pictured is Pinecrest team accepting NCHSAA 4-A championship plaque and banner
1-A GOLF
EHRHARDT TAKES TOP HONORS IN NCHSAA 1-A MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
FOXFIRE VILLAGE—Reilly Erhardt of Kernersville Bishop McGuinness fired a three-under par 69 on Tuesday to win the individual championship in the 18th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A men’s golf championships on the Grey Fox Course at the Foxfire Golf and Country Club.
Erhardt, who led by two shots after Monday’s action,had a score of 142 for the tournament, two under par and nine shots ahead of Bishop teammate Kevin Sowinski.
Bishop McGuinness, gunning for its fifth consecutive NCHSAA 1-A title, had a 294 as a team on Tuesday for a 598 total, a whopping 44 shots ahead of Lincoln Charter. Boonville Starmount was third at 674.
The best four of five individual scores count toward the team total.
The course was set at par 72 and 6,641 yards for the championship.
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 72 golfers competed in the two-day tournament.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2015 MEN’S 1-A GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
Foxfire Golf and Country Club—Final Results
TEAM STANDINGS
Kernersville Bishop McGuinness 304 294 598
Lincoln Charter 323 319 642
Boonville Starmount 333 341 674
Community School of Davidson 341 346 687
Mooresville Pine Lake Preparatory 349 345 694
East Surry 351 350 701
Franklin Academy 360 354 714
Whiteville 377 376 753
Salemburg Lakewood 370 387 757
Pinetown Northside 401 383 784
Lejeune 396 388 784
Manteo 404 389 793
COMPLETE 1-A INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
2-A GOLF
COLE JEFFERYS WINS AGAIN IN NCHSAA 2-A GOLF
WHISPERING PINES — Defending individual champion Cole Jefferys of SouthWest Edgecombe won his second state championship on Tuesday in the 30th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A men’s golf championships on the Pines Course at the Country Club of Whispering Pines.
Jefferys recorded a 36-hole total of one-over 145, adding an even par 72 on Tuesday to go with his Monday 73 that gave him sole possession of first place after one round. He won by a whopping 10 shots over Garrett Wickline of East Duplin.
The championship was held on a par 72 layout set at 6,695 yards for the NCHSAA event.
Newton-Conover stormed back on the second day to shoot a 317 as a team to give the Red Devils a 648 total and the team championship for the third consecutive year. South Stokes and Wilkes Central battled in a playoff for the second spot after finishing at 660, with Wilkes Central taking second on the first playoff hole.
The best four of five 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 72 golfers competed in the two-day event.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2015 MEN’S 2-A GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
Country Club of Whispering Pines—Final Results
Newton-Conover 331 317 648
Wilkes Central 333 327 660*
South Stokes 323 337 660
Washington 335 334 669
Reidsville 342 339 681
East Duplin 343 339 682
Roanoke Rapids 340 348 688
Shelby 346 350 696
Clinton 344 355 699
East Davidson 352 351 703
Franklin 369 347 716
Farmville Central 358 360 718
*took second on first playoff hole
COMPLETE 2-A INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
3-A GOLF
EAST ROWAN’S LYERLY WINS IN NCHSAA 3-A GOLF;
FORESTVIEW WINS FOURTH STRAIGHT TEAM TITLE
SOUTHERN PINES – East Rowan’s Nick Lyerly fired a four-under par 67 on Tuesday and held off a red-hot Patrick Stephenson take the individual championship
in the 30th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A men’s golf championships at the Longleaf Golf and Country Club.
Lyerly had a 36-hole total of 138, four under for the tournament, and had a stretch on Tuesday where he made three birdies in a five-hole span to take control.
South Johnston’s Stephenson, who was tied for 18th after the opening round of play with a 75, fired a 65 in the final round, including six birdies and four on the back nine. He wound up with a two-under par total of 140, two shots back.
Four golfers were tied for third with even par totals of 142, including Stephen Carroll of Concord, Isaac Nycum of Canton Pisgah, Dalton Maudin of Lee Senior and Avery Price of Gastonia Forestview.
First-day leader Michael Sardinia of Cuthbertson had a 73 in the final round for a 143 total.
The course was set at par 71 and 6,513 yards for the NCHSAA championship.
Forestview and East Rowan each carded team scores of 295 on the first day to enter the final round in a tie. But Forestview put together a 290 score as a team on Tuesday to win the team title by five shots over East Rowan with Waxhaw Marvin Ridge third. It was Forestview’s fourth consecutive state crown.
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 72 golfers participated in the two-day tournament.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2015 MEN’S 3-A GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
Longleaf Golf and Country Club, Southern Pines—Final Results
TEAM STANDINGS
Gastonia Forestview 295 290 585
East Rowan 295 295 590
Waxhaw Marvin Ridge 303 291 594
Lee Senior 316 295 611
Waxhaw Cuthbertson 306 313 619
Corinth Holders 310 310 620
Rockingham County 309 311 620
Belmont South Point 312 320 632
Kings Mountain 314 327 641
Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons 320 323 643
West Brunswick 319 332 651
Wilson Hunt 327 327 654
COMPLETE 3-A INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
4-A GOLF
ERIC BAE OF PINECREST IS MEDALIST IN NCHSAA 4-A MEN’S GOLF,
LEADS TEAM TO STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
PINEHURST— Eric Bae of Southern Pines Pinecrest had the only sub-par round of the first day and added another one Tuesday to take the individual championship in the 79th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A men’s golf championships at Pinehurst Country Club number four.
Bae had back-to-back rounds of 70 for a 140 total, four under par and two shots ahead of Raleigh Leesville Road’s Doc Redman. Redman had a two-under 70 on Tuesday for a 142 total.
Bryce Hendrix of Greenville D.H. Conley also recorded a 70 on the final day for a 143 total, one under par, to tie for third with Raleigh Broughton’s Stephen Saleeby.
The course was laid out at 6,715 yards for Tuesday’s final round. Monday’s round was held on Pinehurst number two.
Bae’s sub-par rounds helped propel Pinecrest to the team championship by six shots over defending champion Raleigh Broughton. Pinecrest had a 586 total to Broughton’s 592, with first day team leader Myers Park in third at 584. The best four of five 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 72 golfers began play in the two-day tournament. Action is scheduled to resume at eight o’clock on Tuesday morning with play moving to Pinehurst number four, which will play at par 72 and 6,715 yards.
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2015 MEN’S 4-A GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
Pinehurst Country Club, number four: FINAL RESULTS
(Monday’s round was at Pinehurst number two)
TEAM STANDINGS
Southern Pines Pinecrest 302 284 586
Raleigh Broughton 304 288 592
Charlotte Myers Park 300 294 594
Charlotte Catholic 318 298 616
Cornelius W.A. Hough 315 303 618
Raleigh Leesville Road 317 304 621
Cary Panther Creek 317 307 624
Greensboro Page 323 304 627
Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds 326 305 631
Greenville D.H. Conley 319 314 633
Pfafftown Reagan 340 314 654
Scotland 344 313 657
COMPLETE 4-A INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
