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Area sports briefs: Charlotte teen wins Asheboro tourney; Caraway card wiped out

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ASHEBORO – Neel Ladde of Charlotte won the Junior Amateur golf tournament during the weekend at Asheboro Municipal Golf Course.

Ladde posted a total of 107 for 27 holes in the tournament that was reduced because of weather interfering. He had rounds of 36 and 71.

Second place went to Lexington’s Steele Fischer (38-78) with 116 and third place went to Eastern Randolph rising senior Connor Carter (41-76) with 117.

The 13-18-year-old age group had seven entrants, marking it the largest group in the tournament. Some golfers completed 12 holes before storms suspended play Saturday, so only the first nine holes were counted.

In the 9-11 tournament, Trace Fischer of Lexington won with 90 (52-38) as two nine-hole rounds were contested. Tucker McNeil of Seagrove was second with 107 (57-50).

The 6-8 class played four holes Saturday and five holes Sunday, with Anna Kathryn Skeen the winner (24-27) with 51 and Anika Ladde (26-29) next with 55.

U.S. SENIOR AMATEUR QUALIFYING: Steven Kidd of Liberty shot 81 in U.S. Senior Amateur qualifying last week at High Point Country Club’s Willow Creek course.

A 70 or better was needed to advance. The three advancing to the U.S. Senior Amateur from Aug. 27-Sept. 1 in Marion, Mass., are Ryan Fox of West End and Daniel Neveu of Pinehurst, both shooting 3-under 69s, and Hunter Rutter of Winston-Salem at 70.

Caraway Speedway card nixed by downpours

At Sophia, the “Crashin’ Hackett’s Night of Destruction” was called off Saturday night because of heavy rains, with the event rescheduled to be part of the Aug. 20 activities at the speedway.

Qualifying had started for Challengers when rain created issues. The racing card also was supposed to include Mini Stocks, UCARs, bus races and a demolition derby.

Rain checks from Saturday will be honored Aug. 20, which had been a scheduled off night at the track.

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Area Golf Notes: Long playoff ensues at Asheboro course

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There was drama last month at Asheboro Municipal Golf Course for the North Carolina Junior Boys’ 14-and-under championship.

That’s because it took John John Santospago of Charlotte seven playoff holes in order to secure the championship. Hank Johnson of Newland settled for second place. They played Nos. 1 and 9 repeatedly during the playoff for five holes until moving to No. 2, with both golfers making par. Then at par-4 No. 3, Santospago used a par to claim the title.

Santospago and Johnson shot two-round totals of 4-over 144, while Jackson Bryce of Cary was third at 145 in the 46-golfer field. Caedmon Albertyn of Monroe was fourth with 147.

Santospago, 13, was the 2021 runner-up. This year’s result gave him his first Carolinas Golf Association victory.

Archdale holds big tourney

At Archdale, Connor Warren of Spruce Pin won the 18th annual Dogwood State Junior Boys Championship, which was a three-round event contested last month at Holly Ridge Golf Links. Warren shot 12-under 204 and ended up with a two-shot victory on Waxhaw’s Matthew McDougall in the 163-golfer field.

Among the entrants was Eastern Randolph standout Connor Carter. He shot 80 in the first round followed by 72, so he missed the cut by six shots.

Area entrants contend

At Holly Springs, the team of Peyton Wyatt of Kernersville and Brock Elder of Randleman placed in a fifth-place tie last week in the Carolinas Pro-Junior Championship at Club at 12 Oaks.

The Wyatt/Elder team had a 3-under-par score of 69.

The winning tandem was Cameron Harvey of Kernersville and Chris Haarlow of Greensboro with 64.

U.S. Am qualifier held

At Thomasville, three out-of-state entrants gained spots among the four slots available in the U.S. Amateur based on the two-round qualifying at Colonial Country Club. Those spots went to Cade Russell (136) of Knoxville, Tenn.; Jet Tickle (136) of Bristol, Tenn.; Walker Isley (137) of Oak Island; and Jacob Tarkany (138) of Scottsdale, Ariz.

Trinity’s Jake Clodfelter, a Wheatmore graduate, shot 146. Sam Davidson of Asheboro shot 148.

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Wake Forest teen collects title in Asheboro

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ASHEBORO — Davis Wotnosky of Wake Forest won the North Carolina Junior Boys’ 14-and-under championship last week at Asheboro Municipal Golf Course.

Wotnosky shot rounds of 71 and 69 for an even-par 140, giving him a one-shot victory on John John Santospago (69-72) of Charlotte. Matthews’ Caedmon Albertyn and Winston-Salem’s Luke Tisdale shot 144s to tie for third place, while Wallburg’s Lincoln Newton, Morganton’s Alex Bock and Waxhaw’s Lucas Cron shot 146s to share fifth place in the 55-golfer field. 

Clodfelter contends at qualifier

At Mebane, Jake Clodfelter of Trinity came up a few strokes shy of advancing in a U.S. Amateur qualifier earlier this month at Mill Creek Golf Club.

Clodfelter shot 2-over-par 146 with rounds of 76 and 70, tying for 13th place out of 80 entrants. He’s a former Wheatmore golfer who finished his freshman season on the Catawba College golf team in the spring.

The two spots in August’s U.S. Amateur at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmount, Pa., went to Ethan Hall of Morehead City with 139 (71, 68) and Caden Baker of Mebane with 140 (69, 71).

The alternates from the site are Holly Springs’ Garrett Risner (141) and Davidson’s Michael Sanders (141).