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.

Girls Match Play Bracket                Boys Match Play Bracket