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Golf Bucs finish fourth at quad outing at Bridgeport

BRIDGEPORT – The Buckhannon-Upshur golf Buccaneers finished fourth out of four teams in a Big 10 Conference quad outing with Bridgeport, East Fairmont and Grafton Thursday at the Bridgeport Country Club.

The Bucs carded a 192 while Bridgeport won the event with a 173, East Fairmont was second with a 178 and Grafton was third with a 182.

Jevon Westfall led the Bucs with a 45.

Trailing Westfall for the Bucs were Easton Perkins with a 48, Jaden Westfall with a 49 and Tucker Burr with a 50.

Non-scoring Bucs were Parker Lockwood with a 50 and Taylor Spratt with a 62.

Blake Hunt of East Fairmont won low medalist honors with a 37 while Jayden Gregory of Bridgeport was second with a 42.

Buckhannon-Upshur’s scheduled contest last week with Grafton was postponed and was rescheduled for Sept. 15.

The action left the Bucs with a 12-22 mark overall and an 8-16 mark in the Big 10 Conference.

B-U will be back in action Monday with Philip Barbour, Grafton and Lewis County at the Stonewall Golf Course.

The results:

TEAM STANDINGS

  1. Bridgeport 173; 2. East Fairmont 178; 3. Grafton 182; 4. Buckhannon-Upshur 192.

INDIVIDUAL TOP 5

  1. Blake Hunt (East Fairmont) – 37
  2. Jayden Gregory (Bridgeport) – 42
  3. Brennan Cropp (Bridgeport – 43
  4. Dominick Peasack (Bridgeport) – 43
  5. Dustin Keener (Grafton) – 43

TEAM/INDIVIDUAL SCORES

Bridgeport (173)

Jayden Gregory – 42

Brennan Cropp – 43

Dominick Peasack – 43

Anthony Hazey – 45

Anthony Spatafore – 47x

Tanner Straley – 49x

East Fairmont (178)

Blake Hunt – 37

Garrett Bosley – 47

Tanner Bartholow – 47

Greyson Stewart – 47

Wes Pierce – 52x

Hunter Bragg – 57x

Grafton (182)

Dustin Keener – 43

Corbin Knotts – 45

Aiden Shreve – 47

Wyatt Poling – 47

John Matheny – 56x

Caleb Stewart – 62x

Buckhannon-Upshur (192)

Jevon Westfall – 45

Easton Perkins – 48

Jaden Westfall – 49

Tucker Burr – 50

Parker Lockwood – 50x

Taylor Spratt – 62x

x = non-scorers

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