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Kayla Sciupider Claims Rex Hospital Jr. Title

Raleigh, NC May 16, 2010 - Wakefield Plantation - The Annual Rex Hospital Open also sends out invitations to the some of the best junior girls in the state.

After round one on Saturday Kayla Sciupider, Kristi Ingram. Tara Simmons and Michelle Pilo found themselves one stroke behind the leader Casey Ward. With this bunch at the top meant that it would be left to whoever wanted it the most on day two.

Allyson Markiewicz came out firing on day two carding the best round of the two days with a 75 on day two but fell short of a win by one stroke.

Kayla Sciupider with the 2nd best round of the two days of a 76 beat back Markiewicz's run at her to win the girls division of the Rex Hospital Open Junior Invitational  Click here for the full leaderboard.....

 


L-R Bob Scott - Kayla Sciupider

     

N. Lincoln retains 2A State Title

The hottest team in the sate in regards to scoring low rounds all season ran into a wall at Keith Hills. Salisbury had only one thing on their mind when they cranked up the 2010 season – win the state 2A title!  

The week to week scoring that Salisbury posted would make anyone believe that they would come into Keith Hills and walk of with the gold. Just not to be. On day one two of their leading year long best scorers posted above 80 rounds helping to take away any cushion that shooting their stroke average can create.

Unable to duplicate their season long low scoring escapades Salisbury took an 7 stroke lead into day two. As day two began to unfold Roy Dixon was the only player with any consistence in scoring but it alone was not enough. Salisbury’s 2 and 3 was not able to improve on their first day rounds thus causing an 8 stroke increase over the first day team totals and the loss of their season long mantra.

Salisbury came to the 2A title match having to face two 2009 state champions. One was the first day

second place team and the 2009 1A state champs Topsail. Topsail’s seven stroke deficit behind Salisbury one day one could not be improved upon on day two leaving them in third place behind Salisbury.

The other 2009 champion that Salisbury had to face was the reigning 2A champions North Lincoln. North Lincoln finished the season with a team stroke average of 300.

On day one N. Lincoln carded a round of 10 strokes higher than their season stroke average leaving them in third place behind Topsail and Salisbury requiring some overnight soul searching as to whether they wanted to repeat as the 2010 state 2A champions.  

N. Lincoln must have decided they like the title of 2A champions and they came out on day two to win. Led by Miller Capps, their season long scoring leader cut the path towards their victory for the rest of his team to follow and follow they did.

Zach Lawing improved over his first day round by two strokes as did Sam Goodnight who brought home an 8 stroke improvement


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over his first day round. Capps wingman all season had been Russ Piercy. In the true spirit of wingmen Piercy came through not only for Capps but for his team with a two day total of 155.  

This cohesive effort rewarded N. Lincoln with the right to carry around for the next 12 months the title of 2010 state 2A champions. The tournament Medalist honors was won by Salisbury’s Roy Dixon with a two day total of 145. Click here for all the scores...

 

     
Young raw talent - Chase Watson

Newland, NC - May14, 2010 - We had noticed a player from Avery County High School scoring well enough to win a spot at the 2010 1A State Championship so we had asked his Coach, Boe Barinowski to send us some information on Chase Watson and this is what

Coach Barinowski had to say, "Despite being a senior, Chase Watson is a young golfer who has not yet finished growing physically.  He's grown 8 inches in the last year and his coordination/raw athleticism has continued to catch up to his recent growth spurt.  That to say, Chase's best golf is still several years

 ahead of him.  He is expected to enroll at Lees McCrae College in Banner Elk, NC where he will continue to develop as a golfer.Chase's best performances during the last 2 years always came during key tournaments, posting his best scores successively during the conference and regional tournaments both

years. This year he represented the school at the state tournament and struggled to focus on the golf to be played.  He posted the lowest 9 hole score on the back 9 (by far the toughest side of the course) during the 1st round of play but couldn't put 18 holes together.

He made some awesome golf shots which weren't reflected in his scores.  More than any other single attribute, Chase is disciplined about practice.  He was the only player that consistently showed up before school to work on his putting in the indoor practice facility here at Avery Co HS.  He's also a natural leader that strives to help everyone on the team play to their potential regardless of how he's playing as an individual."

Editor's note: If you know of a young golfer going off to college next fall and will be playing golf let us hear about it.

     
Coach Mark Lackey on his team's win at the State

Denver, NC - May 13, 2010 - We contacted Coach Lackey for a his thoughts on his team's win at the state. Here is what he had to say, "This years win was tremendous.  We didn't play well on the first day and were in a tremendous hole being 8 shots down to Salisbury and 1 shot down to Topsail. 

Salisbury is a tremendous team and very well coached by Dale Snyder.  It was a
real battle between three teams who desperately wanted to win.   I can't say
enough about our team.  

To battle back from that deficit and win is quite an accomplishment.  Salisbury made some mistakes along the way on Tuesday and that helped us in the comeback.  I would like to extend my sincerest congratulations
to Roy Dixon of Salisbury on being the State 2A Individual Champion. 

He is a great player and a tremendous person on and off the course."

"I will miss the seniors from this North Lincoln team tremendously.  Zach Lawing, Russ Piercy, and Jacob Clarke have meant so much to this program.  It will be a tremendous change not to see them at practice next year.  They have certainly done their part to put our program on     Coach Mark Lackey the map.  Of course having Miller Capps, Sam Goodnight, and Gray Brotherton certainly doesn't hurt going in to next year."

     

A Star is Rising

Buies Creek, NC May 12, 2010 - Keith Hills Golf Club - At the 2A State Playoffs a key to the ascendancy of Maiden High this past season in winning its conference was confirmed. Throughout the season Thomas Lilly and Josh Morgan traded winning the Medalist honors at each weeks events.

At the end of the season Morgan began to wane leaving it to Lilly.

Though Maiden played well in their conference they were no match for N. Lincoln however, Lilly played well enough to be awarded a trip to the stat playoffs representing Maiden as an individual contestant.

Lilly and his coach, Robbie Abernathy had come down early Sunday for his practice round. Lilly's parents, Tom and Beth drove down later in time to join them for dinner. It was at dinner that Thomas told his dad that, "I like this course. I think I can do pretty well on it tomorrow." And, he did.

On day one he posted a one over par 73 one behind first day Medalist Roy Dixon of Salisbury. On day two Thomas shot a 74 giving him a two day total of 147 allowing him to finish second over all behind Roy Dixon who won the tournament Medalist honors with a two day score of 145

     
The Knights are headed back to defend their title

Denver, NC May 3, 2010 - Verdict Ridge CC - The North Lincoln Knights are headed back to defend their 2A State Championship title.

Todays tournament featured 86 golfers from 23 different schools.  The tournament was played at Verdict Ridge Country Club in Denver NC.  The teams played most of the day in a steady rain. 

The individual championship was decided in a 3 hole playoff between North Lincoln's Zach Lawing and Maiden's Thomas Lilly. 

Lawing won the playoff with an 18 foot birdie putt on the 3rd hole of the sudden death playoff.  Lawing said after the playoff that when the putt went in to win the championship was the greatest feeling individually he has ever had in golf.  "The team state championship last year was the greatest feeling I've ever had for a team but today was the best I've every

had as an individual in golf".  Zach Lawing, North Lincoln High School.

North Lincoln, the 2009 state 2A champions will return to defend their championship along with Shelby HS, and North Henderson.
 
 "Today was the most challenging day for all the players as I have seen in a long time.  The rain and wind was very hard at times and I'm sure not one player had any dry clothes during the round.  I am very proud of all the players in the tournament for playing so hard and staying focused on a day like this.  I want to congratulate our team (North Lincoln) on the regional championship and also to Zach Lawing (North Lincoln) on his individual championship.  I would like to thank Verdict Ridge CC for their tremendous help with the regional tournament and to all the volunteers who gave their time and efforts to the 86 players in the tournament today.  With out their

help this day would not have near as successful.  Coach Mark Lackey, North Lincoln High School.

Regional Individual Champion --- Zach Lawing, North Lincoln HS.
Regional Individual Runner-up --- Thom        as Lilly, Maiden HS.
 
 
State Individual Qualifier ---  Thomas Lilly, Maiden, HS.    72
State Individual Qualifier --- Quinten Henricks, Bandys HS   73
State Individual Qualifier --- Jeremy Buskirk, Bunker Hill HS 73
 
Regional Team Champion --- North Lincoln HS   306
Regional Team Runner-up --- Shelby HS  321
Regional Team Third Place --- North Henderson HS  324
The 2A State Championship tournament will be held next Monday, May 10 and Tuesday, May 11 at Keith Hills Golf and CC in Bouis Creek, NC.

     

Forestview Claims West 3A by one stroke!
Alex Simmons wins Medalist Honors

 

Shelby, NC May 3, 2010 - Riverbend Golf Club - The Forestview Jaguars went to Riverbend with a stroke average of 296 for the season led by James Chapman with a stroke average of just over 70. With that much power at their disposal Forestview was expected to romp but instead they ran into a tornado, a Red Tornado.

The Hickory Red Tornados are coming off a successful state championship run in 2009 and was really excited about the prospect for 2010. They have a lot of tournament experience returning for 2010. However, through the first five matches of the season they lost every other match. Their winning stroke average at last year’s state was 294. This season they finished with a 311. With those kinds of number the regional did not look promising until you look at the numbers. 

Near the end of this season two key players for Hickory were slowly

 

turning their games around. One is Matthew Turner, who had been posting scores at the front of the season into the mid eighties, but during his last two matches carded scores in the mid seventies and even winning Medalist honors at his last seasonal match. The other was Win Balatow. 

Balatow was key in last years State Championship but was off to a horrible start this season amassing a stroke average of 81.00. He like Turner began to turn his game around the several matches of this season and it has culminated in his lowest score of the 2010 season in this regional. Though Hickory lost the regional crown by one they look to be peaking at the right time and will be a force in defending their 3A crown.

Mr. Cool Hand Luke otherwise known as JT Poston comes through again. This kid has the perfect gofers demeanor. He would probably be a

 

good poker player as well. All season long Poston is playing average golf, which is average by his capabilities and then bang! When it is needed he comes through. Going up against Forestview’s James Chapman and in spite of bad weather Poston shoots a 69 to lead his Red Tornado team to second in the regionals.Fred T. Foard was the burr under Hickory’s saddle all season. They took the wind out of the Red Tornado’s twice this season which is more than any team has done is several seasons. Led by Connor Stinson, the Tigers from Foard brought a lot of respect to their golfing tradition at Foard. Had it not been for Turner and Balatow coupled with Poston’s 69 then it would have been Foard in second.  

Foard has the potential to make the big move. They were the only team in the Northwestern 3A conference to go under 300 this season. So look for some surprises at the state. 

Though Poston carded a 69 he was not the Medalist. The Medalist was Alex Simmons from Hibriten shooting a 65.

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Hickory Closes out the season on high note!

Lenoir, NC April 29, 2010 – Cedar Rock County Club – The Northwestern 3A/4A conference finally completed their schedule for this very messy weather wise season. For this last match the conference played the back tees at Cedar Rock that measure 7153 yards. The front side at Cedar Rock from the back tee is extremely tough. You can tell by the scores that most of the field had a tough time with that yardage. 

 

However, one player did not and he was not playing on his home course. Matthew Turner from Hickory High won his first ever Medalist honor with an excellent round of 72 from where he had to play. This is the second match in succession that Turner has shot well under his season stroke average of 80.40. Turner carded a 74 in his last match. This game improvement of Turner’s could not come at a better time for Hickory.  

Only five players were able to bring in a score under 80 of which three of them were Hickory players meaning that Hickory won this last event. This back to back win for

Hickory allowed them to move 20 strokes ahead of Fred T. Foard. Hickory’s round of 315 was only three strokes better that 4A Alexander Central but in golf it only takes one stroke to seal the deal. Zack Burkett from Alexander Central was one of the five players to score under 80 at Cedar Rock. Burkett has been battling JT Poston all season for the top spot on the leaderboard. Burkett came within three strokes of over taking Poston.  

Alexander Central had all four of their scorers in the top ten while Hickory had only three. On Monday, May 3rd the 3A West Region will be played at River Bend in Shelby. Alexander Central will not play till Tuesday, May 4th Click here for all of the up to date scores......

     
N. Lincoln Closes out the season on a high note

Lincolnton, NC April 27, 2010 - Lincoln Country Club - Southern Piedmont 1A/2A Conference warped up their season with N. Lincoln and Highland Tech finishing one two in the standings for the conference. NLH took this last match with a very respectable 292. That is the kind of score that they will need to repeat as the 2A state champs.  

Russ Piercy led the Knights with a round of 70 giving him his first Medalist honor of the season. NLH’s 24 stroke win over Highland Tech was helped by a pair of 73’s by Miller Caps and Zach Lawing. The Knights number four Jacob Clarke rounded out the win with a nice 76.

This season was a two horse race between NLH and Highland Tech. After seven matches NLH stood at five and two while Highland Tech finished two and five. Seventy strokes separated the NLH and Highland Tech which ended up in their team stroke averages.

NLH’s season ending stroke average was 300.14 verses Highland Techs 310.14. NLH won the statechampionship last year with a two round total of 600. Based on the scores coming in this season 300 will not make the grade.  

The Southern Piedmont conference Champs are the N. Lincoln Knights. The individual Champion is Greg Brunner from Highland Tech with a 71.43 stroke average. Coach Marty Hutchins of Highland Tech was named the conference Coach of the Year.

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Maiden Takes Almost a Perfect Record to Regionals

Statesville, NC – April 26, 2010 Fox Den Country Club – The Catawba Valley Conference completed it 2010 season at Fox Den Country Club and Maiden High captured not its first conference title in golf but since no one can remember then its a good thing.

The Maiden duo of Thomas Lilly and Josh Morgan led the charge by Maiden all season. Maiden was undefeated in all of its nine hole matches and surrendered only one of the eighteen hole matches to Newton-Conover by three strokes

Lilly and Morgan won every medalist honor this season with four apiece. As a team, Maiden carded a season ending stroke average of 321.25. Lilly led the conference in 18 hole play with a stroke average of 73.25 while Morgan led the conference in nine hole play with a stroke average of 38.00. Undoubtedly these two carried the Maiden team all season but as they prepare to play in the region Maiden is going to need their three and four to find nine strokes apiece and Morgan will have to find at a minimum three strokes.  If that were to happen then Maiden will find themselves headed for the state championship as a team.

Top Ten Finishes

**Thomas Lilly Maiden 73
Josh Morgan Maiden 75
#Tyler Lail Bunker Hill 75
#Hunter Mitchell S. Iredell 76
Colton Neill S. Iredell 77
#Quinten Henricks  Bandys 78
#Caleb Lawson Draughn 78
#Hayden Bandy Newton-Conover 79
Matt Ellis Maiden 79
Cameron Justice S. Iredell 80
#Brandon Kastelic E. Burke 80
     
North Lincoln Opened the Door but nobody came through

Denver, NC April 22, 2010 Westport Golf Course – The Southern Piedmont 2A Conference took its next to last match to Westport Golf Club and by the look of the scores they had trouble with the Bermuda greens at Westport.

Highland Tech was given the opportunity that they had been looking for at Westport. NLH was leading Highland Tech by 48 strokes going into this match. At Westport, 

NLH carded their highest score of the 2010 season, a 318. But Highland Tech could not close the deal.

Highland Tech shot their second highest score of the season with a 316 effectively closing out nay chance what so ever.

The Medalist for the event was Braydon Hawkins from Highland Tech, his first win of the season. Greg Bunner, Hawkins team mate came in second with a season high 75.  

The 2A Western Regional will be played in NLH’s backyard at Verdict Ridge on Monday May 3rd.  Click here for all the up to date scores....

Braydon Hawkins

HTHS

72

Greg Bunner

HTHS

75

Zach Lawing

NLHS

75

Miller Capps

NLHS

76

Owen Wilson

BCHS

79

Russ Piercy

NLHS

80

Ryan Cloninger

ELHS

82

Austin Graves

HTHS

82

Hunter Dyer

WLHS

84

Drew Eaker

CHS

85

     
     
Maiden Clenches CVAC Conference Title

Morganton, NC April 22, 2010 - Quaker Meadows Golf Club – First off, hats off to East Burke High School. This season they have only one player and yet they hosted a conference match.  

The conference match was played at Quaker Meadows Golf Club in Morganton, NC. The match turned out to be a pretty close one with S. Iredell pressing Maiden all the way but succumbed at the end by six strokes to Maiden.

Leading the charge for Maiden was Thomas Lilly with a round of 72 which was good enough for the

Medalist honors, his third win for this season. Between he and Josh Morgan of Maiden they have won all seven of the matches played this season.

The surprise play of the day came from West Caldwell’s Jordan Harris. Since the matches have gone to 18 holes Harris has not been very productive but at Quaker Meadows he was. Harris posted a 76, good enough for second place.  

Maiden, with this win, has sown up the CVAC 2A conference and will be heading to the 2A regional on May the 3rd at Verdict Ridge with a lot of wind at

 

their backs. They will be facing off with North Lincoln the 2009 2A State Champs. As the regular season was winding down North Lincoln’s stroke average has risen above the 300 mark which bodes well for Maiden. Click here for all the up to date scores....

**Thomas Lilly

Maiden

72

#Jordan Harris

W. Caldwell

76

#Colton Neill

S. Iredell

77

Josh Morgan

Maiden

78

#Tyler Lail

Bunker Hill

78

Hunter Mitchell

S. Iredell

78

#Hayden Bandy

New.-Con.

78

Brandon Kastelic

East Burke

78

Jeremy Buskirk

Bunker Hill

79

     
North Lincoln Seals the Deal for 2010

Stanley, NC – April 19, 2010 – Cowans Ford Country Club – The Southern Piedmont 1A/2A met at Cowans Ford CC for their third from last conference match of this season. With less than two weeks till the regionals North Lincoln High cemented their conference lead with their victory at Cowans Ford CC.

Highland Tech had a chance to displace NLH only if they won this match. Highland Tech lost the match

to NLH by 13 strokes. The only way that Tech can win the conference race is if NLH does not show up.On consolation is that Highland Tech has the honor of having Greg Bunner as the conference Medalist with a stroke average of 70.40.

In the event at Cowans Ford NLH’s Miller Capps won his first Medalist honors of the season with a sub par round of 67 besting the conference leader Greg Bunner by four strokes. Both NLH and Tech controlled the top ten except for one spot that went to Drew Eaker from Cherryville. Click here for all the up to date scores....

Miller Capps

N. Lincoln

67

Greg Bunner

Highland Tech

71

Zach Lawing

N. Lincoln

75

Braydon Hawkins

Highland Tech

77

Drew Eaker

Cherryveille

77

Russ Piercy

N. Lincoln

78

Sam Goodnight

N. Lincoln

78

Grey Brotherton

N. Lincoln

79

Weston McCurry

Highland Tech

81

     

A Glimpse at the Western 3A Regional

Shelby, NC April 21, 2010 – Riverbend Golf Club -
We were given a glimpse into the 3A Western Regional on Wednesday when Hickory and Forestview got together in a friendly match on the course that they will meet on to find out who’s the best in the West Region.

Based on the box scores of both teams over the course of this season the odds makers would have favored Forestview and they would have been correct. James Chapman from Forestview led the charge against Hickory with a very impressive 7 under round of 65.

His low scoring round encouraged his team mate to follow suit. Forestview’s number two and three both came home under par. Alex Taylor shot a 70 and Will Long shot a 71. Their number four, Taylor Dickson had the high

 

score of the day with a par round of 72 giving Forestview the victory with a very exciting round of 283. 

Hickory has been having trouble getting low this season. For the first time in almost too many years to recall they lost their County Championship. This time of the season a state championship thinking team needs to be scoring well below the 300 mark.  

If this glimpse at what will happen in the Western 3A regional Hickory may have to fight their way to the state through the South Mountain Athletic Conference entrants. They have been posting similar scores as Hickory’s.

 

     

Meet N. Lincoln Head Golf Coach Mark Lackey

 Denver, NC – April 20, 2010 – North Lincoln High School -  With the conference matches about to be over and the regionals just around the corner we wanted to speak with Coach Mark Lackey, head golf coach at North Lincoln High School. NLH is the current 2009 2A State Champs with a two day total of 600.

So far this season NLH has improved their team stroke average by two strokes at 298. Based on the scores that have been coming to us they will need to shoot that or lower. With that in mind we asked Coach Lackey to comment on his 2010 team. 

“This years N. Lincoln Golf Team is comprised of 5 seniors, 2 juniors, 2 sophomores, and 1 freshman. 

After winning the NC State 2A championship last season, the team is hoping to return to the state championship tournament to defend their title this year. 

The team is currently 34 and 8 on the season and is led by the five returning members of last year’s state championship team.   Currently they are in first place in the Southern Piedmont conference. Seniors Zach Lawing and Russ Piercy are playing exceptionally well.  Piercy is currently in third place in the conference while Lawing is in fourth place.  The play and leadership of these two seniors is invaluable.  Another senior, Jacob Clarke has also added plenty of help to the lineup.   

Sophomore Miller Capps is in second place in the conference.  A transfer last season from Seneca South Carolina, Capps has been a tremendous asset to the team.  Also the play of Sophomore Gray

Brotherton who is currently sixth in the conference, has helped to bolster the teams scores throughout the season. Junior Sam Goodnight is the only player who did not participate in the state championship tournament last year.  His game has improved dramatically from last season and has been a great addition to the team this year.  Goodnight currently sits in ninth place in the conference standings.  

The Knights are a very confident team.  They will host the 2A West Regional golf tournament this year at Verdict Ridge Country Club, and hope to go on to defend their State Championship from 2009.” 

We also had a chance to catch up to Coach Lackey at the annual high school invitational sponsored by the TYGA and McConnell Golf. Check out his video interview.

 

     
Maiden is back on top!

Newton, NC - April 20, 2010 - Catawba Country Club - Maiden and Josh Morgan are back on their winning ways. Newton played host to the Catawba Valley Athletic 2A Conference at the Catawba Country Club one week after winning their first match of the season but could only muster a second place tie with S. Iredell.

Morgan has had a couple of bad rounds since he came back from Spring Break but appears to have found a solution to his higher than normal scores.

Morgan with a score of 73 won his fourth Medalist honors of this season and Maiden notched their fifth win. 

There is a great two man act materializing at Maiden consisting of Morgan and Thomas Lilly. Out of six matches these two have managed to win all six Medalist honors -  a clean sweep.

Lilly has  taken over the conference lead since the conference started playing its 18 hole rounds instead of the 9 hole rounds where Morgan dominated.

Currently Maiden is holding a 16 stroke lead over Newton-Conover in the 18 hole match portion of this season. At the end of their 9 hole matches Maiden was leading the conference by 44 strokes over S. Iredell. Click here for all of the up to date scores.......

 

     
Hickory wins and regains Conference lead
Boone, NC April 19, 2010 – Boone Golf Club – The Northwestern 3A/4A Conference was the guest of Watauga High School at the Boone Golf Club. Hickory got back into the win column by only one stroke over Alexander Central. With this win Hickory also got back at the top of the leaderborad in the conference but by only five strokes over Fred T. Foard.  

Hickory is sitting in a very precarious position in terms of winning the conference title. The

State 3A Champs have really got to bare down. Hickory’s JT Poston is still the conference leader but only by .60 over Burkett from Alexander Central and .80 over Alex Simmons from Hibriten. 

The Medalist for today was Frankie Wyatt from Hickory with a round of 73. this is Wyatt’s first tournament win. One stroke behind Wyatt was Noah Martin, Matthew Turner and Chase Harmon. 

The regionals are set for May 3rd leaving only a little over a week for Fred T. Foard to make a move on Hickory. They have the guns to get the job done but could run afoul if Wyatt and Turner from Hickory can come close to scoring in the last couple of matches like they did at Boone Golf Club. Couple that with Poston and Harrill and Hickory might just come out on top.

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Newton-Conover Gets in the Win Column

Conover, NC – (April 15, 2010) Rock Barn Golf & Spa – The Catawba Valley Athletic 2A Conference opened played their firs 18 hole match at Rock Barn. There will be four 18 hole matches in all to finish the 2010 season before the regionals.

With three of its players in the top ten and one in the 11th spot Newton-Conover notched their first victory of the season in their victory belt.

 

Led by Hayden Bandy with his first second place showing of this season on a score of 77 the Red Devils were able to secure their first victory with a round of 323, a three stroke margin over conference leaders Maiden. 

Maiden’s Thomas Lilly had the best round of the day with a 72 to take home the Medalist honors.

The Conference scoring leader Josh Morgan was back in the pack after

 

posting an 81 some five strokes higher than his current conference stroke average.  

South Iredell finished with two of its players in the top ten in the second and fifth positions. South Iredell placed third with eight strokes behind Newton-Conover. South Iredell is currently sitting in second place in the conference standings behind the conference leader Maiden.  Click here for all the scores....

 

     

Forestview Jaguars On Cruise Control

Big South 3A Conference (April 12, 2010)  Forestview is sitting comfortable on a 100 stroke lead over second place Ashbrook in the Big South 3A Conference. 

In their latest match Forestview's James Chapman won the Medalist honors with a round of 70. Chapman also leads the conference with a

 70.67 stroke average just ahead of fellow team mate Taylor Dixon who is 1.66 strokes behind Chapman.

Forestview has six of its players in the top ten spots; One through three and five through seven. With that kind of presence there is now wonder why they are leading the conference by 102 strokes.

The other four spots in the top ten are shared equally by Ashbrook and Crest with two apiece.

The regionals begin the 3rd of May and by the stats it does not look like Forestview will have any trouble with the current 3A State Champs, Hickory High. Click here for all the up to date scores....

     
Patton and Shelby Owns the S. Mountain Athletic 2A/3A Conf. Shelby, NC – Deer Brook Golf Club – Patton High is less than five years old and is already fielding a pretty good golf team. The South Mountain Athletic 2A/3A conference competitor is rocking out this season with four out of five victories. Their only loss was when their numbers one and two had a bad day on the course on the same day.

Grey Miller is sporting a 75.20 stroke average through five rounds while Patton’s number two, Kyle Clemmons just off Miller’s shoulder with a 75.80 stroke average. Miller is sharing the conference medalist honors with Shelby’s Spencer Jones.

Both Patton and Shelby own the top ten spots in this conference. Each has four of their players in the top ten slots allowing RS Central’s Zach McKelvey to hold the fourth spot and East Rutherford’s Trent Jones to hold the seventh spot.   

It looks like Patton has a date on May the third at Riverbend in Shelby to test itself against the 2009 2A state champs North Lincoln.  Click here for all the up to date scores...

     
North Lincoln Resumes its Win Streak
Kings Mountain, NC (April 14, 2010) Woodbridge Golf Club - Highland Tech played host to the Southern Piedmont 2A/1A Conference at Woodbridge Golf Club on Wednesday hoping to put up a road block in front of the hard charging North Lincoln Knights. A valiant effort was made by Highland Tech but came up 7 strokes shy. Highlands Greg Bunner managed to come away from the battle with the Medalist honors with a round of 71. This was Bunner's fourth consecutive win this season. NLHS, like most of the winning teams this season, has command of the top ten spots. Highland Tech claims four of the top ten spots while Cherryville holds one of them. This is why Highland Tech is only 35 strokes behind N. Lincoln with three events left.  Click here for all the scores....

Fred T. Foard De-Thrones Perennial County Champs Hickory  

Conover, NC (April 13, 2010) Rock Barn Golf and SpaThe Catawba County high schools met at Rock Barn for their annual high school shoot out. For the last umpteen years it has been a forgone conclusion that Hickory would walk off with the gold. Those umpteen years total 12. For the last eleven years Hickory has won the match 10 out those eleven times of which there was a run of nine consecutive years beginning with 1998 through 2009. Newton-Conover took the trophy home in 1999 for the only time in the sixteen year history that this writer has access to.

Out of those 16 years Hickory has had control of the trophy for 12 years. Well, not anymore. Fred T. Foard who last won this event way back in 1996 joins St. Stephens as a multiple winner; two each. St. Stephens won in 1993 and 1997.

Leading the charge for Fred T. Foard was Philip Lindler with a round of 70 for the best round in competition he has carded this season. Lindler started out the season in the low 80’s and high 70’s but has

1 Philip Lindler FTF 70
2 Christain Carpenter FTF 71
3 J.T.Poston HKY 73
4 Mason Houston STS 74
5 Quinten Henricks  BAN 74
6 Matthew Turner HKY 75
7 Thomas Lilly MAD 76
8 Chase Harmon FTF 77
9 Tyler Lail BKH 77
10 Conor Stinson FTF 78
11 Frankie Wyatt HKY 79
12 Hayden Bandy NC 80
13 Andrew Zachrich STS 81
14 Stephen Hill STS 81
15 Win Balatow HKY 82
16 Peter Harrill HKY 83
17 Matt Zachrich STS 83
18 Ryan Hoffman HKY 83
19 Andrew Flinchum FTF 83
20 Kris Harvell NC 84

been improving steadily each week. His last event before the Spring Break was a 73 and now he cards a round of 70. It looks as if Lindler is peaking just in time for the regionals that begin May 3rd and 4th.  

This victory against gives them one up on Hickory for the season so far. In regular play Hickory and Fred T. Foard are even in the win department with two apiece. Connor Stinson is the leading Foard golfer with a stroke average of 75.25 making him the fourth best golfer in the Northwestern 3A Conference. 

Stinson is followed by Lindler and then Chase Harmon with Christian Carpenter as Foard’s number four.  

 

21 Josh Miller BKH 84
22 Alex Fussell STS 85
23 Jeremy Buskirk BKH 85
24 Lawson Kincaid NC 85
25 Jason Smith FTF 86
26 Matt Ellis MAD 87
27 Ben Watson STS 90
28 Josh Morgan MAD 91
29 Jacob Beard MAD 97
30 Garrett Edwards NC 98
31 Dexter Ly BAN 98
32 Jack Shannon MAD 101
33 Anthony Annas NC 102
34 Cameron Abernathy BAN 102
35 Tyler Trais BKH 104
36 Travis Farnsworth BKH 106
37 Boyce Noles BAN 112
38 Jared Morales NC 112
39 Justin Perry BAN 112
40 Josh Parkhurst BKH 123

In the County Championship Carpenter was right behind team mate Lindler with a 71 to win the second place finish. This is what a coach wants in his golf team, a solid number four that can rise to the occasion if the number one or two can’t shoot their stroke average. By the looks of things Foard is getting ripe at the right time.  

Another interesting stat for Foard is that they have now carded two rounds under 300 and that is what it will take to get a team to the State from the regionals. Hickory has yet to score under 300 this season. Both of these teams will be going to the regional to face the Big South powerhouse Forestview who has been averaging rounds of 298.50.

 

 

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