PCHS wins four-team match by 9
TIFTON — Pierce County’s Bears tied for eighth here Monday at Spring Hill Country Club in the 17-team ‘C.D. Moore’ Blue Devil Invitational hosted by Tift County.
The Class 2A Bears tied Class 5A Houston County for eighth in the March 23, 17-team field with a score of 322. The Class 4A Gators were two shots back tied with Class A Jeff Davis for 10th with a team score of 324.
Class 6A Lowndes scorched the course posting a six-under-par team score of 282 to win by 17 shots over Class 6A tournament host Tift County “A”, who shot 299. Finishing between the Blue Devils and the two sets of Bears were Class 5A Coffee (300), Class 6A Colquitt County (302), Class 5A Thomas County Central (308), Class 1A Worth County (315) and Class 5A Lee County (315) Trailing the Gators and Yellow Jackets were Class 3A Bainbridge (327), Tift County “B” (333), Class 1A Berrien (345), Class 2A Crisp County (365), Class 6A Valdosta (381) and Class 1A Bacon County (383).
Seven players in the field of 88 players carded red figures led by the fourunder-par round of 68 by Lowndes’ Camden Yager. Five players were tied at two shots back with scores of 70. One player shot 71 and four finished at evenpar 72.
Of the 11 players at even par or better, four teed up the ball for Lowndes. The Vikings had scores of 68, 70 and two 72s in their six-under-par day.
PCHS was led by the 77s of Bennett Puryear and Griffin Hull, who finished in a three-way tie for 27th place. Beau Strickland was next with a round of 83 tying with two others for 50th.
Barrett Moore followed an 85 to finish in a threeway for 55th. Hardt Strickland posted an 88 to finish in a five-way tie for 60th.
PCHS wins 4-team match at Okefenokee
BLACKSHEAR — PCHS posted a five-overpar nine-hole score of 149 to beat Camden County, Ware County and McIntosh County Academy here at the Okefenokee Country Club Thursday afternoon.
The Wildcats were eight shots back with a 157. The Gators posted a 168 score with the Bucs shooting 194 in the March 26 match.
The Bears were led by the one-under-par score of Justin Smith (two birdies) and the even-par round of Hardt Strickland (two birdies). Bennett Puryear (two birdies) and Beau Strickland carded nine-hole scores of 39 for the team score.
Griffin Hull and Barrett Moore rounded out the six-man squad with scores of 43. Also participating were C.J. Weathersby (birdie) and Conner Dowling, who each shot 42, and Will Higginson (birdie) added a 43.
