with a 2-over 74.

   Shea’s a Class of 2030 kid, so maybe he, too, will be joining the team at Souderton this fall.

   Sam Nelligan, an incoming freshman at Boyertown, made an eagle at the par-5 12^th hole, had birdies at 10 and 14 and had eight pars on his card in earning runnerup honors among the younger guys with a 3-over 75. Nelligan toured the incoming nine at Indian Valley in even-par 36.

   Actually caddied for Nelligan at Stonewall’s Old Course two days before he teed it up at Indian Valley. The kid has game.

   Brody Campbell, a Plymouth Meeting resident and a sophomore on the Malvern Prep golf team, got off to a quick start with back-to-back birdies at the second and third holes and had 10 pars on his card, including four straight pars from 12 through 15, as he finished a shot behind Nelligan in third place with a 4-over 76.

   Thomas Holt IV of Haddonfield, N.J., coming off a Philly Junior Tour victory the previous week at Valleybrook Country Club, and Helmut Dang of Newtown Square shared fourth place, each recording a 77.

   Yet another Souderton guy, Daniel Ross, who joined Andrews in the District One Class AAA field at Turtle Creek Golf Course as a freshman with the Big Red last fall, and Benjamin Lear of West Chester shared sixth place, each registering a 79, Liam Jacobs of Philadelphia was eighth with an 80 and Kaycen Subbio of Blue Bell was ninth with an 81.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division was a trio tied for 10^th place at 82 that included Bobby Stefanski of Newtown Square, Cressman Sullivan of Pottstown and Tucker Detwiler, a West Chester resident and a sophomore on the Malvern Prep golf team.

   Corinne McReynolds, who helped Conestoga capture the PIAA Class AAA team crown as a junior last fall, had the best score among the girls at Indian Valley as she claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division with an 83.

   McReynolds made a birdie on the seventh hole and had eight pars on her scorecard.

   I was posting the last couple of days on the Pennsylvania Junior Girls’ Championship at Lebanon Country Club and McReynolds, playing out of Whitford Country Club, finished in a tie for 26^th place with a 242 total in the 54-hole test that included a double round Tuesday.

   Annie Corrigan, a Huntingdon Valley resident and a junior on the Mount St. Joseph team that finished in third place behind Conestoga in the PIAA Class AAA team chase last fall, had six pars on her card as she earned runnerup honors with an 86 that left her three shots behind McReynolds.

   Ella Kikuchi, a junior on the Downingtown East golf team, had three pars on her card as she finished in third place with a 100.

   Erin Urbanski, a West Chester resident and a junior on the Villa Maria Academy golf team, rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as she finished in fourth place with a 111.

   Urbanski’s teammate at Villa Maria, sophomore Lila Collingwood, a Collegeville resident, had three pars, all of them on Indian Valley’s incoming nine, as she earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with a 92.

   Kikuchi’s teammate on the Downingtown East golf team, sophomore Olivia Kirmayer, finished five shots behind Collingwood in second place with a 97.

   Lindsay Soporowski of Nazareth finished in third place with a 104.

   Elyssa Capaldo of Trooper took fourth place with a 105, Mackenzie Lim of Harleysville was fifth with a 106 and Natalie Soporowski, another member of Nazareth’s Team Soporowski, was sixth with a 109.

   Brooke Platt of Blue Bell rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as she finished in seventh place with a 115.

   Samuel Karas of Blue Bell had seven pars on his scorecard, including a string of six straight pars from the 11^th through the 16^th holes, as he bested the field of boys 12-and-under nine-holers with a 2-over 38.

   Brody Rollins of Milton, Del. made a birdie on the 16^th hole and had four pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Karas in second place with a 3-over 39.

   Grayson Wright of Philadelphia had five pars on his card as he finished in third place with a 40.

   Joey Charpentier of Schwenksville, Ryan Kaye of Lansdale and Nolan English of Villanova shared fourth place, each registering a 43, and Jamie Cahn of Penn Valley and Kash Gray of Eagleville finished in a tie for seventh, each posting a 46.

   Andrew DElia of Clarks Summit took eighth place with a 48 and Nolan Dunkelberger of Nazareth and Andrew Herman, playing close to his Telford home, rounded out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division as they finished in a tie for 10^th, each signing for a 49.

   Lillian Fry of Pennsburg bested the field of girls 12-and-under nine-holers with a 53.

   Addison Sabatini of West Chester made a par on the 13^th hole as she finished a shot behind Fry in second place with a 54.

   Sydney Lim, another member of Harleysville’s Team Lim, rounded out the field in the girls 12-and-under division as she finished in third place with a 60.