Shurman lights it up at Iron Valley to capture a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Jesse Shurman was in the lineup for The Haverford School as a sophomore in each of the Inter-Ac League’s six invitationals that made up the regular season.

   It was a typically tight race and Jesse Shurman and a youthful bunch of Fords were in contention right to the final day before ending up in second place as Episcopal Academy captured a second straight Inter-Ac crown.

   Jesse Shurman, a Villanova resident, took a ride out to Lebanon for a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour stop at Iron Valley Golf Club Oct. 25^th and the experience he gained competing against the tough Inter-Ac competition was apparent.

   Jesse Shurman carded a sizzling 1-under 71, easily the best score of the day among the guys, as he captured a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division.

   Jesse Shurman finished strong at Iron Valley as he made a birdie at the 15^th hole and closed out his round with back-to-back birdies at 17 and 18 while scorching the incoming nine with a 2-under 34.

   Jesse Shurman had 13 pars on his scorecard, including a stretch of nine consecutive pars from the second through the 10^th holes.

   Jaden Irvin, who wrapped up his scholastic career at Hershey this fall, and Collin Padovani, a junior on the Northern Lebanon golf team, shared runnerup honors at Iron Valley as each posted an 81.

   Irvin made a birdie at the 16^th hole and had 10 pars on his card. Padovani made a birdie at the 10^th hole and had nine pars on his card, including a string of four straight pars from 14 through 17.

   Felix Chen, a junior on the Lancaster Country Day School golf team, took fourth place with an 84 and Shane Cornell, who wrapped up his scholastic career at Avon Grove this fall, finished fifth with an 86.

   Rounding out the field in the 16-to-18 division was Clifton Beam of West Chester as he finished in sixth place with a 92.

   Blake Coppolino, a sophomore on the Downingtown East golf team, had 11 pars on his scorecard, including a run of nine straight pars from the fifth through the 13^th holes, as he claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with an 8-over 80.

   Nathan Barker of Malvern had nine pars on his card as he earned runnerup honors among the younger guys with an 83.

   Jonathan Thomas of Landenberg had 10 pars on his card, opening his round with four straight pars, as he finished in third place with an 84.

   Dean Matta, a District One Class AAA qualifier this fall as a freshman at Avon Grove, took fourth place with an 86, Toby Parker of Chester Springs and Nolan Sweigert, a freshman on the Lancaster Catholic golf team, shared fifth, each tallying an 88, and Jaxson Freeborn of Reading finished seventh with an 89.

   Justin Burke, a sophomore on the Owen J. Roberts golf team, took eighth place with a 94 and Harrison Miller of Palmyra rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as he finished ninth with a 96.

   Really strong showing from Katelyn Burks, the younger sister of Jill Burks, the District One Class AAA champion as a senior at Conestoga this fall, as Katelyn Burks had the best score among the girls while claiming a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 13-to-15 division with a 7-over 79.

   Katelyn Burks made an early birdie at the third hole, went back-to-back with birdies at six and seven and added birdies at 10 and12 on Iron Valley’s incoming nine. Katelyn Burks also had six pars on her scorecard.

   Elyssa Capaldo, a freshman on Methacton’s Pioneer Athletic Conference championship team, rounded out a short field in the 13-to-15 division as she finished in second place with a 97.

   Mya Dendler, a junior on the Pennsbury golf team, was the lone entry in the girls 16-to-18 division and she had five pars on her scorecard, including three straight pars at the fourth, fifth and sixth holes, on her way to a 95.

   Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr, who has been a fixture on the leaderboard among the Philly Junior Tour’s boys 12-and-under nine-holers all season, made a birdie at the fourth hole and had six pars on his scorecard, including five straight pars to close out his round, as he notched another win with a 1-over 37.

   Blake Shurman, another member of Villanova’s Team Shurman, closed out his round with a birdie at the ninth hole and had five pars on his card, including three straight pars at six, seven and eight, as he earned runnerup honors with a solid 3-over 39.

   Joey Charpentier of Schwenksville and Samuel Karas of Blue Bell shared third place as each signed for a 41.

   Charpentier had seven pars on his card, closing out his round with a string of six straight pars. Karas had four pars on his card, ripping off three consecutive pars at the sixth, seventh and eighth holes.

   Jesse Cannon of Glen Mills and Ryan Kaye of Lansdale shared fifth place, each recording a 42 and Dino Luccia of North Wales and Mason Freeborn, another member of Reading’s Team Freeborn, finished in a tie for seventh place, each registering a 49.

   Declan Brainard of Pipersville took ninth place with a 50, Ethan Hong of Wayne was 10^th with a 55 and Joseph Sherman of Gladwyne rounded out the field in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished 11^th with a 57.