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Welcome to the 2011 Lancaster County Junior Golf Tour!

Tournament Director's comments - 2011 Junior War of the Roses & End of the Season:
The Lancaster and York junior golfers were greeted by absolutely beautiful August weather – bright sunshine and low humidity, making walking 36 holes less physically demanding.   So the weather was relatively cool, but the competition was hot, as both organizations’ junior golfers locked in some great matches.  Lancaster prevailed for the eighth straight time, which is a win for every time this event has been held. 
Some of the top moments/efforts of the day were:  Walker Kirk, one of four Junior Boys Division golfers, made his first ace, on the par 3 third hole.  That was the first hole-in-one in the history of the JrWoR competition.  What can you say?  It’s in the jar!  Great shot!   Both Haley Goodling and Walt Pelensky, who were 3-down in the early going, in their singles matches, stormed back to win those matches.  They never thought of quitting!  Great effort!  And while we are talking about girls, our girls, Haley and Mary Beth Palic, won all four of their points.  Last year, our girls lost all their points, so this was a huge turn-around, and got the team off to a great start, in the morning and again in the afternoon.  Outstanding!
Here are the complete results: 

JUNIOR WAR OF THE ROSES
Thursday At Regents' Glen C.C., York
Lancaster 19.5, York 8.5
BETTER BALL
Mary Beth Palic and Haley Goodling, L, d. Jessica Weaver and Rebecca Ream, 1-up.
Walt Pelensky and Connor Sheehan, L, halved with Brandon Greenplate and Collin Potter.
Isaiah Logue and Nick Geiman, Y, d. Walker Kirk and Ryan Lefever, 1-up.
Cameron Sprenkle and Andrew Geesey, Y, d. Charles White and John Kitsock, 1-up.
Marc Oliveri and Aaron Fricke, L, d. Josh Rinehart and Wesley Ashton, 1-up.
Ryan Dornes and Mark Dano, L, d. Alex Hofstand and Drew Patterson, 1-up.
JD Dornes and Robby Rowe, L, d. Matthew Daryman and Ben Purtell, 2 and 1.
Lancaster 4.5 York 2.5
ALTERNATE SHOT
Palic and Goodling, L, d. Weaver and Ream, 2 and 1.
Pelensky and Sheehan, L, d. Greenplate and Potter, 4 and 2.
Logue and Geiman, Y, d. Kirk and Lefever, 1-up.
White and Kitsock, L, d. Sprenkle and Geesey, 2-up.
Oliveri and Fricke, L, d. Rinehart and Ashton, 4 and 3.
R. Dornes and Dano, L, d. Hofstrand and Patterson, 2 and 1.
Daryman and Purtell, Y, d. J. Dornes and Rowe, 1 -up.
Lancaster 5 York 2
SINGLES
Goodling, L, d. Ream, 4 and 3.
Palic, L, d. Weaver, 7 and 5.
Geiman, Y, d. Lefever, 6 and 5.
Logue, Y, d. Kirk, 2-up.
Pelensky, L, d. Potter, 3 and 1.
Fricke, L, d. Rinehart, 2 and 1.
Sprenkle, Y, d. White, 4 and 2.
Oliveri, L, d. Ashton, 4 and 3.
R. Dornes, L, d. Patterson, 5 and 3.
Greenplate, Y, d. Sheehan, 4 and 3.
Kitsock, L, d. Geesey, 2 and 1.
Rowe, L, d. Hofstrand, 1-up.
J. Dornes, L, d. Daryman, 3 and 2.
Dano, L, d. Purtell, 3 and 1.
Lancaster 10 York 4
   
I’ll be honest, I had a lot of doubt going into this year’s JrWoR.  We lost a tremendous amount of golf talent, especially in the Senior Boy’s Division, that graduated this past spring, and were ineligible for LCJGT play this summer.  But our golfers stepped up, and improved their game, and those results were evident on Thursday.  This ‘young’ JrWoR team, we only will lose 3 of these golfers for next year, improved tremendously, through their own hard work and desire to get better.  With the on-course help of our two co-captains, Josh Burg and Austin Wolf, and the efforts of our golfers, the results were outstanding.  Way to go, Lancaster!

This event concludes our 2011 LCJGT season.  If there are questions, or comments that you would like to have addressed, please do not hesitate to contact us via our website email address.   See you next summer! 

Skip Walters

LCJGT Tournament Director  

To read an article published in Lancaster Newspapers about the 2011 War of the Roses Championship, CLICK HERE.