Van Horn’s 69 heats up a chilly Mill Creek

A 69 by Bryce Van Horn of Warren JFK injected heat into an otherwise wet and overcast round Tuesday at Mill Creek for the ‘Joe’ Dickey Electric Greatest Golfer juniors.

Joining Bryce for qualifier honors were Matilyn Zines, United; Matt Morrone, Poland, and Gianna Ross, Canfield.

“I wasn’t hitting too may greens,” said Bryce. “But I was getting up and down. I was chipping everything within like 4 feet.”

He won the Coaches Burger Bar u17 flight, just ahead of Mick Ambrose, Canfield, at 71 and Nolan Froelich, Ursuline, at 74.

Zines’ 78 put her just ahead of West Branch’s Shaylee Muckleroy (79) and Southeast’s Gracie Westover (80) in the u17 Lane Funeral Home girls division.
“It could have even been better,” said Zines. “I had two double bogeys, and on No. 18 – I almost got an albatross. It hit the pin and rattled out.”

Morrone rattled a pin, too, on his way to a 78 in the Panera u14 Boys division.

“I was bad on front but I turned it around on the back. The best part of my day today was the putting. My best shot was No. 3 — I hit the pin, and cracked the flagstick.”

Rocco Bautti (Neshannock) had the low round of the division with a 75. He already qualified earlier this season. Tyler Guerrero (Mooney) was right behind Morrone with an 80.

Greatest’s youngest competitor ever made his debut. Preston Tolnar teed it up as a 9-year-old and posted an 81 for 4th place.

Gianna Ross scored an 83 to earn top honors in the u14 Ambrose Family Eye Care Center play.

“The weather was — ehhh – but I liked the golf and the people I played with. Driving was best part of the day; putting was so-so.”

Here are the scores:

U17 Boys | Coaches Burger Bar

1	Bryce Van Horn – Q	69
2	Mick Ambrose	71
3	Nolan Froelich	74
T4	Dante Turner	75
T4	Hudson Rice	75
6	Rocco Crawford	77
T7	Austin Mariani	78
T7	Simon Kovass	78
9	Nicholas Beistel	79
T10	Michael Garwacki	80
T10	Diesel Williams	80
T10	Chase Forsyth	80
T13	Alexander Eckstein	81
T13	Andrew LaPolla	81
15	Jamin Brown	82
T16	Luke Rupeka	83
T16	Andrew Fredenburg	83
T18	Nathan Miller	84
T18	Rocco Galmarini	84
20	Garrett Wallace	85
T21	Isaac Richards	86
T21	Luke Scudier	86
T23	Carson Arfaras	87
T23	Bode Biggin	87
T25	Anthony Hall	88
T25	Jacob Lynn	88
27	Blake Unger	89
28	Garrett Brajkovich	91
29	Michael Moyer	92
30	Colten Smith	94
31	Cody Anderson	96
32	Elia Lyras	97
33	Peyton Yorns	102
34	Tanner James	106
35	Jimmy Pemberton	119
36	CJ Brew	126
37	Samson Scott	129
U17 Girls | Lane Funeral Home
1	Matilyn Zines – Q	78
2	Shaylee Muckleroy	79
3	Gracie Westover	80
4	Taylor Morrone	84
5	Sophia Rivera	87
6	Natalie Sawicki	95
T7	Cadence Elford	96
T7	Nina Gordon	96
T9	Lorin Sam	102
T9	Chloe Leskovac	102
11	Ava Miklos	103
U14 Boys | Panera
1	Rocco Bautti	75
2	Matthew Morrone – Q	78
3	Tyler Guerrieri	80
4	Preston Tolnar	81
5	Landon Eckert	83
6	Camryn Sallee	84
7	Trenton Hall	85
8	Karsten Baker	87
9	Braeden Sallee	91
U14 Girls | Ambrose Family Eye Center
1	Gianna Ross – Q	83
2	Avery Robinette	108
3	Rhyloh Turpack	115

The Greatest juniors series, presented also by Youngstown Tile Retail Design Center and Phantom Fireworks, features 10 events from May 7 to July 20, then a skills championship, followed by a 36-hole finals July 21-22 at Avalon Lakes. Event costs range from $45-$65, and there is no seasonal membership fee. It’s Ohio and Pennsylvania’s least expensive yet most competitive summer play for high schoolers. The next event is singles play is June 21 at Squaw Creek. Register at TheGreatestGolfer.com.