Wade picks up another Philly Junior Tour victory with solid showing at Lebanon

 

   Bret Wade, a freshman on the Owen J. Roberts golf team, came up short of his ultimate goal of making it to the PIAA Class AAA Championship this fall.

   Wade, though, continued playing some solid golf on the Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour as he had the best score of the day, a 2-over-par 74, at Lebanon Country Club, to claim the top spot in the 13-to-15 division Oct. 18^th.

   Wade had notched a Philly Junior Tour victory at Berkleigh Golf Club the weekend before the District One Class AAA Championship. In the opening round of districts at Raven’s Claw Golf Club, Wade came up just short of surviving the cut and playing in the second round at Turtle Creek Golf Course.

   Still, making it to the District One Class AAA Championship as a freshman is a really nice start to a scholastic career.

   At Lebanon, Wade made birdies at the second, fifth and seventh holes on the outgoing nine, added back-to-back birdies at 14 and 15 and had six pars on his scorecard.

   Jonathan Thomas of Landenberg had 10 pars on his card, including five straight to close out his round, as he earned runnerup honors with an 80.

   Declan Mayo of Chadds Ford made a birdie at the 16^th hole and had eight pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Thomas in third place with an 81.

   Jaxson Freeborn of Reading took fourth place with an 83, Reed Starzecki, a Bryn Mawr resident and a freshman on the golf team at The Haverford School, and Toby Parker of Chester Springs shared fifth, each tallying an 84, and Aiden Rigberg, a sophomore on the Upper Dublin golf team, was seventh with an 87.

   Harrison Miller of Palmyra and Noah Gates of Ardmore shared eighth place, each signing for an 88, and Victor Wang of Hockessin, Del. rounded out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division as he finished 10^th with a 91.

   Felix Chen, a junior on the Lancaster Country Day School golf team, made birdies at the seventh and 15^th holes and had nine pars on his scorecard as he captured a Philly Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division with a 5-over 77.

   Jack Ferm, who wrapped up his scholastic career at Garnet Valley by earning a spot in the field in the District One Class AAA Championship this fall, had 12 pars on his card, opening his round with five straight pars, as he earned runnerup honors with an 80. Ferm toured the outgoing nine at Lebanon in 1-over 37.

   Jaden Irvin, who wrapped his scholastic career at Hershey this fall, opened his round with a birdie at the first hole and had eight pars on his card as he finished a shot behind Ferm in third place with an 81.

   Clifton Beam of West Chester took fourth place with an 83 and Shane Cornell, who wrapped up his scholastic career at Avon Grove with a spot in the District One Class AAA field, and Tim Croyle, also a Class AAA district qualifier as a senior at Pennridge this fall, finished in a tie for fifth, each recording an 87.

   Braydon Dolan, who wrapped up his scholastic career at Springfield this fall, took seventh place with an 88, Bryce Moyer, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a sophomore at Harriton this fall, was eighth with an 89, and Lucas DeLay of Philadelphia finished ninth with a 90.

   Cole Verdes of Cherry Hill, N.J. took 10^th place with a 91 and Drew Nudy of Villanova rounded out the field in the 16-to-18 division as he finished 11^th with a 104.

   Stella Varano of Schwenksville and Molly Wagner, a Newark, Del. resident and a junior on the St. Mark’s golf team, were the only two entries in the girls 13-to-15 division and they shared the top spot, each signing for a 95.

   Varano finished out her round with a birdie at the 18^th hole and had three pars on her scorecard. Wagner had four pars on her card.

   Kash Gray of Eagleville made back-to-back birdies at the fifth and sixth holes and had six pars on his scorecard, opening his round with four straight pars, as he bested the field of boys 12-and-under nine-holers with a 1-under 35.

   Niko Muego of Bryn Mawr and Ryan Kaye of Lansdale shared second place as he registered a 4-over 40.

   Muego had six pars on his card, finishing up his round with four straight pars. Kaye made a birdie at the third hole and had three pars on his card.

   Grayson Wright of Philadelphia finished a shot behind Muego and Kaye in fourth place with a 41. Wright was coming off a Philly Junior Tour victory the previous weekend at Regents’ Glen Country Club.

   Tyler Drinker of West Chester took fifth place with a 44, Declan Brainard of Pipersville was sixth with a 46, James Schneider of Penn Valley was seventh with a 48 and Kamran Patel of Moorestown, N.J. finished eighth with a 50.

   Mason Freeborn, another member of Reading’s Team Freeborn, took ninth place with a 52 and Joseph Sherman of Gladwyne rounded out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished 10^th with a 58.

   Juniper Ha of Royersford bested the field of the girls 12-and-under nine-holers with a 50.

   Kasey Bell of Wilmington, Del. rounded out the field in the girls 12-and-under division as she earned runnerup honors with a 54.