Over the last two days a number of local teams have competed at golf courses across the state in state championship golf tournaments and the teams all showed well with the Chesnee Eagles leading the way in results.
The 2A state championship tournament was held at the Newberry Country Club where the best teams in the state battled for the overall championship. Chesnee finished the state championship tournament in fifth place overall with a two-day combined score of 654, behind eventual 2A state champion Bishop England who shot a two-day total of 587. On the first day the Eagles sat in fifth place when the first round had ended with a score of 327, just fifteen shots behind the only other traditional public school Central who had a score of 312. The Eagles also trailed Bishop England (295), Oceanside Academy (296), and Gray Collegiate (308). The second day saw the Eagles backup their second-day total with a score of 327 on Tuesday as well. Creighton Rentz led the Eagles with a two-day total of 154 (74, 75) followed by Peyton Lawter (75, 85), Jake Hefner (95, 81), Hughston Johnson (87,86), and senior Jackson Ramsey (86, 94). The tournament marks the final match with the Eagles for senior Jackson Ramsey and head boys golf coach Andy Pitt. While the Eagles were battling for the 2A state championship, the Boiling Springs Bulldogs were battling at the Carolina Country Club in Spartanburg for the 5A state championship. Boiling Springs had a tough day on the first day of competition falling behind twenty-seven shots to the overall leader TL Hanna. The Bulldogs rebounded on the second day but it wasn't enough as they finished in 10th place with a two-day total of 617 and were just seven shots out of sixth place behind Dorman who shot a two-day total of 610. TL Hanna won the 5A state championship with a two-day total of 580 just ahead of second place Spartanburg who shot a score of 591. The rest of the top five were River Bluff (592), Mauldin (602), and Nation Ford (603). TL Hanna's Bennett Scaletta won the individual state championship with a two-day score of 136 and was followed closely in second place by fellow Yellow Jacket and brother Jackson Scaletta with a two-day score of 140. Boiling Springs was led at the 5A state championship tournament by Andrew Gregory who shot a two-day score of 149 (75, 74) ahead of Walker Ingram's 152 (79, 73), Clayton Taylor's 155 (79, 76) and Lawson Miller's 165 (83, 82). In Woodruff, at the Three Pines Golf Course, the 3A state championship golf tournament was being held where the Chapman Panthers golf team was competing. At the end of the two-day tournament the Chapman Panthers finished in 12th place overall with a two-day total score of 688. Woodruff won the 3A state championship after defeating Beaufort in a playoff match. The Panthers were led by Will McCraw who tied for 23rd place overall with a score of 163 over the two days. Woodruff's Gage Howard won the individual state title with a two-day total score of 143. Comments are closed.
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