Pierce County’s Bear linksters notched a victory in a three-team match and finished sixth at the 24team Packer Invitational.
PCHS shot 152 Tuesday, March 25 in winning at The Lakes at Laura Walker against host Brantley County and Charlton County. No teams scores were released for the Herons and Indians.
Samuel Ricketson was low medalist carding a one-over-par nine-hole score of 37. Bennett Puryear and Griffin Hull were a shot back with 38s. Ethan Arnold posted a 39. Beau Strickland and Justin Smith carded 42 and 43 respectively.
The Bears posted a 322 team score in the loaded Packer Invitational Saturday at Sunset Country Club in Moultrie hosted by Colquitt County. The tourney field featured some of the best Class 6A schools in the state.
PCHS will host a pair of dual matches at Lakeview Golf Club Thursday, April 3 against Appling County and Tuesday, April 8 against Vidalia.
Packer Invitational MOULTRIE — Thomasville’s private school Brookwood, a GIAA member, shot a fourunder- par team score of 284 to win the event hosted by Colquitt County.
The Warriors were followed in the Top 10 by Class 6A Lowndes (290), Class 6A host Colquitt County (301), Class 7A Smiths Station of Alabama (317), Ware County (320), Class 2A Pierce County (322), Class 6A Camden County (326), Class 6A Tift County (331), Class 6A Hillgrove (335) and Class A DI Banks County (337).
Finishing 11 thru 20 were Class A DI Berrien (341), Class A DI Toombs County (344), Class 6A Parkview (345), Class A Private School Whitefield Academy (347), Class 5A Lee County (349), Colquitt County II (352), Class 4A Allatoona (353), Class 3A Bainbridge (355), Class 3A Oconee County (356) and Class A DI Worth County (361).
The last four spots went to Class A DI Dodge County (364), Class A Private School Weber School (375) and Class A DII Charlton County (399).
Brookwood’s J.D. Culbreath posted a fourunder- par round of 68 to win medalist honors in the field of 117 players. Six other players finished under par.
Ware County’s Trace Carter and Camden Yager of Lowndes tied for second with rounds of 69. Austin Baker of Brookwood and Michael Hall of Colquitt tied for fourth with scores of 70. Ben Holland of Smiths Station and Mason Pate of Lowndes each shot 71.
Ricketson fired a 37-37--74 with two birdies to tie for 11th with Smiths Station’s Stafford Davis. Arnold’s 39-38-77 with two birdies was 18th in the field.
Puryear shot 45-40-85 to finish in a 12-way tie for 44th. The group included Ware County’s Brody Martin, Mack McCarty of Lee County, Jack Lowery of Oconee County, Connor Derman of Allatoona, Thomas Nguyen of Banks County, John Bell of Bainbridge, Josh Barber of Berrien, Bennett Leister and Jayden Williams of Whitefield Academy and Toombs County’s Clay Connor and Gavin Ward.
Strickland carded a 4343-86 to finish in a six-way tie for 56th with Caleb Logue of Bainbridge, Will Davis of Hillgrove, Collins Tipton of Camden County, Noah Anken of Toombs County and Brad Schreck of Parkview.
Smith posted a 42-4587 to finish in a five-way tie for 62nd with Camden County’s Archie Disanto, Whitefield Academy’s Luke Handler, Colquitt County’s Jacob Rowell and Berrien’s Logan Rowe.
