Pipestem – The Summers County golf team is no stranger to the Speidel Course at Oglebay Park in Wheeling where the state high school golf tournament is played each year.
Monday afternoon at Pipestem State Park, the young men from Summers County earned a third straight trip to Ohio County by winning their second straight Class A Region 3 golf title.
Counting the three best scores from the four-man team, the Bobcats bested the field of nine teams with a team score of 226, ahead of second place Charleston Catholic at 243.
The Irish also qualified for the state tournament by finishing second.
Xavier Honaker led the way for Summers County with an even-par round of 72 along with Sean Cooper at 76 and Brian Cooper who shot 78. Marshall Legg had an 84.
Will Gruse led the Irish with 77 and Ben Carew carded an 80. Conner Mayhorn rounded out the team score with an 86, while Michael Strickland ended with a 107.
Rocky Frye from Montcalm qualified as individual shooting a blistering five-under par round of 67 for overall low medalist honors. The other individual qualifier was Andrew Addair from River View with a 75.
Summers County 226, Charleston Catholic 243, River View 261, Pocahontas County 272, Montcalm 274, James Monroe 279, Webster County 289, Midland Trail 290, Mount View 365
SC: Honaker 72, S. Cooper 76, B. Cooper 78, Legg 84
CC: Gruse 77, Carew 80, Mayhorn 86, Strickland 107
RV: Addair 75, Ethan Justice 90, Gabe Lester 96, Logan Newberry 117
PC: Dillon Dunz 77, Warren Burns 95, Bailey Zickafoose 100, Reagan Friel 102
M: Frye 67, Landyn Casey 101, Carson Austin 106, Fisher Herring 111
JM: Carson Koen 89, Hudson Boggess 91, Peyton Gardinier 99
WC: Cody Carpenter 87, Maddie Williams 94, Nathan Hollandsworth 108, Owen Hanshaw 117
MT: Ryan Stephens 88, Cam Thomas 98, Brady Jones 104, Greg Cramer 112
MV: Blake Wright 97, Landon Belcher 110, Isaiah Noe 158
