OWEN LEADS BISHOP MCGUINNESS TO TITLE IN NCHSAA 1-A MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
CHAPEL HILL—Tanner Owen of Kernersville Bishop McGuinness led wire to wire to capture the individual title in the 16th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A men’s golf championships at the Chapel Hill Country Club.
Owen, who was fourth in the individual standings a year ago, had a two-under 70 on the opening day to open up a four-shot advantage, then had a 73 on Tuesday for a 143 total, good for a six-shot margin over runner-up Dylan Kennedy of West Montgomery.
McKenzie Barringer of Durham Voyager Academy was third at 151, and then Blake Fiest of Lake Norman Charter won a playoff on the second extra hole to take fourth over Jonathon Davis of Bishop McGuinness, both of whom had 152 scores in regulation.
The course was set at par 72 and 6,619 yards for the NCHSAA event.
Bishop McGuinness, the defending team champion which won by a whopping 52 shots a year ago, took top team honors by 36 strokes this time. The Villains’ 306 total on the final day gave Bishop a 611 final score, ahead of Lake Norman Charter with 647. East Surry was third with 650 and Riverside-Martin placed fourth at 655.
The best four of six individual scores counted toward the team total.
Prior to 1986, all NCHSAA schools competed for a single title in an open tournament. Play went to three classifications in 1986 and then to four classes beginning with the 1998 tournaments.
A total of 84 golfers began play in the two-day tournament.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 2013 MEN’S 1-A GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
Chapel Hill Country Club—Final Results
TEAM STANDINGS
1st Rd. 2nd Rd. Total
Kernersville Bishop McGuinness 305 306 611
Lake Norman Charter 319 328 647
East Surry 327 323 650
Riverside-Martin 330 325 655
Avery County 333 335 668
West Montgomery 343 343 686
Durham NC School of Science and Math 368 359 727
Southwest Onslow 375 363 738
Hayesville 379 369 748
Franklin Academy 383 377 760
Rosewood 392 380 772
Midway 412 389 801
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
*won playoff for fourth
First Name Last Name (School) 1st Rd. 2nd Rd. Total Tanner Owen (Bishop McGuinness) 70 73 143 Dylan Kennedy (West Montgomery) 76 73 149 McKenzie Barringer (Voyager Academy) 75 76 151 Blake Fiest (Lake Norman Charter) 79 73 152* Jonathon Davis (Bishop McGuinness) 74 78 152 McKinley Johnson (East Wilkes) 80 73 153 Nick Adams (Rosewood) 82 72 154 Keenan Denny (South Stokes) 77 77 154 Jordan Taylor (West Montgomery) 77 78 155 Logan Wynne (Riverside-Martin) 79 77 156 Drew Alley (East Surry) 80 77 157 Colyn Petty (Swain) 77 80 157 Mason Orr (Bishop McGuinness) 80 78 158 Kevin Sowinski (Bishop McGuinness) 81 77 158 Jordan Vogler (East Surry) 78 80 158 Jake Blum (Lake Norman Charter) 76 83 159 Harley Foster (Avery County) 78 83 161 Chance Watson (Avery County) 79 82 161 Whit Ross (Riverside-Martin) 80 81 161 Tyler Ross (Union) 80 83 163 Trey Goodson (SW Onslow) 88 77 165 Grady Colburn (Lejeune) 84 82 166 Jack Edwards (East Surry) 82 85 167 Landon Ragley (Lake Norman Charter) 84 83 167 Taylor Cowan (Riverside-Martin) 84 83 167 Joseph Marion (East Surry) 87 81 168 Tyler Boquet-Caron (NCSSM) 81 87 168 Kyle Stone (Spring Creek) 83 85 168 Ben Catonni (Lake Norman Charter) 80 89 169 Daniel Childress (Avery County) 87 83 170 Nathan Moore (Franklin Academy) 84 86 170 Jacob Wallace (Hayesville) 86 84 170 Aaron Thomas (Highland Tech) 89 81 170 Cole West (Riverside-Martin) 87 84 171 David Thornton (Pine Lake Prep) 87 85 172 Grant Lewis (Franklin Academy) 87 86 173 Nick Lisle (SW Onslow) 87 86 173 Max Bosco (Highlands) 86 88 174 Zack Shields (Bishop-McGuinness) 84 91 175 Matt Hall (Goldsboro) 90 85 175 Tyler Futrell (Riverside-Martin) 90 85 175 Shea Buchanan (Avery County) 89 87 176 Andrew Millsaps (East Surry) 90 87 177 Gabe Jacobs (Hayesville) 93 89 182 Duncan Brown (NCSSM) 95 90 185 Noah Wilson (NCSSM) 90 95 185 Robert Brooks (Bishop-McGuinness) 94 92 186 Austin Tausch (SW Onslow) 92 94 186 Walker Harrison (West Montgomery) 94 92 186 Jake Massey (Lake Norman Charter) 90 97 187 Caleb Sanders (Midway) 94 93 187 Ryan Phillips (NCSSM) 102 87 189 Jacob Waldroop (Avery County) 97 93 190 Clark Gurganus (Riverside-Martin) 102 88 190 Gunner Franklin (River Mill Academy) 99 93 192 Chris Sharer (Hayesville) 102 92 194 Martin Lehmann (Avery County) 98 97 195 Tyler Braun (Midway) 96 99 195 Terell Marshall (West Montgomery) 96 100 196 Dustin Hutchens (East Surry) 100 98 198 Michael Holroyd (Lake Norman Charter) 102 99 201 Josh Sprinkles (Hayesville) 98 104 202 Vamsi Yechoor (NCSSM) 102 102 204 Devon McKluskey (Franklin Academy) 107 98 205 Dylan Champion (Rosewood) 97 109 206 Ben Edwards (Midway) 107 100 207 Andrew Henn (Rosewood) 107 100 207 Connor Davis (Hayesville) 103 105 208 Dylan Green (Rosewood) 106 105 211 Zach Dixon (Midway) 115 97 212 Jacob Rosentreter (Franklin Academy) 105 108 213 Justin Flanagan (Hayesville) 102 112 214 Josh Moore (SW Onslow) 108 106 214 Josh Burris (West Montgomery) 108 107 215 Blake Pennington (Franklin Academy) 111 107 218 Weston Lineberry (West Montgomery) 109 109 218 Clay Honeycutt (Midway) 116 103 219 Jeremy Mercer (Rosewood) 118 103 221 Jaz Verceles-Zar (Rosewood) 120 105 225 Chris Dixon (Midway) 122 106 228 Spencer Marr (Franklin Academy) 117 118 235 Andy Yang (NCSSM) 137 102 239 Cole Gagnon (SW Onslow) 117 124 241 Chase McCurry (SW Onslow) 129 113 242