Amarillo High, Wildorado teams medal at UIL state golf tournament

Texas Panhandle teams certainly left their mark on Monday and Tuesday during play at the UIL state golf tournament in the Austin-area.

Coming off a Region I-5A championship, the Amarillo High Lady Sandies had a strong showing finishing third overall at the Legacy Hills Golf Club.

AHS shot a 303 on Monday followed by a 313 on Tuesday for a 36-hole total of 319 finishing 18 strokes back of state champion San Antonio Alamo Heights (299-302 – 601).

Senior leader Charlee Thacker led the Lady Sandies with an individual bronze medal. Thacker fired a 4-under par 68 on Monday to go with a 75 on Tuesday for a 143. Tarini Bhoga of Frisco Centennial was the individual state champion shooting a 36-hole round of 136.

Rounding out the Lady Sandies was Tyler Held (76-78 – 154), Addison Britten (81-73 – 154), Christie Jones (90-93 – 163), and McKenna Montoya (81-87 – 168).

In Class 4A at the Legends Golf Course, the Canyon Lady Eagles came four strokes from placing on the medal stand. Canyon finished fourth overall with a two-day total of 325-329 – 654. Comal Davenport was able to hold off Canyon for that third spot with a 650 while Andrews won the state team championship firing impressive rounds of 297 and 309 for a tally of 606.

Gracie Sutton paved the way for the Lady Eagles scoring rounds of 81-80 for a 161.

At the Class 2A tournament held at the Lions Municipal Golf Course, the Wellington Lady Skyrockets came in eighth place (429-411 – 840).

The Wildorado Mustangs boys golf team wasn’t able to defend their crown from a year ago but still played well enough to get the silver trophy playing into Tuesday evening at the Crystal Falls Golf Club.

The Mustangs held a 22-stroke lead after day one scoring a 333 but shot a 357 on Tuesday to Bordon County’s 326 to fall by nine strokes. Wildorado ended up with a total of 690 to the Coyotes 681.

Mustang standout Hunter Corman, last year’s defending Class 1A individual champion, finished third overall with a bronze medal after back-to-back rounds of 78 for a 156. That was just two strokes back of Walker Johnson from Iredell’s 154.

Fort Elliott’s Rance Angeley placed ninth overall as an individual Angeley ended up with a 36-hole total of 84-82 – 166.

Rounding out the Mustangs on Tuesday was Ryan Cox (88-84 – 172), Cash Flowers (82-94 – 176), Brayden Sides (89-97 – 186), and Drew Ratliff (100-110 – 210).

For a look at all the results from Monday and Tuesday please visit, https://www.uiltexas.org/golf/state