ITASCA, Ill. – The second round of the 39th Chick Evans Junior Amateur Championship has concluded Tuesday at Itasca Country Club. Entering Match Play, Danny Fisher (2019) of Lake Forest, Ill., was the number one seed in the Boys Division; while in the Girls Division, Mara Janess (2022) of Barrington, Ill., finished atop the Stroke Play leaderboard.
The Chick Evans Junior Amateur (CEJA) is the highest level of IJGA competition and is intended to highlight the best players in the state while giving players the opportunity to earn national recognition. This championship is open to boys and girls ages 12-18 who have earned exempt status or have qualified at one of the six (6) local qualifiers. The field will play 36 holes of Stroke Play before a cut is made for Match Play. The low 32 boys and 16 girls will advance to Match Play.
Fisher carded four birdies during the second round, moving his tournament total to a 5-under-par 139. The Miami University commit carded a 2-under-par 70 during the second round.
Also making the cut to match play in the Boys Division were:
2 Brayden Roy 2020, Northbrook, Illinois -2 70 72 142
3 Charlie O’Donnell 2022, Pacific Palisades, CA +1 75 70 145
T4 Jackson Bussell 2019, Lincolnshire, IL +2 74 72 146
T4 Robert Beaubien Jr. 2019, Barrington, IL +2 75 71 146
T6 Adam Bornstein 2020, Deerfield, IL +3 74 73 147
T6 Thomas Baker 2020, Rockford, IL +3 72 75 147
T8 Mac McGurn 2021, Glenview, IL +5 73 76 149
T8 Sam Bartolone 2021, Elmhurst, IL +5 70 79 149
T8 Matthew Buckley 2020, Elmhurst, IL +5 75 74 149
T8 Bennett Rasmussen 2021, Hinsdale, IL +5 77 72 149
T12 Sam Ergastolo 2020, Mount Prospect, IL +6 78 72 150
T12 John Wild 2022, Glen Ellyn, IL +6 72 78 150
T12 Graham Head 2022, Glen Ellyn, IL +6 74 76 150
T12 Will Stewart 2021, Lake in the Hills, IL +6 78 72 150
T12 Henry Reiland 2024, Chicago, IL +6 77 73 150
T17 Samuel Mortell 2021, Chicago, IL +7 75 76 151
T17 Rohan Vasudeva 2020, Vernon Hills, IL +7 72 79 151
T17 Flynn Bradley 2021, Lake Bluff, IL +7 79 72 151
T17 Blaise Morris 2019, Addison, IL +7 80 71 151
T17 Bennett Baker 2020, Belvidere, IL +7 75 76 151
T17 Brody McCarthy 2022, Homer Glen, IL +7 78 73 151
T17 Charles Haggerty 2021, Lake Forest, IL +7 72 79 151
T17 Owen Hultman 2020, Belvidere, IL +7 75 76 151
T17 Tyler Irwin 2021, Arlington Heights, IL +7 77 74 151
T17 Paulius Malcius 2022, Lemont, IL +7 76 75 151
T27 Henry Quinn 2021, Arlington Heights, IL +8 79 73 152
T27 Davis Johnson 2020, Winnetka, IL +8 76 76 152
T27 Miles Patterson 2020, Wilmette, IL +8 77 75 152
T27 John Lishchynsky 2020, Crystal Lake, IL +8 75 77 152
T27 Noah Zyung 2024, Glenview, IL +8 75 77 152
32 Michael Springer 2022, La Grange, IL +9 74 79 153
In the Girls Division, Janess carded an eagle and three birdies during the second round. Her a 1-under-par 71 during the round gave her a 4-under-par 140 tournament total.
Also making the cut in the Girls Division were:
2 Alaina Bowie 2020, Mahomet, IL E 70 74 144
T3 Emma Carpenter 2019, DeKalb, IL +1 70 75 145
T3 Katherine Lemke 2021, Geneva, IL +1 73 72 145
5 Lexi Schulman 2023, Vernon Hills, IL +2 71 75 146
T6 Sophia Sulkar 2022, Barrington Hills, IL +3 74 73 147
T6 Ali Schrock 2019, Pontiac, IL +3 71 76 147
8 Ella Greenberg 2023, Rockford, IL +7 77 74 151
9 Molly Lyne 2020, Cary, IL +9 77 76 153
10 Adrienne Rohwedder 2019, Prospect Heights, IL +10 79 75 154
11 Sarah Thornton 2023, Hinsdale, IL +11 77 78 155
12 Grace Owens 2019, Hinsdale, IL +13 80 77 157
T13 Kelly Kavanagh 2020, Arlington Heights, IL +14 74 84 158
T13 Audrey Tir 2021, Winnetka, IL +14 78 80 158
T13 Elizabeth Kenter 2019, Winnetka, IL +14 79 79 158
16 Grace Kryscio 2020, Glenview, IL +15 81 78 159
The first and second rounds of Match Play will take place on Wednesday, July 24, beginning at 7:00 AM CST at Itasca Country Club.