Derek Forese of Grove City led the Pennsylvania team to a 17-15 victory over Ohio in the Keystone PGA Junior Golf Bi-State Challenge at Grove City Country Club.

The event included 8 four ball matches and 8 foursome matches on Monday and 16 team matches on Tuesday.

Ohio led 5-3 after the four ball matches and the event was tied at 8-all after the foursomes.

On Tuesday, Pennsylvania won the singles matches 9-7 for a 2-day 17-15 victory.

In the final match on Tuesday, Forese finished 1-up over Mac Fiely of Greenville, Ohio.

“If Derek would have lost the last hole, Pennsylvania would have lost,” said tournament director Richard Yauger of Greenville.

Also competing for the Pa. team was Ryan Prokay of Grove City. In Tuesday matches, he fell to Michael Bernard of Huber Heights.

This was the 7th annual event. Last year, Ohio beat Pa., 20.5 to 11.5 at Foxfire Golf Club.

In 2006, the event was held at Greenville Country Club, now The Greens Of Greenville. That year, Pa. rolled to a 22.5 to 9.5 victory. In 2004, Ohio posted a 22.5 to 9.5 win at Oak Tree Country Club.

In all, the series is tied with 3 wins each. In the 1st-ever event in 2002, the teams tied 16-all at Quicksilver Golf Club.

To win the cup, a team must accumulate 16 1/2 points. To retain it, a team only needs to earn 16 points.

Other Pa. team members were Jenna Rinker (Slippery Rock), Rhiannon Ray (Pittsburgh), Rachel Rohanna (Waynesburg), Jessica Parham (McMurray), Patrick Fritz (Brookville), Darren Simons (St. Marys), Eric Poplowski (Freedom), John Montgomery III (Whitaker), Nadia and Katerina Luttner (Pittsburgh), Derek Cowan (Meadville), Matt Vogt (Cranberry Twp.), Andrew Edwards (Aliquippa) and Kevin Loutsenhizer (Trafford).

The Ohio team was Megan and Meryl Weaver (Canton), Katie Jenior (Ravenna), Mary Snode (Alliance), Laura and Lindsey Murray (Tipp City), Mac Fiely (Greenville), Michael Bernard (Huber Heights), Richard Denny (Germantown), Tyler Hooghe (Delaware), A.J. Cleary (Ashville), Blaine Hardin (Kingston), Nick Hoch (Ashville), James Vandewalle (Columbus), Zack Hadaway (Dayton) and Joe Dillon (Ashville).