WEST JORDAN, Utah- The Valley High School boys golf team trailed Region 20 rival Panguitch by one stroke after day 1 of the 1A state tournament at Mountain View Golf Course in West Jordan, but when day 2 ended they had won the state championship, for the fourth year in a row, by seven strokes.
Valley shot a first day 341 as a team, right behind Panguitch’s 341 and well ahead of Rich’s 352. Day 2 of the state tournament though brought new life to the Buffaloes as they shaved four strokes off of their previous days total to shoot a 2-day combined score of 678 to win the 1A state championship. Panguitch got five shots worse on the second day for a 2-day score of 685 which put them into a tie for second with Rich. The Rebels had the best second day with a score of 333. Rich ended up beating Panguitch in a playoff for the outright claim to second place and the Bobcats settled for third.
Individually Nick Jarman of Rich and Carsen Hinkhouse of Manila tied for medalist honors with a score of 157. Brody Schofield placed third with a 159. Acey Orton led Panguitch with a fourth place individual finish with a score of 160 and the state title winning Buffaloes were led by Chevy Spencer, who came in fifth with a score of 162.
Team and individual results can be seen below:
Team Scores:
- Valley High School, 678
- Rich High School, 685 (Won playoff over Panguitch)
- Panguitch High School, 685
- Manila High School, 691
- Milford High School, 696
- Monticello High School, 705
- Diamond Ranch Academy, 748
Individual Scores (Top 10):
- Tie- Nick Jarman, Rich & Carsen Hinkhouse, Manila, 157
- Tie- Nick Jarman, Rich & Carsen Hinkhouse, Manila 157
- Brody Schofield, Manila, 159
- Acey Orton, Panguitch, 160
- Chevy Spencer, Valley, 162
- Tie- Remington Veater, Panguitch & Tyson Giles, Green River, 163
- Tie- Remington Veater, Panguitch & Tyson Giles, Green River, 163
- Jordan Stacey, Rich, 164
- Zach Sherwood, Milford, 165
- Riley Wilson, Pinnacle, 168
