Amthony Reale is one step closer to defending his West Virginia Amateur golf Championship. Wednesday the Glenville golfer carded a 2 under par 70 to take a 1 shot lead over the field with 1 round to play.

Reale's 54 hole title is 5 under par 209. He has a 1 shot advantage over second round leader Tim Fisher. Fisher, from the Ripley area, shot an even par 72 today and is 4 under for the tournament.

Michael Veres is in third, 3 shots off the pace, while Justin Caroli is in 4th, another shot back.

Parkersburg golfer Ben Palmer had the best round of the day. Palmer fired a 4 under par 68 and he shoots up the leaderboard into 7th place at 3 over par .

The WV Amateur wraps up on Thursday.

WV Amateur Leaderboard

Anthony Reale, Glenville - 69-70-70--209
Tim Fisher, Statts Mills, W.Va. - 69-69-72--210
Michael Veres, Chapmanville, W.Va. - 72-70-70--212
Justin Caroli, Bridgeport, W.Va. - 69-72-72--213
Stephen Fox, Huntington, W.Va. - 73-74-69--216
Bosten Miller, Charleston, W.Va. - 72-73-71--216
Ben Palmer, Parkersburg, W.Va. - 78-71-68--217
Pat Carter, Huntington, W.Va. - 71-71-75--217
Christian Brand, Charleston, W.Va. - 70-71-76--217
Sam O'Dell, Hurricane, W.Va. - 72-73-73--218
Kenneth Hess, Parkersburg, W.Va. - 70-75-74--219
Matthew Gissy, Weston, W.Va. - 73-71-75--219
Michael Hines, Lindside - 72-74-74--220
Zachary Yochum, Wheeling - 76-74-71--221
Matt Hicks, Sissonville, W.Va. - 70-75-76--221
Kelly Shumate, Crab Orchard, W.Va. - 77-74-71--222
Will Johnson, Charleston, W.Va. - 72-74-76--222
Clark Priddy, Nitro, W.Va. - 76-70-76--222
David Fields, Fort Gay - 75-74-74--223
Trevor Hedges, Martinsburg - 75-71-77--223
Scott Miller, Princeton, W.Va. - 72-77-75--224
Lannie Clinebell Jr., White Sulphur Springs, - 74-74-77--225
Trent Roush, Mason, W.Va. - 75-70-80--225
Tad Tomblin, Man, W.Va. - 72-80-74--226
Nathan Kinker, Barboursville, W.Va. - 77-75-74--226
Jeremy Tucker, Mason, W.Va. - 74-77-75--226
Aaron Boggs, Madison, W.Va. - 74-76-76--226
Joshua Arbaugh, Canvas, W.Va. - 76-73-77--226
Nathan Flint, Alderson, W.Va. - 79-73-75--227
Patton Couch, Logan, W.Va. - 76-74-77--227
Justin Windon, Lewisburg - 78-74-76--228
Phil DiLorenzo, Weirton, W.Va. - 76-75-77--228
Josh Boswell, Alderson, W.Va. - 78-71-79--228
Jamie Whitt, Huntington, W.Va. - 76-71-81--228
Carson Schambach, Glen Dale, W.Va. - 72-71-85--228
Craig McGlothlin, Huntington - 74-78-77--229
Scott Bodden, Huntington - 71-80-78--229
Sam Booth, Hurricane, W.Va. - 80-72-77--229
Stacey Shy, Huntington, W.Va. - 78-72-80--230
Jeffrey Estep, Bridgeport, W.Va. - 76-76-79--231
Bryan Snow, Ranson - 72-78-82--232
Jim Grimmett, Davin, W.Va. - 78-73-81--232
Jeff Bryant, South Charleston, W.Va. - 72-77-83--232
Michael Mays, Lester, W.Va. - 74-74-85--233