ROCK HILL – All three local high school golf teams finished in the top five in the Fleischer Invitational at Rock Hill County Club Saturday as Fort Mill’s Cam Baker came away with the tournament win.
Nation Ford finished third overall with a 644 (318-326), Fort Mill was fourth with a 665 (340-325) and Catawba Ridge was fifth with a 681 (334-347). Charlotte Country Day won the two-day, 36-hole tournament shooting a 605 as a team.
The tournament was a tune up for a potential second half of the season run for Nation Ford.
“It is still early,” said Nation Ford head coach Amelio Rodriguez. “We still have about a month left.”
Baker, Fort Mill’s number one player, shot a two-day total of 147 (75-72) to tie for the lead and then won the tournament on a three-man, one-hole sudden death playoff on the par 4 18th hole by making a birdie.
“We played well,” said Fort Mill head coach Judd Dye. “Cam played really well.”
The Falcons were led by Ben Wakefield who shot a 150 (74-76), followed by Ben Mills with a 152 (75-77) and Justin Wosje with a 156 (77-79). On day one of the tournament, Colby McCaskill shot a 92 and on day two, Carter Smith subbed in and shot a 94.
Besides Baker, Fort Mill was led by a 160 (85-75) from Alex Martin and a pair of 179s (86-93) from Austin Anderson and Ryan Patterson (94-85).
Catawba Ridge was led by OT Mitchell with a 155 (77-78) and Hunter Warren 156 (76-80). Parrish Fox shot a two-day total of 178 (90-88) and Chandler Kissel finished with a 192 (91-101).
“The course played in different ways this weekend, the first day from the second,” said Copperheads’ head coach Mickey Joslin. “Our goal coming in was to finish in the top five.”
In other games…
The Nation Ford boys’ lacrosse team beat Dorman 16-4 Saturday on the road to improve to 13-0 on the season. They will next play Mauldin on the road April 7.
The Catawba Ridge girls’ lacrosse team lost 9-6 to Clover on the road Saturday to fall to 5-6 overall on the season. Goals came from Alyssa Ramadanovic (3), Kiley McManemin (2) and Katie Scola for the Copperheads.
Late Friday, the Nation Ford Falcons softball team beat Gaffney 2-1 on the road to improve to 7-8 overall and 2-3 in Region 3-5A.
Mac Banks: mac@fortmillprepsports.com, @fortprep
