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 Grayson
Murray Captures Rex Hospital
Open Junior Invitational
Raleigh, NC
May 16, 2010 - Wakefield
Plantation - The Annual Rex
Hospital Open, a Nationwide
Tour event also holds its Rex
Hospital Open Junior
Invitational the weekend
before the Nationwide Tour
event. A stellar field of
junior boys and girls were
invited to participate with
the winning junior boy to be
awarded a spot in the
Nationwide Tour event
scheduled for this up coming
week.
With such a
prize to the winner you can
bet there would be some pretty
good golf played and there
was. Jumping to an early lead
was Logan Harrell from
Huntersville, NC.
Harrell knows
the value of such a prize as
he played in the qualifying
portions of the eGolf
Professional event held at
Cowans Ford Dam CC the week
May 3rd. Harrell
missed the cut by just a
couple of strokes.
Harrell’s three
stroke lead of 66 the first
day at Lonnie Poole Golf
Course on the campus of NCSU
was drawing a line in the sand
telling everyone else if you
want this spot on the
Nationwide Tour you had better
get low.
There were
three players who were willing
and most able to take up the
challenge thrown down by
Harrel. |
There were
three players who were willing
and most able to take up the
challenge thrown down by
Harrel.
James Chapman
from Gastonia, Andy Know from
Cary and Grayson Murray from
Raleigh with Murray being the
most consistent performer of
the three hovered over Harrell
at three back after the first
round.
The second
round of play was played at
the Hale Irwin designed TPC
Wakefield Plantation in N.
Raleigh. This is the same
field of battle that the
Nationwide Players would face
each other down on.
Harrell’s 66
was a formidable number and as
it turned out it was the
lowest round recorded over the
weekend. As the early part of
the field came into the
scorers tables you could tell
that Wakefield was presenting
much more of a challenge than
did Poole. Higher scores for
day two were becoming the
norm.
Both Chapman and Knox failed
to improve on day two with
Chapman signing off on a
second day round of 75 and
Knox had to pencil in a round
of 73 with both finishing the
event at 142. However, Gregory Bunner, the 2010 1A Medalist
managed to bring home the
second best score of day two
to end up in a tie for third
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Bob Scott Rex Healthcare
Foundation - Grayson Murray
Word was
filtering back that Grayson
Murray was in pretty deep red
numbers. This would require
Harrell to not let up and play
aggressively rather than
defensive. Murray has spent
the better part of his 2010
high school season at par or
lower. Last Tuesday Murray
claimed the 4A Medalist honors
by bringing home a round of 68
on day two of the NCHSAA State
playoffs.
When the dust
had settled at 18 Murray walks
off the battle field with his
spot in the Rex Hospital by
besting Harrell by
one stroke with
a two day total of 136 to
Harrell’s 137. The rest of the
field was five strokes back.
Murray is going
to Wake Forrest in the fall
and you can already see a
slight smile on Coach Hass’s
face. This has been a banner
year for this Raleigh native.
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Green Hope Repeats as 4A State
Champs
The third sub
70 round was attributed to
Grayson Murray the number one
junior golfer in NC and a
member of Leesville Road team
who ended the day taking
second place in the 4A state
playoffs.
Day one in the
4A classification found
defending champion Green Hope
in command of the lead
followed by Leesville Road in
second and Pinecrest in third.
Leesville was
eight strokes behind Green
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pace set by Green Hope.
Scoring on day one was a lot
higher than expected due to
the 4A Classification,
There were only
three sub par rounds on day
one and only two on day two.
Michael Cromie of Green Hope
posted sub par rounds on both
days helping to lead Green
Hope to win their consecutive
4A state title.
Green Hope was
the only 4A team to post back
to back sub 300 rounds. Their
day two total of 296 was
matched by Leesville Road. As
well balanced as both of these
two teams are it would not
take many strokes up or down
to win or loose a match. That
appears to be what happened to
Leesville Road on day one.
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The victory by
Green Hope was a total team
effort. Sure they have Cromie
who can score pretty low but
they also have four other
players that score in the mid
seventies. That is a
combination that is hard to
beat and that proved to be the
reason for Green Hope’s
retention of their 4A state
champion title.
Leesville
Road’s Grayson Murray from
Hopewell, entered as an
individual finished in third
behind Murray and Cromie with
a two day total of 142.
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Fountain commits to Davidson
Richard Fountain, who
finished T-2 at the
Golfweek Junior
Series event at Pine Needles
in October, takes lessons
from Ted Kiegiel, who also
works with
Wake Forest commit Grayson
Murray and PGA Tour player
Webb Simpson (who also went to
Wake Forest). Fountain said he
considered the idea of
attending Wake |
Forest, and made an unofficial
visit once when he passed
through the area, but had
“minimal contact” with the
school other than that.
“Davidson and
North Carolina were the two
schools I wanted to go to
anyway so it was good that
those opportunities were
available,” he said.
Academics were
important to Fountain when
choosing a school, and
Davidson, a liberal arts
school, fit the bill. The
Raleigh, N.C., native also
wanted to stay in state.
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 Golf
Team Claims 4th Straight
Conference Title
Wilson Day '11 shot a four
under par 68 to lead the
Ravens to a 29 stroke win and
the conference championship in
the TISAC tournament at
Prestonwood Country Club on
May 4. Day's 68 was four shots
better than teammate Zak
Dearinger '10 and North
Raleigh Christian's Ryan Nagy
who both shot 72. Reeves
Zaytoun '11 and Robert Boyce
'11 shot 75 for the Ravens.
It
is Ravenscroft's fourth
straight conference title and
fifth in the last six years.
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Day
was crowned individual
conference champion while Zaytoun won TISAC Player of
the Year. Day, Zaytoun,
Dearinger and Boyce each
earned All-Conference Honors.
The Ravens will attempt to win
their fourth straight NCISAA
3-A State Championship title
on May 10-11 at Bryan Park
Golf Club in Greensboro.
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L-R Reeves Zaytoun '11 -
Wilson Day 11'
1) Ravenscroft 290; 2) Cary
Academy 319; 3) North Raleigh
Christian Academy 319; 4)
Durham Academy 336. |
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Marlowe paces
Broughton title
BY TIM STEVENS
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Staff Writer
Newsobserver
Broughton
High junior Bill Marlowe
reached a level beyond
sensational Monday as he
romped around a hard-to-manage
Anderson Creek Golf Club
course in Spring Lake to post
a 7-under-par 65 and easily
win the state 4-A Mid-East
golf regional. |
Marlowe's
superb round propelled the
Caps, the Cap Seven 4-A
runner-up behind Leesville
Road, to a four-stroke victory
over their league rival.
Green Hope also
qualified for next week's N.C.
High School Athletic
Association 4-A two-day
championships with a 300. The
2009 state titlists were led
by 2009 individual champ
Michael Cromie, who was second
behind Marlowe with a 2-under
70. |
The regional
had some of the top high
school golfers in the state,
including Leesville Road
sophomore Grayson Murray (73),
but nobody came close to
Marlowe, who made seven
birdies and no bogeys.
He dropped a
57-foot birdie putt on No. 8
and was 6 under after 11 holes
on a course that was set up to
test golfing skills and
separate the really good from
the good. Continue
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Pinecrest
Squeezes by Clayton & Terry
Sanford to take the East 4A
Regional
Pinehurst, NC -
May 3, 2010 – Pinehurst #1 –
The 4A East Region sure had a
barnburner going on Monday.
Shoot a 293 and still do not
get to go the state. That’s
what happened to Purnell Swett.
Pinecrest poured on the steam
shooting a 288 which was about
outdone by Terry Sanford and
Clayton who each shot a 289.
That is some good golf.
Andrew Furr of
Clayton led the battle against
Pinecrest carding a 68 but not
to be outdone Jack Keefe of
Terry Sanford capped Furr with
his own 68. Thus Pinecrest,
Clayton and Terry Sanford will
meet again at the state.
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Missing the cut
by one stroke is hard to take
but at least Purnell Swett
will be represented at the
State by Ian Locklear who shot
a 69. Joining Locklear at the
state as individuals is
Patrick Sawrey and Bryce Young
New Bern High.
Dylan Harris
rose to the occasion at
Pinehurst shooting his first
sub par round of the season.
This more than likely was the
key to
Pinecrest’s win. Sam Packard
the leading golfer in the
Southeastern conference shot
par as did his team mate Nick
Thompson. Rounding out the top
scorers for
Pinecrest is
Austin Dunlap.
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Martin, Bryan Stewart, Austin
Dunlap, Coach Sackmann - Back
Row L-R Dylan Harris, Sam
Packard, Nick Thompson
The 288 that
Pinecrest shot was their third
best round of this season. On
two occasions during the
regular season Pinecrest shot
a 287. Pinecrest couldn’t get
under 300 last year at the
state but it does not look
like that will be the case
this time around.
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 Wilson Fike Snags the 3A East
Regional Title |
Pinetops, NC
May 3, 2010 - Maccripine CC -
Wilson Fike was the winning
team yesterday with a score of
305.
Second place
went to West Carteret
with a team score of 317. The
third place victor was South
Brunswick with a team score of
345. |
The low score
of the day was a
tie between Nathan Johnson of
Nash Central with a score of
72 and
Spencer Whitt of Wilson Fike
who shot a 72. Spencer won on
the second playoff hole.
Richard Weincacht of South
Brunswick and Chris Sherrod
are the other two players that
will be going to the state
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 Topsail
Claims First Ever 2A Regional
Title
Tarboro, NC May
3, 2010 - Cotton Valley Golf
Club – Topsail High is the
current 1A State Champs but
due to the rearrangement of
conferences this year Topsail
was moved into a 2A conference
and has ended up winning the
East 2A Regional meaning it
will travel to Buies Creek on
May 10th to do
battle with the likes of
Salisbury and the defending 2A
State Champs N. Lincoln.
Coach Terry
Robins of First Flight sends
us this report from Cotton
Valley. ” We're going to the
state championship at Keith
Hills. What an exciting
day of
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golf at the Links atCotton
Valley in Tarboro. The
par 72, 6130 yard wide open
layout with its big fairways
and big greens were a
refreshing change from the
tight fairways small greens we
are used to and the Nighthawks
ended up taking third with a
new team record score of 309.
Senior John led the way with a
73, one shot behind medalist
Patrick Morris from Topsail at
72. John wowed the crowd
at the last two holes by
dropping a long putt on
seventeen for a birdie and
canning a treacherous downhill
right to left breaker on
eighteen for another birdie.
Junior Patrick Lamb came in
second for the team with a 77. |
Sophomores
Zachary Robins and Ian
Harrison shot 78 and 81
respectively. Senior
Andrew Styons came in with a
94.”
We are trying
to get more of the scores for
posting and will do so when
they arrive.
1st Topsail 294
2nd Clinton 301
3rd First Flight 309
4th Pasquotank 316
5th Beddingfield 318
6th West Bladen 321
7th Richlands 326
8th Tarboro 338
9th South West Edgecombe 338
10th Whiteville 365
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First
Flight Nighthawks Golf Team
Closes Out The Season with a
Win by
Terry Robins
Southern
Shores, NC April 29, 2010 In the seventh
in a series of seven
conference matches the
Nighthawks of First Flight
shot a four score total of 321
to take first place and be
named conference champions
with a record of 5 wins and 2
second place finishes.
Playing at
home over the par 72, 6183
yard Duck Woods Country Club,
First Flight was 11
shots better than their
cross town rivals, the
Pasquotank Panthers.
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Senior Panther
Jordan Cullens took medalist
honors with a 77.
Jordan
and Nighthawk John Walters
were in a battle for player of
the year honors and it was
decided that both players were
equally deserving and will
share the award this year.
Sophomore
Zachary Robins came in second
with a 79 and John Walters
carded an 80 for third.
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Sophomore
Zachary Robins came in second
with a 79 and John Walters
carded an 80 for third.
First
Flight's average team score
this year was just above 330
but our last two match totals
were good enough to
advance through to the state
championship and beat half of
the teams in that tournament
last year.
This is what
we've been working for all
season and hopefully we can
convert on Monday at Cotton
Valley. Click
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Topsail
finishes on Top in the East
Central 2A Conference
Kinston, NC
- April 26, 2010 - Falling
Creek Golf Club – Patrick
Morris from Topsail High
capped off his very productive
season with his third under 70
round in the last conference
match in the East Central 2A.
Morris’s 68 at Falling Creek
pushed his season stroke
average down to 70.28 which
resulted in him being crowned
the Conference MVP.
The top 15
players in the conference were
named all conference and Coach
Jeff Gainey of Topsail was
named Coach of the Year.
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The top four
teams in the conference and
the top four individuals not
from
any of the top
four teams will advance to the
2A Eastern Regional Tournament that will be
held on Monday May 3rd at
Cotton Valley Golf Course. The
top four teams are: Topsail,
Clinton, Richlands, and
Croatan. The top four
individuals are: B. Weston (E.
Duplin), B. Lee and J. Taylor
(South Lenoir), and J. Gainey
(Swansboro).
Clinton spoiled
Topsail High’s attempt to go
undefeated this season when
they toppled the former 1A
State Champs in the second
match of the season. Clinton
ended up in second place 69
strokes behind Topsail for the
season. |
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date scores...
Top ten Finishers
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P. Morris |
Topsail |
68 |
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D. Jordan |
Clinton |
76 |
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F. Palmer |
Clinton |
77 |
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Trent Cloninger |
Richlands |
77 |
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D. Donovan |
Topsail |
78 |
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Carson Shepard |
Richlands |
78 |
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D. Kostyal |
Topsail |
79 |
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Timmy Stroud |
Richlands |
79 |
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J. Whitehead |
Topsail |
80 |
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F. Turlington |
Clinton |
80 |
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First
Flight Loses To Greenbrier
Christian Despite Strong
Performances
by Terry Robins
First Flight
came in with a four score
total of 318 to lose to the
Greenbrier Christian Gators of
Virginia carding a 307.
Playing good
teams is important to
improving your level of skill
and we are |
going to need it
next week at the regionals on
Monday.
Matching our
best score this season wasn't
enough to beat the Gators.
Duck Woods Country Club was in
great shape and we didn't have
any problem with playing the
ball down.
Senior
Nighthawk John Walters was the
medalist with a one under par
71 on 6183 yard par 72 Duck
Woods. Four birdies and
three bogeys illustrated
John's round and with his play
of late he will no doubt
playing confidently at
regionals and we look |
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to his continued success.
Playing
alongside John was sophomore
and second place finisher
Zachary Robins of First
Flight. Zach and John
apparently fed off of each
others good play because Zach
fired a 73, his lowest
competitive round to date.
Ashton Newsom of Greenbrier
carded a 74 for third. Gator
Preston Leigh also playing
with John and Zach came in
with a 75 to take fourth. |
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First
time in 13 Years - Pinecrest
goes Undefeated!
Pinehurst, NC April 27,
2010 -Pinecrest High
School of the Southeastern 4A
Conference produced an
undefeated season for the 13
years Coach Sackmann
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has been
coaching at Pinecrest.
In their last match of the
season Pinecrest shot a round
of 293 with three of their
players finishing in the top
three spots with the Medalist
honors going to Austin Dunlap
for his round of 71. Sam
Packard and |
Nick Thompson followed with a
73 and 74 respectfully.
Ian Locklear from Purnell
Swett played exceptional golf
this season finishing tied
with Pinecrest's Zachary
Martin for the individual
title as Conference Champion.
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Topsail Closes the door
on this season
Kenansville, NC – April
22, 2010 – Majestic
Pines Country Club –
Topsail High continued
its manhandling of the
East Central 2A
conference with their
nine stroke victory at
Majestic Pines CC.
P. Morris, who shot a
stunning 66 in his last
match won the Medalist
honors at Majestic Pines
with a four over par 76.
the first three spots
were owned by Topsail
High. Following Morris
was D. Donovan with a 77
and D. Kostyal with a
78.
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Topsails victory came
with the second highest
score of the season at
318. They have only had
two rounds under 300
this season and that
might get them through
the regional but they
will have to bring it
down at the state level.
The East Central 2A
Conference will play its
regional at Cotton
Valley in Farmville, NC
on Monday May 3rd.
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P. Morris |
Topsail |
76 |
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D. Donovan |
Topsail |
77 |
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D. Kostyal |
Topsail |
78 |
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B. Donaldson |
Clinton |
79 |
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D. Jordan |
Clinton |
80 |
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T. Clonninger |
Richlands |
80 |
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B. Lee |
S. Lenoir |
82 |
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F. Turlington |
Clinton |
84 |
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F. Palmer |
Clinton |
84 |
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B. Weston |
E. Duplin |
86 |
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J. Taylor |
S. Lenoir |
86 |
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J. Gainey |
Swansboro |
86 |
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First
Flight takes second loss
to Pasquotank Panthers
The Nighthawks of First
Flight fell to the
Pasquotank Panthers in a
heated match at The
Carolina Club in Grandy.
Playing to 6102 yards
and par 72, the Carolina
Club was an excellent
test of golf and the
Panthers came to play.
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Shooting a team score of
320 Pasquotank edged out
the Nighthawks by a 4
stroke margin. Senior
Panther Jordan Cullens
took medalist by carding
a 73. John Walters of
First Flight came in at
75 and Junior Panther
Will Suddreth took third
with a 76. Josh Berry
of Currituck shot 79.
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Top Ten Finishers
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Jordan Cullens |
PAS |
73 |
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John Walters |
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75 |
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Will Suddreth |
PAS |
76 |
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Josh Berry |
CC |
79 |
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Zachary Robins |
FF |
81 |
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Taylor Allison |
NE |
82 |
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Joshua Austin |
PAS |
83 |
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Andrew Styons |
FF |
83 |
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Ian Harrison |
FF |
85 |
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Austin Meads |
NE |
85 |
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Pinecrest
Locks in 2010
Pembroke, NC April 20, 2010 -
Riverside Golf Club -
Pinecrest High of the
Southeastern 4A Conference has
locked in another conference
championship with their recent
victory. They were led to
victory by Zackary Martin and
Sam Packard who shared the
Medalist honors among
themselves and Austin Locklear
from Purnell Swett High.
Martin’s low round also moved
him into first place as the
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leader displacing Ina
Locklear by just .17 of a
stroke. This could change as
they have a couple of matches
left on the calendar.
Locklear's 79 brought his
stroke average up bringing him
into a tie for second place in
the conference with
Pinecrest's Same Packard and
Sam Kosich.
Another Pinecrest player,
Bryan Stewart is just .17 of a
stroke in third place.
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Ten Finishes
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Zachary Martin |
Pinecrest |
76 |
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Sam Packard |
Pinecrest |
76 |
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Austin Locklear |
Purnell Swett |
76 |
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Bryan Stewart |
Pinecrest |
77 |
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Davis
Hilton |
Richmond |
77 |
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Nick Thompson |
Pinecrest |
78 |
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Matt Ritch |
Scotland |
78 |
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Dylan Harris |
Pinecrest |
79 |
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Ian Locklear |
Purnell Swett |
79 |
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John Dunlap |
Richmond |
80 |
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Undefeated
No More
By Terry Robins
After four undefeated
conference matches the First
Flight Nighthawks Golf team
blemished their perfect record
and fell to the Pasquotank
Panthers on tax day at The
Pines in Elizabeth City.
For some reason the Nighthawks
just can't get it together on
the 6086 yard par 72 Tom Clark
design. The weather was
great, the golf course dry and
the greens firm and fast.
This course demands well
placed shots and forethought
which First Flight possessed
neither.
Senior Nighthawk John Walters
was the
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lone player of First Flight's
squad undaunted by the perils
lurking and rose to snare
medalisthonors with a round of 73
which included 4 birdies, 2
doubles and 1 bogey.
Will Suddreth of Pasquotank
followed with a 75. Third
place went to
Will Suddreth of Pasquotank
followed with a 75. Third
place went to Pasquotank
senior Jordan Cullens with a
78.
John and Jordan are in a
heated battle for Player of
the Year honors and right now
are neck and neck.
Hertford County Coach Lee
Wilson brought the
Northhampton County High -
East golf team from Conway
with him and T. Whitley shoots
a 79
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having never seen the course.
Good Job Mr. Whitley.
Freshman Nighthawk Jarrett
Davis broke 100 for the first
time in competition this
season by carding a 96 and
moves into the NXT division.
It was just a matter of time.
Jarrett has a great attitude
and good technique and will no
doubt continue his success.
Next week it's off to the
Carolina Club which I have
assurance from the First
Flight team there will be a
different outcome. We'll see.
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