Gordon Lee girls finish runner-up at Nob North golf tournament

With just about three weeks to go until the GHSA state tournaments, local female golfers continued their prep work at the Heritage Five-star Girls’ Invitational Tournament at Nob North Golf Course last Tuesday.

Gordon Lee and Dalton tied for first place with team scores of 246. The Lady Catamounts would claim the championship on a tiebreaker.

Jessica Hickman was the low medalist for the Lady Trojans with a 79. Macall Miller finished with an 82, while Cora Mount rounded out the scoring with an 85. Alexandria Maynor also played for Gordon Lee, finishing at 107.

Northwest Whitfield (285) was third, followed by Lafayette (304), Christian Heritage (334) and Coahulla Creek (343).

Maci Johnson and Shelby Whittle each shot 97 for the Lady Ramblers. Hannah Bowman carded a 110 and Emma Moore finished at 113.

Lauren Self (96) and Kendal Harrell (102) played as individuals for the host Lady Generals, who did not have enough golfers to post a team score.

Bolstered by a 67 from Buck Brumlow, the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes won the Heritage Five-star Invitational at Windstone Golf Club in Ringgold on Thursday by a slim two-shot margin.

The Canes finished at 296, while Brumlow was the day’s low medalist. He was the only player to finish his round under par. Christian Heritage was runner-up at 298, while the host Generals finished third with a score of 320.

The rest of the field included Northwest Whitfield (322), Dalton (323), Lafayette (327), Calhoun (328), Coahulla Creek (338), Gordon Lee (353), Ringgold (358) and North Murray (361).

Chandler Burns paced the Generals with a solid round of 74. Robert Allen Lyle carded an even 80, followed by Declan Ryan with an 82 and Cain Stover with an 84. Matthew Redman (86) and Logan Self (86) also played for Heritage, but only the lowest four scores counted towards the team total.

Tyler Jackson led the Ramblers with a 76 and Riley Grant added a 78. Jon Durham fired solid round of 83, followed by Kyle Moore (90), Scott Smith (90) and Brady Mullally (96).

For the Trojans, Tucker Windham had a 75, while Jacob Carlock and Ben Richardson each shot an 89. Weston Beagles, Gavin Mcalister and Sam Norton all shot 100.

And for the Tigers, Harrison Haupt led the way with a 78, followed by Christian Ballistreri (86), Jett Bridges (94), Joe Manning (100) and Cole Bailey (100). Ringgold was playing without Gavin Noble. The Coastal Carolina signee was in South Carolina this past weekend, taking part in the prestigious Junior Invitational.

The area tournaments for Class 4A boys were slated to be played on Monday in Lagrange. Due to newspaper deadlines, results were not available in today’s edition. The Class 4A girls were slated to play its tournament on Tuesday in Lagrange.

The Class 3A girls’ event was also set for Tuesday of this week at the Elks’ Club Course in Calhoun, while the boys are set to tee it up at Field’s Ferry in Calhoun on Thursday.

Meanwhile, both the Class 1A boys’ and girls’ area tournaments were scheduled to be played at the Lafayette Golf Course on Tuesday of this week.