North Central Pennsylvania Golf Association

For Immediate Release…………Monday, July 13, 2009

Allenwood, Pa- The tiny town of Benton, Pa has produced an extraordinary number of quality golfers. Adam Jeffrey is another in a long line of fine players to come out of the NCPGA Junior Tour and Monday he fired a two under par 70 at the White Deer Vintage Course to nip Three Ponds Cody Conklin and Liberty Valley ’s Nick Butto by a shot in the 16 to 19 year old age division.

Conklin was a winner last week at Bucknell and Jeffery has been a consistent top performer on the NCPGA Junior Tour for a couple of years. He follows in the footsteps of Micheal Klem and Tyler Brewington also of the Mill Race Golf Club and Carl Stackhouse was last year’s NCPGA Senior Champion and holds a big lead in the senior point standings so far this year.

In the 13-15 year old division, Liberty Valley ’s Jeff Brunozzi beat CJ Tyler on the 3rd hole of a sudden death playoff after both players finished with three over par 75. Eagles Mere’s Jesse Hazam was a shot back at 76 and Tyoga’s Corey Lewis was close behind at 77.

In the girls 13-15 year old age group, Taylor Krout of Williamsport won with a 105.  Austin Shellhammer of Shade Mountain paced the boys 10 to 12 year olds with a nine hole score of 42. He was s hot better of fellow Shade Mountain player Trent Gower with 43.

In the Girls 10-12 year old age group, Katie Behnert of Wynding Brook won with a 62.

The 5 to 9 year olds were paced by Christopher Timblin’s five hole score of 28. White Deer’s Derek Lew was second at 30.

It was the fifth tournament of the season on the NCPGA Junior Tour. 86 Junior Golfers competed. The next tournament is Monday, July 20^th at the Belles Springs Golf Club in Mill Hall.

The NCPGA is a non-profit organization of member golf clubs dedicated to the promotion and preservation of the game of golf in North Central Pennsylvania. Founded in 1981, the association conducts a highly successful junior tour, men’s and women’s amateur championships, a senior tournament series, U.S. Open local qualifying and provides handicapping services to member clubs which is the major source of revenue to the association. NCPGA volunteers also rate golf courses and conduct educational seminars for handicap chairmen, rules clinics and supports the USGA Turf Advisory Program.

Participating clubs in the NCPGA are  Bucknell G.C., Lewisburg,; Shade Mountain G.C., Middleburg; Susquehanna Valley C.C., Hummels Wharf; Corey Creek Country Club, Mansfield; Tyoga Country Club, Wellsboro; Wynding Brook Golf Club., Milton; White Deer G.C., Allenwood; Belles Springs G.C., Mackeyville; Clinton Country Club, Lock Haven; Eagles Mere Country Club, Eagles Mere; Mill Race Golf Club, Benton; Liberty Valley Golf Club, Danville; Lewistown Country Club, Lewistown; Knoebels Three Ponds Golf Club, Elysburg;  Nittany Country Club, State College; Timber Trails Golf Club, Pocono Pines; Pocono Manor Golf Club, Pocono Manor, and Williamsport Country Club, Williamsport.

            NCPGA Junior Tour At White Deer

            White Deer Golf Club Vintage Course

Par 72

July 13, 2009

            Boys 16-18

            Adam Jeffery, Mill Race GC - 34-36--70

            Cody Conklin, Three Ponds GC - 36-35--71

            Nick Butto, Frosty Valley - 36-35--71

            Kyle Krout, Williamsport CC - 38-36--74

            Sean Pauling, Susquehanna Valley CC - 37-38--75

            Travis Kennedy, White Deer GC - 38-38--76

            Adam James, Susquehanna Valley CC - 37-40--77

            Zach Stuck, Shade Mt. GC - 37-40--77

            Jeremy Stine, white deer - 39-40--79

            Brayden Shipman, Clinton CC - 41-39--80

            Brendan Gruss, Liberty Valley - 42-38--80

            Kyle Winton, White Deer GC - 42-38--80

            Neal Khanna,  - 41-39--80

            Rocco Vuocolo, Belles Springs GC - 42-38--80

            Hadyn Derr, Shade Mt. GC - 41-40--81

            Matt Arcuri, Shade Mt. GC - 41-40--81

            Nicholas McGee, White Deer GC - 42-40--82

            Michael Briskey, Susquehanna Valley CC - 42-41--83

            Nicholas Loeb, Liberty Valley CC - 44-40--84

            Mitchell Johnson, Frosty Valley CC - 42-43--85

            Sam Stewart, Frosty Valley CC - 43-43--86

            Camden Cassels, Bucknell GC - 44-43--87

            Jonathan Gennaria, Liberty Valley CC - 41-46--87

            Stephen Zosh, Windsor Heights GC - 44-43--87

            Matt Bissinger, Mill Race GC - 43-45--88

            Seth Laino, Bucknell GC - 46-42--88

            Trent Wargo, Wynding Brook GC - 44-45--89

            Evan Artley, White Deer GC - 45-46--91

            Dylan Tevlin, Tyoga CC - 46-47--93

            Jason Kibler,  - 41-52--93

            Kyle Behnert, Wynding Brook GC - 46-48--94

            Brett Duell, Sunny Hills - 52-44--96

            Bradley Shank,  - 53-51--104

            Boys 13-15

            C.J. Tyler, Bucknell GC - 40-35--75

            Jeff Brunozzi, Liberty Valley CC - 38-37--75

            Jesse Hazam, Eagles Mere CC - 39-37--76

            Corey Lewis, Tyoga CC - 37-40--77

            Brett Powell, White Deer GC - 40-40--80

            JP Pawlikowski, White Deer GC - 42-39--81

            Kyle Gruss, Liberty Valley CC - 42-39--81

            Ty Morzilla, Mill Race GC - 42-39--81

            Austin Renz, Liberty Valley CC - 43-39—82

            Derrick Geedey, Liberty Valley CC - 39-44--83

            CJ Hollister, Liberty Valley CC - 41-45--86

            Dakota Portzline, unaffiliated - 43-43--86

            Matthew Paul Dalo,  - 43-44--87

            Ben Apple, Bucknell GC - 44-45--89

            Christopher McGee, White Deer GC - 44-45--89

            Shawn Geiser, Tyoga CC - 43-46--89

            Alec Gard, West Park GC - 48-42--90

            Christian Burke, Susquehanna Valley CC - 42-48--90

            Derek Duttry, unaffiliated - 48-42--90

            Nick Chamberlin, Bucknell GC - 46-44--90

            Colin Rice, Shade Mountain GC - 43-48--91

            Joshua Kahl, Liberty Valley - 46-45--91

            Patrick Barrett, Bucknell GC - 46-45--91

            Nate Martin, Bucknell GC - 49-43--92

            Derek Wilkins, Eagles Mere CC - 46-47--93

            Michael Shelhamer, Shade Mountain GC - 52-46--98

            Justin Geedey, Liberty Valley CC - 56-44--100

            Brian Bridge ,  - 54-48--102

            Taylor Strein, Wynding Brook GC - 54-53--107

            Tyler Mull, Sunny Hills - 56-51--107

            Patrick Crissman, Susquehanna Valley CC - 49-59--108

            Boys 10-12

           Austin Shellhammer, Shade Mountain GC – 42

           Trent Gower, Shade Mountain GC - 43

            Ascher Marks, Shade Mountain GC  - 44
            Matthew Southerton,  - 45

            Jacob Lenhart, Wynding Brook GC - 48

            Will Reid, Liberty Valley CC – 48

            Zachary Taylor, Berwick CC - 50

            Harrison Gronlund, Bucknell GC – 52

            Matthew Lienhard, Wynding Brook GC - 57

            Peter Kissinger, Susquehanna Valley CC – 61

            Jeffrey Stepanik, Bucknell GC - 63

            Daniel Loftus, Bucknell GC - 67

            Ryan Miller, Wynding Brook Golf Club - 69

            Juniors 5-9

            Christopher Timblin, Dick Kidd’s Par 3 --28

            Derek Lewis, White Deer Golf Club --30

            Sheldon Knepp, Nittany Country Club --36

            Thomas Cygan, Belles Springs GC --40

            Austin Knepp, Nittany Country Club --49

            Andrew Haupt, Three Ponds GC --53

            Girls 10-12

            Katie Behnert, Wynding Brook GC - 62-NC--NC

            Shannon Loftus, Bucknell GC - 64-NC--NC

            Girls 13-15

            Taylor Krout, Williamsport Country Club - 51-54--105

            Caroline Stepanik, Bucknell GC - 63-64--127

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