LH takes pair of wins at Magellan GC
HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE — Lake Hamilton juniors Cade Robinson and Ginny Higginbotham each earned medalist honors last week as the Wolves and Lady Wolves took wins against Fountain Lake and Mountain Pine at Magellan Golf Course.
The Lady Wolves had a team card of 154 as the only team competing, and the junior varsity squad shot a 192.
Higginbotham shot a 47 in the nine-hole match played on the back side. Senior Kenley Spruill shot a personal best 50 while Annabelle Coppedge and Aspen Thornton both shot a 57.
Jordyn Garner led the JV squad with a 60, Audri Winfrey shot a 64 and Kenley Kincannon rounded out the team score with a 68. Reagan Carrouth carded a 71.
Mountain Pine’s Bayley Brown shot a 65 as the only girl from the school competing. Fountain Lake had no girl golfers.
The Wolves shot a 292 for the 18-hole win while Fountain Lake finished with a 310.
Robinson’s 83 earn him top honors, shooting one over par on the front nine including a chip-in eagle on hole 4. Zac Pennington carded a 104 and Connor Hall rounded out the team card with a 105. Jack Higginbotham shot a 111.
Carson McCoy led the Cobras with an 88. Coil Burks shot a 107, Brayden Buss completed the team card with a 115, and Andrew Bledsoe carded a 130.
Matthew Blees shot a 115 for the Red Devils,
the only boy from Mountain Pine competing.
“Both boys groups had some younger newcomers to each team,” said Lake Hamilton coach Brandi Higginbotham. “It was very tough to have to start on the back nine at Magellan.”
Lake Hamilton will host Nashville at Glenwood Country Club Tuesday for a nine-hole match.
Hazen athlete tests positive for COVID-19
A Hazen athlete has tested positive for the coronavirus, the school announced Sunday in a Facebook post.
Hazen football coach and athletic director Joe Besancon said in the post that all athletic activities at the Class 2A school will be suspended until further notice. The athlete’s sport was not named in the post, citing privacy laws.
Besancon added that if any other athletes were to show symptoms of COVID-19, they should go get tested. If their test is positive, the athlete should contact their coaches so that their information could be relayed to the Arkansas Department of Health, the post said.
Hazen, a member of the 2A-6 conference, is the 16th known high school in the state to have suspended athletic activities because of a positive case of COVID-19 or exposure to the virus since June. The Arkansas Activities Association resumed in-person workouts for athletics across the state June 1.