RUTHERFORDTON, NC - The Chesnee boys golf team has continued to improve all season and on Tuesday afternoon the Eagles shot their best score of the season to win the Region I-2A championship and qualify for a spot in the 2A state championship tournament.
In a tournament held at the Eagles home course of Meadowbrook Golf Course, Chesnee shot their lowest score of the season at 324 to win the championship. The next closest score was second place Landrum who shot a score of 365 to also qualify for the state championship tournament while Liberty finished in third place with a score of 411. "I'm pleased with our overall team effort today," said Chesnee head coach Andy Pitt. "Our score of 324 is our lowest of the year and I feel like we're playing our best golf at the time of the year you need to be playing your best golf. It gives us some momentum going into the state tournament next week as the last time we played eighteen holes we shot a 344 so we've knocked off twenty-shots just since then." Chesnee was led on Tuesday by Creighton Rentz who shot a score of 75 and Peyton Lawter who was right behind with a score of 76. Both players made the All-Region team along with teammates Jake Hefner (86) and Hughston Johnson (87) as the Eagles made up four of the six All-Region spots. Senior golfer Jackson Ramsey finished just short of making All-Region but had a good tournament with a score of 91. This group of golfers is a special one for Coach Pitt as he has kept this group together since a lot of them were seventh graders and is a group showing their promise after they took over for a strong group back in 2019. "These guys when we lost four seniors in 2019 after finishing runner up at the state tournament took over the next year, which happened to be the Covid year," said Pitt. "All these guys were young and we were starting off fresh but all these years of putting in that work you can start to see paying off and it's great seeing them grow and starting to accomplish the goals they set out at the start of the year." Landrum's Troy Whiteside was named the player of the year after firing a score of 73 at the course while Liberty players Talan Thomas (85) and Michael Kannarney (91) made the state tournament as individuals after their performances on Monday. Coach Pitt was also named the region coach of the year on Monday after voting by the other coaches in the region. He said he was happy for the award but said it was because of his kids that he won the award. "That award just goes to my guys," said Pitt. "I don't coach for the awards but to see the guys grow and the only reason I got this award is because the guys put in the work each day. It says a lot about those guys and it's going to be tough leaving these guys at the end of the year but hopefully we got a couple days of golf left before I call it an end for myself. I'm looking forward to the state tournament and we're going to have some fun and enjoy this last ride." Chesnee will next take to the course next Monday and Tuesday as they compete in the 2A boys state championship tournament at the Newberry Country Club in Newberry, SC. Comments are closed.
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