Three Central Georgia teams in the hunt for state golf titles after one round
The girls from Veterans and Bleckley County and the boys from ACE are in the hunt for GHSA state golf titles after the first round on Monday.
Mailey Buzzell shot a 3-over 74 and leads the Class 5A individuals, while teammate Sydney Smith is ninth at 88, to lead Veterans, which is tied for second.
Bleckley County’s girls are 17 strokes back, led by an 81 by Lucy Wiegert, who’s fifth.
ACE's boys are tied for second in A-Public with Gordon Lee, both four strokes back of Drew Charter. ACE’s Avery Greer is tied for sixth wit a 79, eight strokes back.
As of 9:30 p.m. Monday, some classes were still listed as "in progress" (yet are apparently done) and other scores had not been posted, with no explanation from the GHSA
Here are the Central Georgia teams and individuals, with place, score, score to par, and how far behind the leader.
Updated 9:30 p.m., Monday
Class 6A
G-Houston County, 11th, 288, +72, 73 back
B-Houston County, 17th, 342, +54, 61 back
Class 5A
G-Veterans, 2nd, 255, +42, 7 back
B-Jones County, 8th, 338, +54, 53 back; Warner Robins’ Hayden Ridings, tied 43rd, 83, + 12, 85 back
Class 4A
G-Howard, West Laurens, team results not posted
B-Upson-Lee, 13th, 331, +47, 47 back
Perry’s Payne Sells, tied 13th, 73, +2, 8 back; West Laurens’ Garrett Ammerman, tied 57th, 80, +9, 15 back
Class AAA
G-Rutland, team results not posted
Class AA
G-Bleckley County, 2nd, 166, +22, 17 back; Dodge County, no scores listed
B-Dodge County, 5th, 339, +51, 37 back; Washington County, 13th, 361, +73, 59 back; Bleckley County’s Ty Cranford, tied 12th, 79, -7, 9 back
Class A-Private
G-Stratford, 9th, 191, +49, 35 back; FPD 13th, 225, +83, 69 back
B-FPD, tied 7th, 308, +24, 13 back; Stratford’s Will Chambless, tied 30th, 78, +7, 10 back
Class A-Public
G-Hawkinsville, 11th. 264. +120, 114 back; ACE 10th, 244, +100, 94 back
B-Taylor County, 11th, 410, +122, 62 back; ACE, tied 2nd, 352, +64, 4 back; Hawkinsville’s Dylan O’Quinn, tied 67th, 127, +55, 56 back