CROSSVILLE, Tenn. – Once again, Walker County’s boys were consistent for head coach Bob Williams.

The Mustangs finished at 309 Monday and walked away with the Region 3-AAA boys golf championship at the Bear Trace Cumberland Mountain Course.

The Mustangs got a 76 from Hunter Vest, a 77 from Caleb Evans, and 78s from Steven Locke and Corey Evans. Tylor Adams added an 80 that wasn’t included in the winning score.

Cleveland finished second at 312, led by Tanner Garland’s 76. Garland qualified for the state tournament.

Cumberland County’s Cody King, a senior, was the medalist with an even-par 72, and also qualified for state.

“We had been waiting for this round,’’ said Cumberland County coach and tournament director Randy Herring. “He stepped up and made the most of this opportunity.

“The course was a championship venue. It was a great test of golf.’’

Three golfers tied for third at 77 – Cleveland’s Tyler Goza, Soddy-Daisy’s Zach Hester and McMinn County’s Ryne Thompson – and will have a playoff on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. eastern at the Chattata Valley Course in Cleveland for the two remaining state-tournament berths.

“We simply couldn’t have a playoff,’’ Herring said. “We were doing the final scores by the light of a flashlight.’’

Herring said there was some controversy and some disgruntled parents.

“One group took three hours to play the front and we told them they had to pick it up,’’ Herring said. “They did have some ruling situations, so it was a difficult situation, but they were a hole and half behind the group in front of them.’’

REGION 3-AAA BOYS RESULTS

Monday at Bear Trace Cumberland Mountain

WALKER VALLEY (309) – Steven Locke 78, Hunter Vest 76, Caleb Evans, 77, Tylor Adams 80, Corey Evans 78.

CLEVELAND (312) – Tanner Garland 76, Cameron Vaughn 80, Tyler Goza 77, Taylor Phillips 79, Colton Ward 81.

SODDY-DAISY (329) – Zach Hester 77, Scott Brannon 84, Alex Agnew 86, Jake McGill 82, Jake Clark 87.

McMINN COUNTY (337) – McKeehanon Rue (WD), Hunter Sullivan 82, Ryne Thompson 77, Matt Kilgore 89, Jeremiah Pemberton 89.

OOLTEWAH (342) – Logan Chambers 84, Will Lusk 82, Michael Finnegan 95, Hunter Pruett 81, Tanner Griffith 99.

RED BANK (387) – Player Pierce 88, Bradley Britt 100, Cody Williams 92, Jake Keller 111, Garrett Thompson 107.

INDIVIDUALS – Cumberland County’s Cody King (72), Bradley Central’s Joby Haney (88), Cumberland County’s Jonathan Masters 81, Cumberland County’s Patric Alred 78, Rhea County’s Zach Madewell 79.

(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)