LONG WINS CROWN, LEADS FORESTVIEW TO TEAM TITLE IN NCHSAA 3-A GOLF
FOXFIRE VILLAGE — Will Long of Gastonia Forestview had a blistering 66 on Tuesday and raced to victory by a single shot on Tuesday in the 28th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A men’s golf championships at the Foxfire Golf and Country Club.
Long, the individual runner-up a year ago, had a 36-hole total of 140, good for a one-shot win over Nick Stafford of Belmont South Point after entering the day tied for eighth, six shots off the pace. Stafford had a 69 in the final round to move up to second from fourth after the first day.
First-day leader Bryce Hendrix of Greenville D.H. Conley had a 74 in the final round to go with an opening 68 to finish at 142, in a tie for third with South Rowan’s Davis Richards. Richards had one of the five sub-par rounds on Tuesday with a 69.
The championship was held on a par 72 layout set at 6,591 yards for the NCHSAA event.
Defending team champion Forestview made it two titles in a row, led by Long and Will Blalock, as the Jaguars blew it open with a 285 score in the final round. Forestview tallied a 582 score for the tournament, 22 shots ahead of runner-up Burlington Williams have holding just a four-shot lead over the field after Monday’s play.
Waxhaw Marvin Ridge placed third at 614 and Charlotte Catholic, Monday’s second-place team, and Belmont South Point tied for fourth at 616.
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 event.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 2013 MEN’S 3-A GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
Foxfire Golf and Country Club—Monday’s Results
TEAM STANDINGS
SCHOOLS Day 1 Day 2 Total Gastonia Forestview 297 285 582 Burlington Williams 309 295 604 Waxhaw Marvin Ridge 309 305 614 Charlotte Catholic 301 315 616 Belmont South Point 304 312 616 Hickory 309 312 621 Southern Lee 317 314 631 Rockingham Co 321 325 646 West Brunswick 323 330 653 Greenville DH Conley 322 332 654 Currituck 330 328 658 Weddington 342 327 669
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
First Name Last Name (School) 1st Rd. 2nd Rd. Total Will Long (Forestview) 74 66 140 Nick Stafford (South Point) 72 69 141 Bryce Hendrix (D.H. Conley) 68 74 142 Davis Richards (South Rowan) 73 69 142 Will Blalock (Forestview) 71 72 143 William Register (Williams) 75 68 143 Travis Bolick (Williams) 76 70 146 Drew Jurs (Forestview) 75 73 148 Ethan Mead (Charlotte Catholic) 71 79 150 Reggie Crews (Jacksonville) 73 77 150 Alex Taylor (Forestview) 77 74 151 Colton Naslund (Marvin Ridge) 76 75 151 Josh Szczepanski (Currituck) 75 77 152 Christian Constance (Tuscola) 75 77 152 Will Kloiber (Charlotte Catholic) 76 77 153 Austin Harrill (Hickory) 77 76 153 DK Kim (Marvin Ridge) 78 75 153 Harrison Frye (Forestview) 78 76 154 Andrew Purcell (Jesse Carson) 79 75 154 Patrick Stephenson (South Johnston) 76 78 154 Nick Robinson (South Point) 75 79 154 Matthew Honeycutt (Southern Lee) 75 79 154 Jordan Clontz (Freedom) 75 80 155 Hunter McCombs (Patton) 77 78 155 Benjamin Chrystler (Union Pines) 79 77 156 Jacob Haithcock (Williams) 78 78 156 George Wallace (Marvin Ridge) 79 78 157 Tyler Brown (Marvin Ridge) 80 77 157 Tripp Summerlin (Rockingham) 80 77 157 Alex Palme (Southern Lee) 82 75 157 Cody Roberts (Union Pines) 81 76 157 Keegan Hoff (Charlotte Catholic) 80 78 158 Roland Morris (Hickory) 78 80 158 James Setzer (Hickory) 81 77 158 Brandon Katsoudas (Marvin Ridge) 76 82 158 Max Neisler (South Point) 79 79 158 Zane Lewis (Southern Lee) 81 77 158 Tanner Norris (West Carteret) 74 84 158 Matt Kowalewski (Charlotte Catholic) 76 83 159 Michael Walsh (Charlotte Catholic) 78 81 159 Jesse Wall (Rockingham) 80 79 159 Davis Hawks (Williams) 80 79 159 Frankie Wyatt (Hickory) 81 79 160 Drew Boyer (West Brunswick) 77 83 160 Holt Durham (West Brunswick) 82 78 160 Justin Curis (Cardinal Gibbons) 81 80 161 Whit Hull (Charlotte Catholic) 79 83 162 Hall Rupert (Currituck) 79 83 162 Conner Zach (Forestview) 80 82 162 Jay Minter (Southern Lee) 79 83 162 Daniel Evans (Currituck) 83 80 163 Peter Harrill (Hickory) 73 90 163 Ryan McManus (Parkwood) 89 74 163 Zach Brewer (South Point) 78 85 163 Alex Simpson (Weddington) 86 77 163 Trey Blood (Marvin Ridge) 81 84 165 Jonathan Rigney (Rockingham) 82 83 165 Tanner Brooks (Rockingham) 80 86 166 Shane Brown (Weddington) 83 83 166 Greg Henion (Weddington) 84 82 166 Landon Patterson (West Brunswick) 85 81 166 Curt Vanderhorst (D.H. Conley) 81 86 167 Austin Lackey (Hickory) 82 86 168 Kendal Eanes (Rockingham) 81 87 168 Cole Snyder (West Brunswick) 79 89 168 Phillip Telsrow (South Point) 83 86 169 Matthew Williams (D.H. Conley) 87 86 173 Jared Dillard (Rockingham) 86 87 173 Garrett Honeycutt (D.H. Conley) 86 88 174 Brice Jackson (D.H. Conley) 88 86 174 Max Schumacher (Weddington) 89 85 174 Wesley Davis (South Point) 87 88 175 Jordan Thomas (Southern Lee) 89 89 178 Will Fallon (Currituck) 93 88 181 Alex Jackson (Weddington) 89 92 181 Dylan Howard (West Brunswick) 94 88 182 Ellis Moser (Williams) 92 93 185 Colin Yoder (Southern Lee) 95 91 186 Zack Flaccavento (West Brunswick) 94 92 186 Chase Tervelt (Williams) 93 96 189 Andrew Atkins (Currituck) 97 94 191 Brandon Hooks (Weddington) 94 103 197 Zack Smith (D.H. Conley) 113 96 209 Justin McCord (Currituck) 93 WD ---