Ooltewah's Griffith's 17th In AAA State Golf Tournament

Thursday, September 27, 2012 - by special report to chattanoogan.com

MANCHESTER, Tenn. -- Ooltewah junior Samantha Griffith finished 17th here Wednesday in the Class AAA state golf tournament.

Griffith finished at 159.

Walker Valley's Katie Bishop finished 18th.

In the boys tournament, McMinn County junior Cody Housley finished in a tie for 30th and Bradley Central's Chase Montgomery finished in a tie for 42nd.

Boys Results

Team Scores

Siegel 593, Houston 595, Farragut 599, Hendersonville 601, Science Hill 606, Ravenwood 611, Hardin County 614, Cookeville 617.

Individual Scores

Stuart Thomas (Sr.), Farragut* 70-70--140
Arjuna Anday (Sr.), Siegel 68-72--140
Ben Wolcott (Sr.), Dickson County 73-67--140
Kevin Lee (Sr.), Hendersonville 73-68--141
Austin Swafford (Sr.), Gallatin 71-71--142
William Nottingham (Fr.), Dobyns-Bennett 71-73--144
Easton Lavelle (Sr.), Munford 76-69--145
Hunter Wolcott (Fr.), Dickson County 70-75--145
Daniel Booker (So.), Dyer County 73-73--146
Ben Carroll (Jr.), Hardin County 74-72--146
Jacob Choi (Jr.), Houston 71-76--147
Drew Poland (Jr.), Science Hill 75-72--147
Cayman Ratliff (Jr.), Sullivan South 77-70--147
Logan Watkins (Jr.), Brighton 72-75--147
Hunter Howell (Jr.), Ravenwood 78-70--148
Austin Jackson (Sr.), Houston 74-74--148
Will West (Sr.), Houston 77-71--148
Davis Baxter (Jr.), Ravenwood 72-77--149
James Beckner (So.), Dobyns-Bennett 75-74--149
Andrew Simonsen (Sr.), Science Hill 75-75--150
Stoney Crouch (Jr.), Mt. Juilet 78-72--150
Mark Dalton (So.), Farragut 75-75--150
Noah Trenkler (Jr.), Hendersonville 69-81--150
A.J. Wilkerson (Sr.), White County 76-74--150
Keifer Clary (Sr.), Siegel 75-76--151
Tanner Owens (Fr.), Blackman 75-76--151
Robert Panker (Sr.), Cookeville 77-74--151
Landon Albert (So.), Hendersonville 78-74--152
Kyle Clary (So.), Siegel 76-76--152
Austin Hazelgrove (So.), Houston 74-78--152
Cody Housley (Jr.), McMinn County 74-79--153
Rodney Lewis (Sr.), Hardin County 74-79--153
Ty Medling (Sr.), Collierville 77-76--153
Preston Tucker (Sr.), Knoxville Catholic 75-78--153
Steven Bagwell (Fr.), Maryville 79-75--154
Sean Conally (Jr.), Cookeville 75-79--154
Darrick Fisher (Sr.), Tullahoma 75-79--154
Chip Thomas (Fr.), Farragut 79-75--154
Peter Chang (Jr.), Science Hill 73-82--155
Andrew Horn (Sr.), Independence 75-80--155
Connor McKay (So.), Farragut 77-78--155
Parks Hartsfield (So.), Lawrence County 82-74--156
Chase Montgomery (Jr.), Bradley Central 76-80--156
Joe Willenborg (Jr.), Knoxville Catholic 79-77--156
Robert Agee (Fr.), Cookeville 76-81--157
Tyler Austin (Sr.), Hardin County 76-81--157
Adam Button (Jr.), Ravenwood 78-79--157
Maison Felkins (So.), Franklin 82-75--157
G Rollins (Sr.), Siegel 81-76--157
Chris Tyminski (Jr.), Brentwood 81-76--157
Jared Walker (Jr.), Ravenwood 80-77--157
Zach Haynes (Jr.), Smyrna 83-76--159
Tyler Webb (So.), Hardin County 81-78--159
Tanner Dowland (Sr.), Cookeville 75-85--160
Joe Hiebert (Jr.), Brentwood 77-83--160
Stephen Wang (Sr.), Science Hill 78-82--160
Thomas Lewter (Jr.), Siegel 74-87--161
Jacob Sherlin (So.), Hendersonville 84-77--161
Hunter Webb (Sr.), Hardin County 81-80--161
Clayton Gregory (So.), Bolton 84-78--162
Drew Elliott (Jr.), Collierville 81-82--163
Austin Lancaster (Fr.), Hendersonville 81-83--164
Sam Boyd (Sr.), Collierville 82-83--165
Travis Bumbalough (So.), Cookeville 86-80--166
Peyton Roll (Sr.), White Station 82-85--167
Zach Botts (Sr.), Science Hill 92-76--168
Nick LaBar (Sr.), Tennessee 85-84--169
Austin Freels (Sr.), Ravenwood 82-88--170
Nicholas Powell (So.), Warren County 92-81--173
Bradley Durand (So.), Oak Ridge 84-91--175
Brett Kittleson (Fr.), Houston 0-83--83
Chris Hutson (Sr.), Farragut 79-WD--WD

* Stuart Thomas, Farragut won on the first playoff hole.

Girls Results

Team Scores

Clarksville 292, Farragut 302, Sullivan South 311, Cookeville 329, Riverdale 329, Ravenwood 346, Brighton 363, White Station 375.

Individual Scores

Samantha Gotcher (Sr.), Clarksville 71-70--141
Abbie Gregory (Sr.), Beech 73-71--144
Teleri Hughes (Sr.), Farragut 73-75--148
Whitney Robertson (Sr.), Clarksville 75-78--153
Kayland Boling (So.), Farragut 76-78--154
Allyson Dunn (Jr.), Sullivan South 77-78--155
Erica Edwards (Sr.), Riverdale 82-73--155
Allison Woodward (Jr.), Science Hill 78-77--155
Haley Wagner (Jr.), Daniel Boone 76-80--156
Lacie York (Sr.), Sullivan South 78-78--156
Megan Beane (Jr.), Clarksville 81-76--157
Morgan Kauffman (Sr.), Farragut 78-79--157
Alexa Rippy (Sr.), Rossview 76-81--157
Katie Story (Jr.), Dickson County 80-77--157
Shelby Johnson (Sr.), White County 78-80--158
Hanley Long (So.), Rossview 83-75--158
Anna Cunningham (Jr.), Cookeville 79-80--159
Samantha Griffith (Jr.), Ooltewah 77-82--159
Katie Bishop (Jr.), Walker Valley 88-74--162
Cydney Murrell (So.), Heritage 84-80--164
Hollee Sadler (So.), Coffee County 87-78--165
Cassidy Gibson (Sr.), Cocke County 85-81--166
Haley Smith (So.), Independence 86-81--167
Abby Dukes (Sr.), Hardin Valley 86-82--168
Logan Cass (Sr.), Cookeville 86-84--170
Madison Willis (Sr.), Munford 83-88--171
Natalia Asensio (So.), Ravenwood 87-85--172
Azlinn Alder (Sr.), Jefferson County 89-84--173
Courtney Craven (Fr.), Ravenwood 91-83--174
Jordan Gambrell (So.), Anderson County 83-91--174
Taylor White (So.), Sullivan South 93-82--175
Reagan Kinnie (Fr.), Riverdale 91-85--176
Sarah Holland (Sr.), Hardin County 88-89--177
Sara Kleine-Kracht (So.), Brentwood 91-86--177
Lindsay Taylor (Jr.), Campbell County 90-89--179
Carson McKinney (Sr.), Brighton 85-95--180
Macey Randolph (Sr.), Cookeville 91-90--181
Catherine English (So.), Nashville Overton 92-90--182
Summer Jenkins (Sr.), Riverdale 99-83--182
Brianna Donnell (Sr.), Brighton 95-88--183
Katie Han (Jr.), White Station 98-85--183
Megan Huynh (Sr.), Houston 96-91--187
Cailyn Johnston (So.), Blackman 93-96--189
Melissa Kiker (So.), Siegel 95-94--189
Kelsey Spivey (Jr.), Blackman 96-93--189
Amy Beth McGowan (Sr.), Shelbyville Central 95-96--191
Nisha Palanisamy (So.), White Station 99-93--192
Anna McIntyre (So.), Brighton 98-99--197
Kaela Jones (Jr.), Bartlett 103-99--202
Lindsey Owen (So.), Munford 108-94--202
Taylor Robinson (Fr.), Centennial 110-93--203
Nicki Stasiak (Sr.), Ravenwood 109-94--203
Marin Troike (Jr.), Collierville 112-97--209
Holly Hughes (Jr.), Collierville 111-109--220
Scarlett Sadlery (Jr.), Germantown 116-119--235
Rachel Wimmer (So.), White Station 0-121--121

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