Local golfers tee up new season

The Lafayette Ramblers and Lady Ramblers hit their opening tee shots of the 2021 golf season on their own home course against Northwest Whitfield on Tuesday.

In the boys’ match, the Bruins scored the victory, 170-189. Matthew Rollins was low medalist with a 37 for Northwest.

Senior Scott Smith had a 39 for Lafayette, followed by freshman Mason Thompson with a 43, freshman Isaac Lawrence with a 52 and junior Braden Queen with a 55.

Also playing for Lafayette was freshman R.J. Harris (59) and sophomore Jackson Brewster (63). Junior Keegan Johns did not get to finish his round due to darkness.

Northwest also won the girls’ match by a score of 121-132.

Senior Emma Moore paced the Lady Ramblers with a 41, while three other freshmen were playing their first-ever career matches. Maggie Green shot a 45, followed by Jaylee Samples with a 46 and Hannah Kresser with a 47.

Only seven holes were able to be completed by all players in the girls’ match before darkness set in. The scores were tabulated using those seven common holes and the top three scores counted towards the team score.

Heritage girls third, Lafayette sixth at Nob North

The Calhoun Lady Jackets got a 76 from low medalist

Ella Manley as they won the Dalton Lady Cat Invitational at Nob North Golf Course on Thursday afternoon.

Calhoun finished with a team score of 279. Dalton was second with a 301, followed by Heritage (321), Northwest Whitfield (327), Coahulla Creek (344) and LaFayette (355). Team scores were comprised of the lowest three individual scores on each team.

Heritage got a 93 from Lauren Self, a 99 from Kendal Harrell, a 129 from Zoe Ha and a 138 from Madison Langford.

Green led Lafayette with a 114, followed by Kresser (120), Moore (121) and Samples (133).

Gordon Lee’s Cora Mount, playing as an individual, shot an 85 to make the AllTournament Team.