The UMS-Wright men’s golf team won the 26th AHSAA State Golf Championship and took the Class 5A crown The Mountain Brook boys won their 11th title, and fifth in a row, with a 6A title as the 73rd AHSAA Championship concluded Tuesday at Robert Trent Jones at the Huntsville Hampton Cove Golf Course.
The Class 4A boys in Haleyville shot back-to-back rounds of 297 to win their first state title, and all three girls’ teams won first place in the championship: Mars Hill Bible in 1A/3A, Pike Road in 4A/5A, and UMS – Wright at 6A.
Nine golfers from the men’s team finished the competition even, led by Class 7A medalist Jack Mitchell James Clemens with a consecutive 68th-place finish in the 36-hole championship to finish eighth in 136th place. 5-Festavia’s Under and Ward Harris Hills was third in the 2 under. Kiss game 67 on Tuesday was the low round of the day.
Mountain Brook’s Tom Fisher and St. Paul’s Buddy Fleming placed 1-under in 6A for a tie with low medal honors. Guntersville’s John Bruce led the 5A class with a three-under 141 shot and shot Haleyville’s Hudson Lawson to finish atop the 4A leaderboard.
Bayside Academy’s Cole Kumiyati led Class 3A by finishing 1-under and 1A/2A Bayshore Christian Michael Heaton completed the competition at 1-under.
Five girls finished under par with three girls in the 4-under 140: Molly Davidson of Hewitt Trussville at 7A, Frances Brown and Ginger Heath of Hartselle at 6A. Auburn’s Kate Ha finished second in 7A with 143, 1 under par. Brindley Mountain’s Eli Cowtrane led the 1A/3A at 3 under par. Alexandria’s Lauren Seacrest won 4a/5a with a finish five times.
On Tuesday, 34 of the 40 teams improved their scores in Monday’s inaugural 18-hole competition. Lauderdale County quarterback Peyton Preston scored a hole-in-one on the 14th hole and finished seventh in Class 3A.
The other men’s champions were 7A Vestavia Hills with 14 out of 590, Bayside Academy in 3A (67 out of 643) and Elba in 1A/2A (89 out of 665). Spain Park won the women’s 7A title over Huntsville. Both teams finished 20-452, with the championship determined by the first tiebreaker: fourth-place low scorer. Courtney Johnson finished 79-76-155 for Jaguar, which also tied her for ninth in 7A.
Hartselle’s Ginger Heath raced into the lower round of the championship on the girls’ side, shooting a 6-under 66 on Tuesday to finish one stroke behind UMS-Wright’s 6A girls’ under medalist Frances Brown. Brown set rounds 71-69-140 to lead the Bulldogs state champion race. Heath shot a 75 on Monday and finished with a 36-hole total of 141.
Full statistics can be found at this link.
Team results and top ten places in each division:
73rd AHSAA State Golf Championship
the final results
Class 7A boys
Vistavia Hills – 300-290 – 590
Auburn – 302-293-595
Project – 310-302-612
Hoover – 326-298-624
Class 6 A boys
Mountain Creek – 301-289 – 590
Saint Paul – 304-299 – 603
Coleman – 319-296-615
Spanish Fort – 318-315 – 633
5 A’ boys
UMS-Wright – 305-306 – 611
Guntersville – 318-301 – 619
Juan Carrol – 341-338 – 679
Lawrence County – 360-352-712
Class 4A boys
Halleville – 297-297 – 594
Randolph – 328-312 – 640
ONEUNTA-340-328-668
Christian Alabama – 347-354 – 701
Class 3A boys
Academia Bayside – 319-324 – 643
Front – 342-338-684
Lauderdale County – 346-355 – 697
Cristiano de Westbrook – 353-345 – 698
Class 1A/2A Boys
Elba – 336-329 – 665
Brantley – 339-327 – 666
The Bible of Athena – 365-336 – 701
North Sand Mountain – 368-348-716
Class 7 A Girls
Spain Park – 233-219 – 452 *
Huntsville – 229 – 223 – 452
Auburn – 237-228 – 465
María Montgomery – 246-240 – 486
* Beat the tie
Class 6 A Girls
UMS-Wright- 231-226-465
Sale of hearts – 247-229 – 470
Homewood – 283-239 – 492
Spanish Fort – 252-253-505
Category 4A / 5A Girls
Pike Highway – 231-237 – 468
White Plains – 247-237-484
Alexandria – 254-238-492
Juan Carrol – 283-273 – 556
Girls Class 1A/3A
Mars Hill Bible – 253-249 – 502 Trinity – 264-255 – 519
Academia Bayside – 277-286-563
Calle Lindsay – 290-279 – 569
individual leaders
Class 7A boys
top 10
Jack Mitchell, James Clemens – 68-68-136 (medallista)
Chase Case, Parque España – 72-67 – 139
Ward Harris, Vistavia Hills – 73-69 – 142
Nick Cook, Company – 73-72 – 145
John Ed Stead, Project – 73-72 – 145
Conor Jones, Auburn – 74-73 – 147
Nathan Hong, Auburn – 75-72 – 147
Still, Auburn – 74-75 – 149
Jay Clymer, Colinas de Vistavia – 72-78-150
Andrew Szymia, Vistavia Hills – 76-75 – 151
Parker Mullinger, Vistavia Hills – 79-72 – 151
Jacob Lee, Hoover – 78-73 – 151
Class 6 A boys
top 10
Buddy Fleming, St. Paul – 72-71 – 143 (low medalist – tie)
Tom Fisher, Mountain Brook – 75-68-143 (medallista bajo – empate)
Juan Lunsford, Coleman – 75-71 – 146
Thomas Norris, Mountain Creek – 73-74 – 147
Will Drake, Coleman – 78-70 – 148
Harrison Sims, Homewood – 79-70 – 149
Tristan Wisner, Hartselle – 76-75 – 150
Carter Brooks, Mountain Creek – 76-74 – 150
Troy McLean, Wittumpka – 82-69 – 151
Buck Stabler, San Pablo – 78-74 – 152
Coe Murdock, Mountain Creek – 77-75 – 152
5 A’ boys
top 10
John Bruce, Guntersville – 72-69-141 (low medalist)
Quincy Leonard, Pike Rd – 76-71 – 147
Billy Sutter, West Point – 79-71 – 150
Thomas Crane, UMS-Wright – 77-74 – 151
Josh Stubbs, UMS-Wright – 79-73 – 152
Reagan Leviev, Güntersville – 77-78 – 155
Ken Brown, UMS-Wright – 77-80 – 157
Will Howard, UMS-Wright – 72-88 – 160
Hudson Miles, Guntersville – 88-74 – 162
Caleb Proctor, Lawrence County – 85-77 – 162
Class 4A boys
top 10
Hudson Lawson, Haleyville – 70-72 – 142 (low medalist)
Jake’s Temple, Haleyville – 72-74 – 146
Andrew Henson, Randolph – 75-73 – 148
Jack Lawson, Halleville – 76-74 – 150
Colton Boyce, Randolph – 79-75 – 154
Grifo Kimbrill, Haleyville – 79-77 – 156
Andrew Turner, American Christian – 82-77 – 159
Cole Lindemann, Pressville – 83-76 – 159
Brandt White, Haleyville – 79-81-160
Jesse Bryant, Oneonta – 81-79-260
Class 3A boys
top 10
Cole Kumiyati, Academia Bayside – 74-69-143 (medallista bajo)
Niklaus Ledbetter, Wafer – 78-74 – 152
Elliot Overton, Winfield – 83-73 – 156
Luke Ferguson, Academia Bayside – 74-82 – 156
Eli borde, Cristiano de Westbrook – 86-79-165
Peyton Preston, Lauderdale County – 83-84 – 167
Jack Hicks, Academia Bayside – 87-81-168
Dillon Bays, Lauderdale County – 87-82-169
Ensenada McHugh, Westbrook Christian – 87-84-171
Class 1A/2A Boys
top 10
Michael Heaton, Bayshore Christian – 68-75-143 (medallista bajo)
Jay Wilson, Elba – 79-75 – 154
Luke Davis, Athena Bible – 78-77 – 155
Tucker Kilcreaser, Brantley – 82-75 – 157
Tyden Steel, Winston County – 81-78 – 159
Brandon Fincher, Vicente – 86-76 – 162
Buck McCrite, Red Bay – 84-78 – 162
John Bush, Brantley – 80 – 83 – 163
Cooper Leighton, Brantley – 81-86 – 168
Colin Souls, Elba – 83-85 – 168
Class 7 A Girls
top 10
Molly Davidson, Hewitt Trussville – 70-70-140 (medallista bajo)
Kit Ha, Auburn – 73-70 – 143
Gabriela Nicastro, Huntsville – 72-72 – 144
Grace Engel, Grissom – 72-77 – 149
Ava Schwartz, Huntsville – 73-77 – 150
Taylor Triple, Parque Espana – 75-75 – 150
Kylie Johnston, María Montgomery – 77-75 – 152
Polly McCracken, Parque España – 79-73 – 152
Courtney Johnson, España Park – 79-76 – 155
Isha Gupta, Auburn – 78-77 – 155
Class 6 A Girls
top 10
Frances Brown, UMS-Wright – 71-69-140 (medallista bajo)
Jengibre Heath, Heartsell – 75 – 66 – 141
Annalee Regan, Muscle Banks – 76-71 – 147
Tory Waters, UMS-Wright – 77-70 – 147
Beth Waldrop Alley, Jasper – 76-78 – 153
Aiden Heathcock, Homewood – 79-75 – 154
Laura Burch, McGill Tulane – 78-80 – 158
Templos de laurel, Hartselle – 82-77 – 159
Ashlind Madden, Spanish Castle – 79-81 – 160
Morgan Maddox, Homewood – 91-76 – 160
Category 4A / 5A Girls
top 10
Lauren Seacrest, Alexandria – 76-73 – 149 (low medalist)
Pekka Yang, Calle Baek – 74-76-150
Yvette Jordan, Pike Road – 75-78-153
Lucia Perez, Westminster Christian – 87-68 – 155
Julie Waldo, Alabama Christian – 82-76 – 158
Savannah Sandlin, Oneonta – 82-78 – 160
Abby Gates, White Plains – 81-79-160
Emma Ray, Alexandria – 82-79 – 161
Isabel Rogers, White Plains – 84-77 – 161
Bailey Webb, White Plains – 82-81-163
Girls Class 1A/3A
top 10
Eli Cowtheran, Mount Brindley – 74-67-141 (low medalist)
Chloe Ruble, Lindsay Lynn – 74-77 – 151
Cozy Thompson, Academia Bayside – 74-82 – 157
Esther Alexander, Bible Mars Hill – 85-75 – 160
Virginia Ann Holmes, Trinidad – 81-80 – 161
Maggie Frederick, Mars Hill Bible – 84-86-170
Camryn Blackwell, Glencoe – 87-85 – 172
Emma Moore, Mars Hill Bible – 84-88 – 172
Elizabeth Ann Stewart, Trinidad – 92-81 – 173
Ansleigh Davis, Monte Westminster Roble – 86-90 – 176
