Owen J. Roberts' Wade tunes up for District One Championship by claiming a Philly Junior Tour victory at Berkleigh

 

   Bret Wade, a freshman on the Owen J. Roberts golf team, tuned up for his appearance in the District One Class AAA Championship by carding a solid 3-over-par 75 at Berkleigh Golf Club in Kutztown to claim a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division Oct. 3^rd.

   Wade made a birdie at the ninth hole, finished out his round with back-to-back birdies at 17 and 18 and had nine pars on his scorecard, including five straight pars from 10 through 14, to finish a shot ahead of his Owen J. Roberts teammate and fellow freshman Sam Whitehouse.

   Whitehouse was a par machine at Berkleigh, once the home of the LPGA Tour’s Betsy King Classic, as he had 14 pars on his card, rattling off seven straight pars from the fourth through the 10^th holes and closing out his round with five straight pars.

   Connor Bates, a sophomore on the Perkiomen Valley golf team, made birdies at the fifth, 15^th and 18^th holes and had nine pars on his card as he finished two shots behind Whitehouse in third place with a 78.

   Ian Lu took a road trip from Edison, N.J. to Berks County and finished in fourth place with an 80.

   Carson McNamee, a freshman on a Souderton golf team that captured the District One Class AAA team crown, headed a group of four players tied for fifth place at 83 that included Jackson Ehrlich of Berwyn, Carter Bove of Kennett Square and Toby Parker of Chester Springs.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division were Brendan Haney, a freshman on the Cardinal O’Hara golf team, and Noah Gates of Ardmore, as they finished in a tie for ninth place, each signing for an 84.

   Lucas Keysock, a senior on the Perkiomen Valley golf team, made a birdie at the 16^th hole and had 13 pars on his scorecard, including a pair of streaks of five pars in a row from three through seven and again from 10 through 14, as he earned a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division with a 5-over 77.

   Shane Cornell, a senior on the Avon Grove golf team, made a birdie at the 15^th hole and had nine pars on his card as he finished two shots behind Keysock in second place with a 79.

   Torrin Denton of Mullica Hill, N.J. rounded out a short field in the 16-to-18 division as he made birdies at the 10^th and 15^th holes and had five pars on his card to finish in third place with an 83.

   Sydney Wellen, a junior on the Agnes Irwin golf team, made a birdie on the 13^th hole and had 11 pars on her scorecard, including a stretch of four consecutive pars from eight through 11 as she captured a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 16-to-18 division with an 81.

   Wellen finished in a tie for third place in last spring’s Inter-Ac League Championship at Sandy Run Country Club.

   Mya Dendler, a junior on the Pennsbury golf team, opened her round with a birdie at the first hole and had four pars on her card as she rounded out a short field in the 16-to-18 division by finishing in second place with a 92.

   Molly Wagner, a Newark, Del. resident and a junior on the St. Mark’s golf team, made birdies on the ninth and 14^th holes and had six pars on her scorecard, including three straight pars at 11, 12 and 13, as she finished at the top of the leaderboard in the 13-to-15 division with an 83.

   Natalie Soporowski of Nazareth made a birdie at the ninth hole and a par at 13 as she rounded out a short field in the 13-to-15 division by finishing in second place with a 100.

   Blake Shurman of Villanova made back-to-back birdies at the fourth and fifth holes and had six pars on his scorecard, including four straight pars to close out a stellar 1-under 34 as he bested the field of boys 12-and-under nine-holers. The kid’s 10-years old.

   Grayson Wright of Philadelphia had eight pars on his card, including seven straight pars to close out his round, as he earned runnerup honors with a 1-over 36.

   Joey Charpentier of Schwenksville made a birdie at the second hole and had five pars on his card, rattling off consecutive pars at four, five and six, as he finished a shot behind Wright in third place with a 37.

   Ryan Kaye of Lansdale and Declan Brainard of Pipersville shared fourth place, each tallying a 39, and Bennett Cho of Chesterbrook and Kash Gray of Eagleville finished in a tie for sixth, each recording a 40.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division was a trio of players tied for eighth place at 53 that included Mason Freeborn of Reading, James Schneider of Penn Valley and Sid Joshi of Coopersburg.

   Natasha Lobo, the talented 11-year-old from Collegeville, had four pars on her scorecard, closing out her round with back-to-back pars at the eighth and ninth holes, as she bested the field of girls 12-and-under nine-holers with a 7-over 42.

   Lillian Fry of Pennsburg had four pars on her card, going back-to-back with pars at the sixth and seventh holes, as she earned runnerup honors with a 44.

   Rounding out a short field in the girls 12-and-under division was Juniper Ha of Royersford as she made pars at the fourth and eighth holes to finish in third place with a 49.