Chandler is a seven-time Eastern North Carolina Junior Golf League Champion and winner of the 2008 Coastal Plains Junior Amateur Championship.

“It is good to have a homegrown young man in our program,” McPhaul said. “Josh stands out as a strong athlete that creates a lot of power with his swing.” <>  Back to the top.....

“Western Carolina is lucky to have Taylor Allison  joining our women’s golf program,” said Hetzel who is amidst her second season leading the Catamounts. “She is very excited about the opportunity to represent WCU. We expect Taylor  to come in and contribute right away. She has the ability to add a lot to our team in terms of both leadership and enthusiasm.” 

Allison competed in four American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events last summer, posting three top-eight finishes. Among her top amateur finishes are a fourth-place tie in the 2011 Roy Jones/BB&T Junior Golf Classic and an eight-place the 2011 Twin States Junior Girls Championship. Allison also Finished 10th at the prestigious 2011 Joe Cheves Invitational played at Mimosa Hills Golf & Country Club in Morganton, N.C. 

Currently, Allison – who competes on Northeastern High’s boy team each spring – ranks eighth among the North Carolina junior girls and is ranked third overall in the Class of 2012 in the state of North Carolina. 

“Taylor is a very unique talent. She plays with tremendous poise and consistency and is an excellent putter. I watched her play 10-to-12 rounds this past summer and never once saw her miss a putt inside of six feet,” said Hetzel. 

Western Carolina opens the spring portion of its 2011-12 schedule on February 26-28 at the Kiawah Island Classic – a 36-hole event at the Oak Point Golf Club in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.<>Back to the top.....

Simmons had a 76 in the opening round to open up a six-shot lead and then added a 79 in the final 18 for a 155 total, ahead of Concord's Sarah Bertram with a 161. Bertram closed in strong fashion with a 75 on Tuesday, the best round of the day, to go with her opening 86.

Taylor Penzer of Northern Guilford was third with a 165 total and Rachel Jones of Southwestern Randolph was one stroke behind in fourth.

The course was set at par 72 and a 5,787-yard layout for the two-day, 36-hole championship.

Ledford had just a one-shot lead after the first day in the team standings but held off the field with a total of 541, shooting a 264 on the final day, the    lowest team score of the event. Ledford finished four shots ahead of runner-up Northern Guilford, while Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons placed third at 555 and Waxhaw Marvin Ridge was fourth at 564.

The best three scores of a team counted toward the team totals, and a total of 13 teams and 78 golfers competed in the event, the ninth year that the sport has been classified. It was the first time that three separate championships have been held and the 31st year for state championship competition in the sport. Full leaderboard.....Back to the top.....

2011 3A Girls Team Champions Ledford High 2011 3A Girls Team Runner-Up Northern Guilford

2011 3A Champion  Tara Simmons 2011 3A Runner-Up Sarah Bertram 2011 3A Third Place Taylor Penzer 2011 3A Fourth Place Rachel Jones

The No.2 ranked junior girl's golfer in the state, Tara Simmons, lead the Falcons to their win at Birchwood CC with a round of 77. Teammate Madison Aycock added a 103 and Jessie Stewart contributed 105 to the team total of 299.

In this batle of the Falcons South Central came out on the short end with two less strokes than Aycock. South Central's 301 was contributed to by Sarah Tawney's 96 and Ashley Wynne's 97. Haley Downs added the finishing touch with a 108.

Falling in right behind South Central was Southern Nash with a team total of 303. With this close of scoring anything could have happened. The Firebirds of Southern Nash are going to the state playoffs with their third place finish at the 3A East Regional.

Rachel Bissette led the Firebirds with a round of 97 followed by Allison Pitts with a 99. Casey Liles added another 107 strokes to complete the team total of 303.

the Jacksonville Cardinals claimed the fourth ticket to the state playoffs with a round of  305. A pair of Cardinals lead the way with matching 97's. Casey Wilcox and Abbie Wiggs matched scores while Amber Rhodes came in with a 109.

The Girl's 3A East regional has produced the closest contest of all that has been reported to this posting.Results........ <>Back to the top.....

JACKSONVILLE, NC - October, 24, 2011 - The Bear Trail Golf Club - The Northwood Chargers charged through their field of contenders at Bear Trail Golf Club in Jacksonville, NC. The lead Charger was Emily Brooks who is a very highly rated junior golfer in North Carolina as is teammate Maggie Denny. With the help of fellow Charger Rachel Wynne the chargers won their regional by twenty strokes over Croatan.

Brooks led with a 70 that also won for her the medalist honors at Bear Creek. Denny shot an 84 and Wynne finished it off with an 86 for a team total of 240.

Croatan's Freshman LeAnn Domitrovits led her fellow Cougars with a round of 79. Mary Leonard followed her leader with an 83. Abi Van Pelt supplied 98 strokes to round out the team total of 260.

The Riverside Knights came in third with a round of 307 led by Sandi Paraham's 96. Samantha Lilley contributed a 103 and Eileen Phifer topped off the team total of 307 with a 118.

The 1/2A regional winners will kick things off at the Longleaf in Southern Pines next Monday. Results....

The Patriots were led by Savannah Thompson and Hailey Crider with a pair of 85's. Catherine Cirigliano added in a 92 to win by five strokes over JT Hoggard.

This win continues Pinecrest undefeated run this season as they head into the state playoffs with a great ego boost for the team.

JT Hoggard second place win was led by the ever dangerous low scorer Emily Pagrabs. Emily is ranked as the fourth best junior golfer in the state. Elly Cosgrove came within two strokes of matching Pagrabs 82 with her 84. Danille Pierson brought home the final 101 strokes for Hoggard's team total of 267 for their second place finish.

The medalist for this event was the awesome Lily Crane though her score might have been a bit high but one player does not make a team. Ragsdale's Savannah Mackie, who finished the season with a scoring average of 39.67,

had a rough day at Pinehurst No.8 as well evidenced by her round of 92 but even the pros have trouble at Pinehurst.  Rounding out the team score of 271 was Joliana Elias with a 99.

Completing  the list of ticket holers to the state playoffs is New Bern. The Osiecki sisters present a well balanced attack on anyone facing them. Both girls are ranked in the top 25 junior golfers in the state.

Ashley rounded No.8 with an 83 while sister Shelby came home with an 85. New Bern's No.3, Mary-Kathryn DeBruhl brought in a 104 to complete the team total of 272 for the fourth spot out of the East 4A Regional. Results..... 
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NASHVILLE, NC – October 17, 2011 – Birchwood CC - The Hunt girls set another school record today in their last match of this season by winning the Big East 3A Conference Championship. That is a total of three new records set by this 2011 Girl’s golf team. One of the records that they broke was one that they had set just the week before they broke it. Can you imagine the level of excitement on this team at this time.

Winning this conference championship was not an easy task as Coach McGuire says, “This is Hunt’s first Conference Championship win.  It was very close all season with Hunt, Southern Nash & Northern Nash.  Every week someone else would win the team match.  I think we were very consistent in our top 3 scores.  Some teams manage to have one or two low scoring golfers but not a third.  That really helped Hunt in the end, having 3 scores fairly close.”

Southern Nash’s Rachel Bissette won the Big East Conference Player of the Year award for this season. Bissette edged out Hunt’s No.1 Myranda Melton and Northern Nash’s Kadijah Barfield by one stroke. Of course in golf one stroke is mile. Coach McGuire says, “Those 3 were neck & neck all season..”

Barfield came away with the medalist honors at Birchwood CC, her first of the season.

Making the all conference list was Rachel Bissette, SNHS – Myranda Melton, Hunt – Kadijah Barfield, NNHS – Casey Potter, Hunt – Abby Glover, NNHS – Allison Pitts, SNHS - Samantha Corn, Hunt - Kaitlin Beal, NCHS.

The following girl’s made the honorable mention Sydney Hodges (Fike), Grayson Bass (NCHS), Ashley Campbell (Hunt), Casey Liles (SNHS) & Alli Martin (RMHS).

Birchwood is the site of the East Regional so this round today gave the regional bound teams a look at the course that they will be competing on next week.<> Match Results.....

Coach Kearney had other reason to enjoy Monday as well. Her Patriots won the Southeaster 4A Conference title and five of her players are headed to the regional that will be played on Pinehurst #8 on Monday the 24th. They are captain Hailey Crider, Becky Anderson, Haley Robinson, Savannah Thompson, Elaine Kearney and Catherine Cirigliano.

Adding to Coach Kearney's excitement was that five of her players ended up  the season in the top ten finishers for the season; No.1 Savanna Thompson, No.2 Hailey Crider, No.4 Haley Robinson, No.6. Becky Anderson, No.8 Catherine Cingliano.

The Southeastern Conference Champion, Savanna Thompson,  is only a sophomore while Crider and Robinson are juniors and Cingliano is just a Savanna Thompson freshman. Becky Anderson is the lone senior. This bodes well for the Pinecrest Patriots future.<> Match Results......

WILSON, NC – October 11, 2011 – Happy Valley Golf Club – The Big East 3A Conference played their fourth match of the season at the Happy Valley Golf Club in Wilson, NC leaving one more match to play before the regional. 

Southern Nash came off the course with the victory by two strokes over Hunt. This was the second victory for the Firebirds this season. The Firebirds were led to victory by Allison Pitts with a 93. Rachel Bissette, the Firebirds No.1, had an off day at Happy Valley as the three time medalist winner this season came in with a 96. Completing the team total of 290 was Alexis Barrett with a 110. 

  The Warriors of Hunt just couldn’t bring down the Firebirds at Happy Valley. The two stoke loss put a damper on the day but for the season the Warriors hang onto a 22 stroke lead for the conference championship. Hunt was also able to collect its first medalist honors by their No.1, Myranda Melton with an 89. Coach McGuire said, “Myranda and Casey Potter have been very consistent  in their scoring, which has helped Hunt stay in the overall conference lead.  We have one more conference match next Monday at Birchwood CC.  Our main goal is to get alow enough team score, at Regionals, to get us to the State Championships, as a team.” Hunts No.3, Samantha Corn completed the team score of Myranda Melton  292.                                                                                                                                                         Casey Potter

Northern Nash who has one match title this season ended the day at Happy Valley with the third place title. Northern Nash was led by Kadijah Barfield.<> Results......

Riverside Upended by Hunt

WILSON, NC – October 3, 2011 – Wedgewood CC – The Riverside Knights med Beddingfield on the nines at Wedgewood CC in Wilson, NC. The condition of the course was the best that the Knights had played on this season and it showed. The Lady Knights played their best round of golf as a team carding a 139. the Knights were led by Samantha Lilley’s 43 which was followed by Landon Legget’s 45, Sydni Paraham’s 51 and Eileen Phifer’s 57.

This was a nine hole match and with this win the Knights remain undefeated as they head towards their toughest match of this season with Hunt High of Wilson.<>

Myranda Melton Casey Potter Samantha Corn

LOUISBURG, NC – October 3, 2011 – The River Golf and CC – The Hunt Warriors are taking advantage of the momentum that they created in their last match. The Lady Warriors recorded a new school record in their last match which is pretty exciting. From the momentum created by that the Warriors came to The River and won with a round of 279 a new team record for eighteen holes. So two weeks in row the Hunt Warriors gave future Warriors something to shoot for.  In route to their new team record Myranda Melton put her name in the record books at Hunt for a new individual low score with an 87. That is three new records in just over a week. Completing the new team record was Casey Potter with a 93 and Samantha Corn with a 97.  Southern Nash garnered the runner-up title led by Rachel Bissette's 87 which was good enough for the medalist honors, her third in a row.  Northern Nash claimed the third place title off the game of Kadijah Barfield with an 88 which was a new low round for her.  The Big East next conference match will be held at Happy Valley on October 10, 2011. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month this match at Happy Valley will be dedicated to fighting Breast Cancer.

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ROCKY MOUNT, NC – September 28, 2011 – North Green CC – The Riverside Knights traveled to Rocky Mount to meet on the field of battle at North Green CC. The Lady Knights came off the field at North Green with the victory feather in their helmets. The Knights recorded a 152 to Rocky Mount’s 172. There was score recorded for Farmville. 

Sydni Paraham won the medalist honors with a 49. Smatha Lilly shot a 52 and Eileem Phifer scored her career best at 51. Rock Mounts Ashleigh Martin led her team to a second place finish with a 53.<>

ROCKY MOUNT, NC – September 26, 2011 – Northgreen CC – The second Big East conference match was held at Northgreen CC in Rock Mount, NC. This match was an 18 hole round. Northern Nash came away the victor but the most excited team coming off the course was the Hunt team.  

The Hunt team came in second only four strokes behind with a 280 but that is not what excited the team. The Hunt girls rewrote the record book at Hunt for girls golf in scoring the lowest team 18 hole round in the school’s history. There is nothing better than being in the record books during your high school years. That’s what memories are made of. 

Northern Nash carded a team total of 276 with Kadijah Barfield leading the way with an 89. Helping Barfield were Abby Glover with a 90 and Hunter Smith with a 97. 

Leading the way for Hunt to set a new record were Casey Potter and Myranda Melton both carding a pair of 92’s. Rounding out the record breaking round of 280 was Samantha Corn with a 96.

Though Southern Nash finished in the third spot their Rachel Bissette took home the medalist honors for her first time this season with a round of 87.  

Coach McGuire said, “Northgreen is a long course but the girls handled it very well.  We saw a few girls get personal best scores.”  

The Big East travels to The River next Monday for their next conference match.  Results........

The Firebirds of Southern Nash Claims First Conference Match Victory

WILSON, NC - September 20, 2011 - Willow Springs Golf Club - The Big East Conference held their first match of the season at Willow Springs Golf Club. Because of the rain the teams only played 9 holes instead of 18.  This year it will be a tight race for conference champions between Hunt, So. Nash & Northern Nash. Hunt's Coach Susan McGuire said, "I thought we played well for the conditions and were fairly consistent, but am hoping for better scores in the future.  We look forward to some dry weather playing next week."

The Firebirds were led by Rachel Bissette who shot a round of 47 that won for her the medalist honor. Chasing Bissette was Hunt's Casey Potter, Nash Central's Kaitlin Beal and Kadijah Barfield who all finished one stroke behind Bissette at 48.

Southern Nash edged out Hunt by one and Northern Nash by two.

On September 14,  the Riverside Girls had a return match with South Central.  After a previous match which was a tie this was the rubber match. The Lady Knights bested South Central 295 to 296.   Playing at Roanoke CC each team had moments where they had the other down but clutch playing by Samantha Lilley and Sydni Paraham led the Knights on top.   Both players were tied for lower scorer with 93.  The other was a tie with Eileen Phifer and Landon Leggett with tie scores of 109, Beckey Simpson the Knights only freshman had a 124..   South Central was led by Sarah Tarney with a 95, Nina Martin 100, and Ashley Wynne 101. South Central other scores were Haley Downs 110 and Jenna Smith 123.<>  

Coach Jackson reported, " The  play showed all the results of early season play, some good, and what to work on in coming weeks.   Both teams finished with a 303." 

Samantha Lilley led the Lady Knights with a round of 95. Sydni Paraham and Eileen Phifer added scores of 97 and 111 respectively for the Knights.

Landon Leggett shot a 118 and Becky Simpson carded a 124. All of these scores are for an 18 hole match. The top three scorers met the new rule set by the NCHSAA that a player must be able to shoot 55 in a nine hole match.<>

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