Busy week for WCMS golf team features 3 straight days of action

Warren County Middle School?s golfers had a busy week last week, with matches on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as they closed out their regular season.

Wednesday afternoon, the Pioneers and Lady Pioneers traveled to Cookeville?s Ironwood Golf Course to face Avery Trace, falling short in both boys? and girls? action.

Rebekah Sweeton had a 68 to lead the way for the Lady Pioneers, while Shelby Marttala shot a 69 to give the team a total score of 137. Genna Gallagher carded a 71, but it didn?t go against the team tally, which is calculated by the lowest two scores out of three players.

Avery Trace?s top two scorers combined for a total of 107, giving the home team the victory.

On the boys? side of the ledger things were a bit closer, although ATMS still won by a score of 182 to 198. Austin Fairchild?s 41 was the Pioneers? low score on the day, while Slayden Rogers had a 43, Clay Talbert shot a 54, Mica Gentry had a 60 and Micah Panter shot a 61. In boys? middle school golf, the top four scores out of five players make up the total team score.

The following day, the teams traveled to DeKalb County for a four-way match against DCMS, Sparta and Algood. The match was held at the Riverwatch Golf Club.

Warren County?s boys finished third on the day, with a score of 203. DeKalb had a 183, Algood shot a 195 and Sparta came in with a 204. Individually, Rogers led the WCMS effort with a 38, while Fairchild shot a 42 and Gentry had a 58. Panter shot a 65, and Talbert carded a 68.

Sweeton had a 62 for the Lady Pioneers, with Marttala adding a 66 for a team score of 128. Gallagher had a score of 69. Algood?s team score was 109, while Sparta had a 114 and DeKalb County brought up the rear with a 136.

On Friday, the team?s returned to their home course at McMinnville Country Club to take on Avery Trace and Sparta in a make-up of a rained out match from April 21.

Once again the Pioneers finished second to Avery Trace, scoring a 191 to ATMS?s 172. Fairchild had a 40 and Rogers added a 43, while Panter shot a 50, Talbert had a 58 and Gentry shot a 60. Sparta finished third with a team score of 209.

The Lady Pioneers got a 55 from Marttala and a score of 60 from Sweeton, combining for a 115 team total, but Sparta?s girls came through with a 94, just edging ATMS, which shot a 95.