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Meet the New 3A State Champs |
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One of the more
exciting tournaments was at
the 3A championship. Hickory
High was returning as the
defending 3A champions.
Hickory had a rough season
scoring during the regular
season at levels that could
return them to the ownership
of the 3A title. As it turned
out their end of season stroke
average was in line with what
it took to win the 2010 title.
Hickory ended
the first day as the
tournament leader by a slim
four strokes mostly off the
back of their number one, JT
Poston who shot the only sub
70 round of the day in all of
the four sites. As it worked
out there were only three sub
70 rounds for the whole two
days, two of them at the 3A
event.
Sitting on
Hickory’s shoulder at four
strokes back was the three
year old school Northern
Guilford. Northern Guilford
plays in one of
Sitting on
Hickory’s shoulder at four
strokes the toughest 3A
conferences in the state and
quarter. On two occasions
Guilford bested Williams. By
the end of the season Northern
Guilford finished only 45
strokes behind Williams.
After winning
the right to advance to the
regional they continued their
march toward Pinehurst while
Williams found themselves on
the outside looking in.
Northern Guilford put up a
good fight at the regional but
found themselves tied for
second with another 3A
powerhouse Ledford but
thirteen strokes behind the
perennial state title
contender Cardinal
Gibbons. All
three schools would meet at Firefox.
As the first
day at Firefox unfurled
Cardinal
Gibbon's
number four and five could not
duplicate their regional
scores thus pushing Gibbons
back into the pack at fourth.
Northern Guilford’s number
four and five also could not
duplicate their regional
scores but to their favor.
Jeffrey Jackman posted an 83
at the regional but carded a
76 on day one. Gerard
Castagnet scored an 80 at the
regional but posted a 77 on
the first day at the state.
This contribution by Jackman
and Castagnet brought Northern
Guilford into second place
just four strokes behind
defending and clubhouse leader
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Northern
Guilford was sandwiched
between two Western Regional
teams; the reigning 3A champs
Hickory and Fred T. Foard, the
only team to beat Hickory
twice in regular conference
play as well as in their
County Championship. Foard
was one behind Northern
Guilford at 309.
Cloudy skies
and eventually some rain
greeted the players on day
two. Though the skies looked
gloomy there was no gloom on
Northern Guilford’s mind and
in particular their number
four Castagnet.
Castagnet
opened day two with four
consecutive birdies and a
front side score of 33. He
would go on to finish with a
72 and a two day total of 149.
With this big boost by
Northern Guilford’s number
four they went on to finish
day two with a total of 300
putting the pressure on
Hickory and Foard.
Forestview had to wait for
Hickory, Foard and Northern
Guilford to come in and one by
one it began to put a smile on
the faces of the Forestview
team. They were witnessing the
gap from the first day to
narrow offering a ray of hope
for a victory.
Hickory’s
three and four were not
performing as well. Peter Harrill posted a duplicate 79
of his first day score and Win
Balatow could not get a putt
to fall resulting in a three
stroke increase over his first
day total. Matthew Turner
bettered hisfirst day number
by three on day two. With
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the first day Medalist, JT
Poston would have to repeat
his first day number of 68 for
any chance of winning. Poston
could do not better than 74
but his 74 was good enough to
award him the tournaments
Medalist.
Foard
came in two strokes better
than Hickory on day two but it
was not enough to put them in
contention. Foard finished in
fourth at 616.
While
Foard, Hickory and Northern
Guilford was battling it out
the ever threat Forestview was
quietlymaking an assault on
the leaders and by the time
they had all come to the
clubhouse they had posted a
round of 295, the only sub 300
round of the tournament.
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When the
last of Northern Guilford and
Hickory players had turned in
their scorecards it was
apparent that Forestview had
pushed Hickory and Foard aside
to end day two in a tie with
the young Northern Guilford at
608 requiring a scorecard
playoff to settle the tie
The
following is the current rule
on the performance of a
scorecard playoff:
If two or
more teams are tied, go to 5th
golfer’s scores and compare.
Lowest score wins.
If still
tied, go to 6th golfer. If
still tied, must have playoff.
Numbers 1-2 from 1st team tee
off, then 1-2 from other
team(s)…then 3-4 tee off (best
scores).
As a
result of this procedure
Northern Guilford came away
the winner and was crowned the
new 3A State Champions.
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Greensboro,
NC May 12, 2010- The
new Men's 3A State Champions
are the Nighthawks from
Northern Guilford High a very
new school built within the
last three years. That alone,
in most cases would mean that
it would be quite a few years
before the school amasses
sport talents well enough to
perform in their conference
let alone earn state playoff
status and better yet walk off
with a state championship.
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N. Guilford
came on line in one of the
largest school districts in
the state and you would expect
it to be really hard to find
skilled sports
talents that is not
already playing at an
established school. Add to
this the fact that N. Guilford
would play in one of the most
challenging 3A conferences in
the state. No
one would expect such a quick
return on this investment. But
here they are the new |
3A State Champs in
three years on their first
trip to the state playoffs.
The key, as
their coach Chris Jones said
was their depth, meaning depth
in scoring ability. From their
number one to their number six
all of them has and have
scored when needed. Hats off
for a job well done!
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Cardinal
Gibbons Crusader's Win MidEast
3A Region
Burlingotn,
NC May 3, 2010 – Indian Valley
Golf Club - The MidEast 3A
Regional title was claimed by
Cardinal Gibbons High with a
round of 298 which was 13
strokes ahead of second place
finisher N. Guilford and
Ledford. All three of these
teams will be traveling to
Foxfire next Monday May 10th.
The name missing from the
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Williams. Williams was strong
all season losing only one
match, the lastone of the
season. So whatever happened
in the last match of the
season carried over to the
Regional. Williams nine hole
matches for the last five
matches were well under the
150 mark but their last round,
an 18 hole match was at 300.
Notably missing
also is Robert Register from
Williams who did not make the
top ten at the regional. Just
more proof to the ole adage of
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Daniel Brantley
from Asheboro tied with Jack
Radley and Zack Lewis from
Southern Lee for the low round
of the day at 72. All three
will go to the state as
individual competitors.
Brantley has been as
consistent as the sun rising
in the east all year. As for
Radley and Lewis we do not
know much of them from a lack
of input from Southern Lee but
if they do as well at Foxfire
as they did at Indian Valley
they will do well at the
state.
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 Northern
Guilford Ends Season with a
Victory
Burlington, NC April 29, 2010
– Indian Valley Golf Club
– The Mid State 3A Conference
closed out its 2010 season at
Indian Valley golf Club with
Northern Guilford taking home
the victory. This is the first
solo win for N. Guilford.
Earlier in the season N.
Guilford shared in a tie with
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The lead man
for N. Guilford was
Colin McKenna who has
brought his “A” game to
the course the last two
events.
McKenna won his first Medalist
honor of the season with a
round of 69. In his last match
McKenna carded a round of 34
tying the top two golfers of
the Mid State 3A
Conference, Robert Register
and Clay Holland, the latter
just signed a letter of intent
to play golf for Elon
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The 293 that N.
Gilford posted in this victory
is at a state championship
pace. Jeffery Jackman and
Vincent Frycontributed to N.
Guilford’s win with a pair of
75’s which were under their
season stroke average. Sealing
the deal for N. Guilford was
their number four, Gerard Castagnet who brought home a
79 that was well under his
season stroke average. This is
the type of play that N.
Guilford will need in the
region that begins next week.
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 Holland
to Join Elon Men's Golf
Program
ELON, N.C. --
Elon men's golf coach
Bill Morningstar
announced today that he
has signed Clay Holland
to play for the Phoenix
beginning with the
2010-11 season. Holland
is a Burlington, N.C.
native where he attends
Western Alamance High
School. |
Holland has won seven
events since 2008 and was named the 2010
Steven Walker Champion Alamance/Burlington
All-County Player of the Year |
He also has four
second-place finishes in
that time frame. An
Eagle Scout, Holland has
been the captain for
Jason Soyars' Western
Alamance program for the
past two seasons.
Holland just recently
placed second in the
conference and will
advance to regional
play.
Clay is the son of
Jeffrey and Penny
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 Ledford
Captures Mid Piedmont
3A Conference Title
Asheboro, NC – April 26, 2010
– Tot Hill Farm Golf Club –
Another sweep of a conference
happened in the Mid Piedmont
3A Conference by Ledford High.
The season ending stats show
that Ledford placed five of
their players in finishing
positions two through six.
Ledord won the Mid Piedmont
conference by 73 strokes with
an average stroke per round of
153.38. Leading the charge for
Ledford was Will Essick with
an individual stroke average
of 37.88. The spread in stroke
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from Essick to their
number five, Aaron Abts was
1.75. Needless to say Leford
led the All Conference team.
The Mid Piedmont 3A Conference
team selection was as follows:
1). Daniel Brantley (AHS)
2). Chad
Miller (LHS)
3). Will Essick (LHS)
4). Cam Weis (LHS)
5). Steven Fuquay (LHS)
6). Aaron Abts (LHS)
7). CJ Brown (SG)
8).
Zach Higgins (SWR)
T9). Kirby
Moffitt (AHS)
T9). Dalton Hall
(SWR)
11). Tate Byers (SWR)
12). Matthew Johnson (NEG)
13). Andrew Cody (NF)
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The Mid Piedmont Player of the
Year honors goes to Daniel
Brantley from Asheboro High.
Brantley won outright and
shared in a total of four
Medalist honors during this
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Hangs On to Win
the Cap 7 4A
Conference
Raliegh, NC -
April 27, 2010 –
TPC Wakefield
Plantation –
Broughton High
came to the TPC
with fire in their
bellies and
wondering if it
would be possible
to snatch the
conference
championship out
the jaws of the
Lessville Pride on
this last day of
the season? They
must have believed
that they could
and boy did they
almost do it.
Broughton came out
swinging with Bill
Marlowe leading
the way. Marlowe,
who is just tenths
of a percent
behind the number
one junior golfer
in North Carolina,
let be known that
he too could throw
up some low
numbers and he
did. Marlowe
hardly worked up a
sweat using only
31 strokes to get
around the TPC at
Wakefield.
As word of
Marlowe’s scoring
spread around the
TPC it must have
inspired the rest
of his team.
Richard Fountain
carded his second
best round of the
season with a 36
and George Kilgore
brought to the
scorers table his
lowest round of
the season, a 36.
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In our last
comments on this
conference we
thought that the
16 stroke lead
that Leesville had
built up was going
to be
insurmountable in
this remaining
match and yet
after the first
three golfers came
to the scorer’s
table it was
Broughton 103 and
Leesville Rd. 112.
The conference
championship
rested in the
hands of their
number four
golfer. It does
not get any better
than this.
When all the dust
had settled
Broughton came up
four strokes short
but what a match!
These two teams
are only .57 of a
stoke different
over the course of
this season.
Without a doubt
these two teams
will be headed for
the state and will
become a problem
for some team.
Leesville
Rd. Team
Larry Han,
Zack Seabolt,
Carter Jenkins,
Mike deMontbrun,
Grayson Murray,
Nick Wheeler |
At the conclusion
of this terrific
match conference
awards and the
conference team
was named. Grayson
Murray was name
the conference
Player of the
Year. The All
Conference team
was as follows:
1. Bill Marlowe,
Broughton.
2. Matt
Conley, Wakefield.
3. Carter Jenkins,
Leesville Rd.
4.
Nick Wheeler,
Leesville Rd.
5.
Richard Fountain,
Broughton.
6.Larry
Han, Leesville Rd.
7. George Kilgore,
Broughton.
8. Zack Seabolt, Leesville
Rd.
9. Michael deMontbrun,
Leesville Rd.
10. Kielan Merritt.
The
three teams headed
for the regionals
are:
1. Leesville Rd.
2. Broughton
3. Wakefield.
Individuals
qualifying for the
regional are:
1. Jake
Britt WFR
2.
Logan Droste WFR
3. Clark Abbot MBK
4. Blaise Tirpak
from ENL.
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Mid State 2A News
Reidsville High Wins Mid
State 2A Conference |
Mid-State 2-A
Final Standings
Team (Conference
tournament
score) Total (7
nine-holers +
conf. tourney)
Reidsville
(322) 1543
Bartlett Yancey
(353) 1600
Eastern Randolph
(351) 1633
Jordan Matthews
(356) 1668
Providence Grove
(359) 1709
Graham and
Cummings do not
have complete
teams
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Individual Leaders
Regular Season
plus conf. tourney
1. Evan
Moser, Bartlett
Yancey 236-82 --
318
2. David
Einstein,
Reidsville
256-80 -- 336
2. Cody Allen,
E. Randolph
257-79 -- 336
4. Mitch Cobb,
Reidsville
261-79 -- 340
5. Corey
Whitten, E.
Randolph 261-84
-- 345
6. Alec Cobb,
Reidsville
267-81 -- 348
6. Tyler White,
J-Matthews
261-87 -- 348
8. Daniel
Southard,
Reidsville
265-91 -- 356
9. Grant Yarbrough,
Bartlett Yancey
273-95 - 359
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 Fireworks over Indian
Valley Golf Course
Burlington, NC - April
21, 2010 – Indian River
Golf Course - The Mid
State 3A conference
really put on a show at
Indian River Golf Course
- Three 34’s from three
different schools.
Williams Robert
Register, West
Alamance’s Clay Holland
and Northern Guilford’s
Colin McKenna shared
the Medalist honors with
triplicate 34’s on the
par 70 Indian River
Course.
The difference between
Williams first place win and
Morehead’s third place finish
was two stokes. Northern |
Guilford was
sandwiched in between
Williams and Morehead
with one off the winning
tally. With every loss
by a stroke, the “What
if” thoughts arise and
use up the remaining
hours in a day.
Its about time to put
this season to bed. The
Mideast 3A regional will
be played at Indian
Valley on Monday, May 3rd.
The host for the
regional is Williams.
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Top Ten Finishers
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Robert Register |
W |
34 |
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Clay Holland |
WA |
34 |
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Colin McKenna |
NG |
34 |
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Luke Haithcock |
W |
36 |
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Caleb Keck |
RC |
36 |
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Dallas Page |
RC |
36 |
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Trey Westbrooks |
WA |
36 |
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Jeffrey Jackman |
NG |
36 |
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Zack Crouch |
EA |
36 |
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Jacob Wright |
M |
36 |
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is Fighting Back
Youngsville, NC April
21, 2010 – Old Liberty
Golf Club – Broughton is
not giving up. With very
little time left they
have won the last two
matches gaining nine
strokes on Leesville Rd.
The six strokes that
Broughton won by today
moved them to within 16
strokes of lead.
It took all four of
Broughton’s players to
be in the top six
finishes to beat
Leesville Rd. Leesville
Rd. had only two
players in the top ten
finishes. They were
Grayson Murray with a
superb round of 34, his
third sub par round in a
row and Larry Han with a
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Broughton was lead to
victory by Bill Marlow
who tied Murray for the
Medalist honors in the
match before this one.
Today Marlow brought
home a two under par 35.
Will Wheless and Cyrus
Stewart carded a pair of
39’s to help bring in
the victory for
Broughton. Broughton’s
number four today was
Richard Fountain with a
40.
Broughton has got one
last chance to knock off
Leesville Rd. Sixteen
strokes will be hard to
come by but man its and
exciting finish to a
great season.
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Murray, G |
Leesville |
34 |
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Marlowe, Bill |
Broughton |
35 |
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Conley, M |
Wakefield |
38 |
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Wheless, Will |
Broughton |
39 |
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Stewart, Cyrus |
Broughton |
39 |
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Fountain, Richard |
Broughton |
40 |
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Han, Larry |
Leesville |
40 |
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Merritt, K |
Wakefield |
40 |
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Kilgore, George |
Broughton |
40 |
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Paxton, J |
W F R |
41 |
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Broughton
Finally gets into the Win
Column
Raleigh, NC April 19, 2010
- Northridge Country Club -
Leesville Rd., the
conference leader in the Cap 7
4A looked like the winner
today with a round of 140 but
Broughton would not be denied
again.
Broughton was led by Will
Wheless who matched
Leesville's Murray with a
round of 33 the Broughton.
Helping Wheless to push back
Leesville Rd were Bill Marlowe
and Ryan Fricke who both shot
35. To seal the deal
Broughton's #4, Richard
Fountain came in with a 38 for
the best round for high school
golf this season - a 138!!!
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Wheless moved into second
place over all behind Murray
with his round of 33 today. He
moved M. Conley back into
third but by less than one
stroke. Wheless is 1.27
strokes behind Murray with two
matches to go before the
regionals.
With two matches to go
Broughton still needs 22
strokes to win the conference.
Click here for all the up to
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Top Ten Finishes
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Murray, G |
Leesville |
33 |
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Wheless, Will |
Broughton |
33 |
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Marlowe, Bill |
Broughton |
35 |
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Fricke, Ryan |
Broughton |
35 |
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deMontbrun, M |
Leesville |
35 |
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Stewart, Cyrus |
Broughton |
35 |
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Conley, M |
Wakefield |
36 |
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Wheeler, N |
Leesville |
36 |
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Jenkins, C |
Leesville |
37 |
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Kilgore, George |
Broughton |
37 |
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Abbot, C |
Millbrook |
37 |
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Ledford
is relentless
Winston-Salem, NC April 19,
2010 -Meadowlands Golf
Club - Ledford is still
pounding away in the
Mid-Piedmont 3A Conference.
With a team stroke average
just over 153 they are ahead
of Asheboro by 51 strokes.
Ledford's Will Essick shares
the Medalist honors with
Asheboro's Daniel Brantley.
These two players have won
most of the
season's Medalist honors and
are separated by only one
stroke in stroke average and
six strokes over all with
Brantley being the one on top.
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Ledford has had control of the
top ten spots all season with
five of its players there all
the time. Asheboro has on two
players in the top ten.
While Ledford and Asheboro
have been battling it out very
quietly SW Randolph has been
moving in on Asheboro. There
are now only three strokes
separating them. The next week
and a half will see some
fireworks in these three
teams.
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Top Ten Finishes
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Daniel Brantley |
Asheboro |
35 |
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Will Essick |
Ledford |
35 |
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Zach Higgins |
SW Randolph |
36 |
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Cam Weis |
Leford |
36 |
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Wade Harris |
Asheboro |
37 |
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Tucker Thomas |
SW Randolph |
37 |
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Dalton Hall |
SW Randolph |
37 |
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Kirby Moffitt |
Asheboro |
38 |
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Aaron Abts |
Ledford |
39 |
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Taylor Ray |
Ledford |
39 |
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CJ Brown |
S. Guilford |
39 |
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Williams
Shares Win with E. Alamance
Greensboro, NC (April 15,
2010) – Bryan Park Golf Club
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The Mid State 3A Conference
leader Williams was surprised
by the upstarts at E. Alamance
when they broke out of their
shell to post their lowest
nine hole round ever. Coach Agular reported that this
score of 145 broke E. Alamance
nine hole record and added, “I
hope we can
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continue to build confidence
and battle for a spot to make
the regionals.”
E. Alamance’s Joseph Dail and
Zach Crouch led the charge
toward the record breaking
round with identical rounds of
35. The leaders got a lot of
help from Alex Daly when he
came in at 37 and the new guy
at E. Alamance, Taylor Stewart
only took 38 strokes to get
around the nine at Bryant
Park. Nothing to it!
The Medalist honor was awarded
to Jeffery Jackman from N.
Gilford with a round of 34
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The ball was played down for
the first time this season and
the course, as it always seems
to be, was in great shape.
Half the field shot 39 or
better. With not much time
left N. Guilford needs to make
up the 36 stroke gap it has
with Williams if they want the
conference crown.
Colin McKenna the conference
leader was not as fortunate in
this match as he was in the
half of the field that did not
shoot 39. However, he could be
the key to N. Guilford coming
on strong to over take
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 Asheboro
Cards their lowest round of
the seasonBadin Lake, NC (April 14,
2010) – Badin Inn Golf -
Asheboro High School played a
non-conference tri-match at
Badin Inn Golf Resort against
North and West Stanly High
Schools.
Coach Helsabeck left the
course beaming from ear to ear
because his team carded their
best score of the year. He
said, “by far. In fact,
it is the best number I've
seen put up around here all
year. I'm sure there
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ones, but
this day was pretty special
for us.” You can just hear
Coach Helsabeck’s excitement
in his words.
Most golf teams have
qualifying matches to
determine their starting line
up for each match. Coach
Helsabeck said that senior
Nolan Wilson
won a place on the starting
line up with a round of 41 on
Wednesday. Winning place on
the starting lineup meant that
Wilson
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would
be playing in his first ever
match of this season. As Coach
Helsabeck said, “He came in
with an unbelievable score of
38, 3-over par, in his first
start.”
Daniel Brantley, medalist for
the Mid-Piedmont conference
for the season, was medalist
today with a 2-under par 33.
Daniel Brantley - 33
Kirby
Moffit-37
Nolan
Wilson-38
Bradley Dawkings-40
Team
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Ledford, A
Big
5 & 0
Archdale, NC - Holly Ridge
Golf Links - The Mid
Piedmont 3A Conference got
under way after its Spring
Break just where it left off
with Ledford continuing their
winning streak.
With two weeks left till the
regional Ledford looks pretty
much in control of the Mid
Piedmont Conference. Assuredly
in the Regional however,
Ledford will run into the buzz
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called Williams. To beat
Williams Ledford will have to
bring a score to the table
like the one they carded on
Monday.
One thing is for sure and that
is that there will be some
really good golf played at the
3A Mid East Regional.
Ledford is lead by Will Essick
and Chad Miller who both are
carrying the same stroke
average of 38.40 through five
matches. All season the
Ledford team has all five of
their players in the top six
spots from week to week
whereas Williams top five are
spread out
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among the top 15 spots. This
small grouping by Ledford at the top may be the
key to them defeating Williams
for the regional top spot.
Ledford’s three through five
men have a spread of less than
one stroke separating them.
They are Cam Weis, Aaron Abts
and Steven Fuquay.
May tenth is
just around the corner so the
next two weeks are crucial for
the teams. The Spring Break
does not appear to have harmed
Ledford.
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Murray
Leads Leesville Rd to a fourth
win
Raleigh, NC (April 12,
2010) Wildwood Green Golf
Club – Grayson Murray
continues to prove why he is
the number one junior golfer
in North Carolina by his three
under par round in Tuesday’s
event. |
Right behind Murray was
Richard Fountain of Broughton
with a great round of 33, two
under par. Murray’s 32 helped
Leesville Road post a team
total of 140. If they can take
that kind of round to the
state championships in three
weeks there may be some new
records to post.
The Wake Forest headed Murray
is piling up the accolades
that is making Coach Hass at
Wake Forest drool with
anticipation of his arrival. |
Murray’s stroke average is a
full two strokes ahead of M.
Conley and C. Jenkins at
36.75. With Murray’s help
Leesville is leading the Cap 7
4A conference but not by much.
Only 25 strokes separate these
Leesville from Broughton.
Leesville has five players in
the top ten and Broughton has
four. The number two spot in
the top ten is held by
Wakefield’s M. Conley.
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