NCHSAA State 4-A Boy’s Golf Championships: Final

EAST CHAPEL HILL’S GRIFFIN ROLLS TO VICTORY IN NCHSAA 4-A GOLF – PINECREST WINS TEAM TITLE IN PLAYOFF OVER MYERS PARK

PINEHURST— Ben Griffin of East Chapel Hill fired a five-under 67 to roll to a convincing victory on Tuesday in the individual portion of the 77th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A men’s golf championships at Pinehurst number eight.

Griffin, who tied for 10th in last year’s tournament and won it all in 2011, entered the final day three shots ahead for the field and wound up with a great 36-hole total of 135, nine under par. It was the best-ever 36-hole score in the separate 4-A tournament and the third lowest total ever in an NCHSAA championship since World War II.

There was a playoff for the runner-up spot, with Trey Guy of Fayetteville Terry Sanford beating defending champion Stephen Saleeby of Raleigh Broughton with a birdie on the first playoff hole to take second. Both Guy and Saleeby had 144 totals in regulation, with Guy firing a four-under par 68 on Tuesday.

There was also a playoff for fourth, with Phillip Oweida from Charlotte Myers Park knocking in an eagle on the first playoff hole to win over Seth Gandy of Cornelius Hough. Both golfers had 36-hole totals of 145.

The championship was contested on a par-72 layout set at 6,698 yards for the NCHSAA event.

Southern Pines Pinecrest and Myers Park finished in a deadlock for the team championship and had to go to a playoff as well. A birdie by Zack Martin of Pinecrest on the first playoff hole was the difference as the two teams finished with identical 36-hole scores of 591. Pinecrest had a team total of 19 on the playoff hole and Myers Park had all pars for a total of 20.

Hough was third overall at 597 and defending team champion Raleigh Broughton was fourth at 598.

A Wake County school had won the men’s 4-A team golf title 18 times in the last 27 years, including the last four in a row. Pinecrest was the last non-Wake County school to win, taking the title in 2008.

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 2032 MEN’S 4-A GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, Pinehurst number eight—Monday’s Results

TEAM STANDINGS

*won playoff on first extra hole

Team                          1st Rd. 2nd Rd. Total
*Southern Pines Pinecrest      291     300     591
Charlotte Myers Park           297     294     591
Cornelius Hough                299     298     597
Raleigh Broughton              303     295     598
Raleigh Leesville Road         304     310     614
Durham Riverside               312     311     623
Fayettevile Terry Sanford      318     306     624
Northwest Guilford             315     311     626
Winston-Salem RJ Reynolds      316     313     629
Indian Trail Porter Ridge      319     312     631
Wilmington Laney               344     343     687
Charlotte Providence           343     350     693

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS

First Name Last Name (School)      1st Rd. 2nd Rd. Total
Ben Griffin (East Chapel Hill)      68      67      135
Trey Guy (Terry Sanford)            76      68      144
Stephen Saleeby (Broughton)         74      70      144
Phillip Oweida (Myers Park)         76      69      145
Seth Gandy (Hough)                  72      73      145
Zach Martin (Pinecrest)             73      73      146
Luke Thalman (Myers Park)           72      75      147
Drew Johnson (Northwest Guilford)   71      76      147
Neville Burton (WF-Rolesville)      76      71      147
Peyton White (Hough)                74      74      148
Carter Jenkins (Leesville Road)     73      75      148
James Sugg (Pinecrest)              73      76      149
Krystian Romero (Pinecrest)         75      74      149
Clay Brown (Hough)                  76      74      150
Jake Hutchinson (Leesville Road)    73      77      150
Austin Morrison (Myers Park)        73      77      150
Josh Martin (Pinecrest)             72      78      150
Austin Scarboro (Pinecrest)         73      77      150
Colson Hoffman (Porter Ridg)        73      77      150
Preyer Fountain (Broughton)         75      76      151
Will Minton (Broughton)             77      74      151
Andrew Simmons (Myers Park)         76      75      151
Harrison Rhoades (Broughton)        77      75      152
Carson Hunt (Riverside)             78      74      152
Zach Dupre (New Bern)               79      74      153
Dillon Wilson (RJ Reynolds)         75      78      153
Will Rainey (South Mecklenburg)     75      78      153
Patrick Cover (Hough)               77      78      155
Hunter Oxford (Ardrey Kell)         77      79      156
Nick Fogleman (Northwest Guilford)  79      77      156
Aaron Purviance (Reagan)            85      71      156
P. J. Kester (Hoggard)              82      75      157
David Yang (Hough)                  79      78      157
Zach Seabolt (Leesville Road)       81      76      157
Alex Brese (Riverside)              77      80      157
Newt Barringer (Riverside)          78      79      157
Jackson Speer (RJ Reynolds)         78      79      157
Jackson Spires (Terry Sanford)      80      77      157
Will Franzen (Leesville Road)       77      82      159
Henry Shimp (Myers Park)            84      75      159
Mitch Ellis (Page)                  78      81      159
Jackson Bailey (Porter Ridge)       82      77      159
Junior Schrickx (Riverside)         79      80      159
Court Settle (Broughton)            77      83      160
Chris Stens (Cape Fear)             82      78      160
Rohun Shah (Terry Sanford)          80      80      160
Joe Jongkind (Riverside)            83      78      161
Collin Walser (Northwest Guilford)  81      81      162
Addison Dorn (Northwest Guilford)   85      77      162
Jeffery Spence (Porter Ridge)       82      80      162
Michael Walker (Terry Sanford)      82      81      163
Samuel Young (Laney)                82      82      164
Harrison Hepner (Laney)             83      81      164
Sean O'Connor (Porter Ridge)        87      78      165
Jordan Fields (RJ Reynolds)         81      84      165
Blake Childers (South Caldwell)     83      82      165
Will Jacobson (Leesville Road)      82      84      166
Zach Smith (Apex)                   81      86      167
Grant Gilbert (Porter Ridge)        85      83      168
Blake Wagoner (Hough)               85      84      169
Stephen Hart (Terry Sanford)        87      82      169
Tyler Koch (Providence)             85      85      170
Grant Powell (Northwest Guilford)   84      88      172
Dylan Fisher (Providence)           82      90      172
Hudson Helms (RJ Reynolds)          85      87      172
Josh Robar (Providence)             88      85      173
Jackson Neff (Page)                 87      87      174
Dalton Neal (Porter Ridge)          82      92      174
Corey Wilson (Leesville Road)       89      87      176
John Ferretti (Providence)          86      90      176
Colby Weiner (Laney)                90      88      178
Christian Park (Providence)         88      92      180
Carl Garrett (Riverside)            92      89      181
Kellan Bodenhiemer (RJ Reynolds)    91      90      181
Travis Batts (Laney)                89      93      182
Andrew Hilburn (Laney)              91      92      183
Blake Antel (Laney)                 91      95      186
Press Clark (Providence)            95      92      187
Matt Flanagan (Terry Sanford)       93      98      191
Kyle/Hunter Alderson/Boggs
        (Northwest Guilford)        86      85        0