BELPRE - Warren won the team title while Marietta High's Jared Hammons claimed medalist honors in the season opening Washington County Championship at Oxbow Golf & Country Club Friday.
The Nathan Evans-coached Warriors outpointed the second-place, John Doughty-led Tigers and the third-place Belpre Golden Eagles, 318-327. (MHS won the tiebreaker to finish runner-up.)
"I thought we had a good day," Evans said. "I have a pretty good group of guys who have worked hard to get better. They're easy to coach and listen to you."
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Warren’s Zach McKenna helped the Warriors win the Washington County Championship at Oxbow Golf & Country Club Friday.
Waterford finished at 356 while Fort Frye had 398.
Zach McKenna paced Warren with a score of 74 on the par 71, 6,558-yard course. McKenna, who opened up the round with a birdie and then an eagle, was runner-up to Marietta's Hammons, who carded a 73.
Warren's winning team also included Michael Sams (80), Adam Lang (82), Reece Patton (82), Steve Farley (92), and Alex Flesher (95).
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Washington County Championship
at Oxbow, Friday Aug 10
Team scores:
Warren 318
Zachary McKenna 74
Steve Farley 92
Michael Sams 80
Adam Lang 82
Reece Patton 82
Alex Flesher 95
Marietta 327
Jared Hammons 73
Nick Thieman 85
Joe Broughton 95
Jeff Hensler 88
Garrett Bertram 81
Max Fitzgerald 88
Belpre 327
Sam Petty 76
Alex Perry 84
Brennen Ferrell 80
Hayden Plummer 87
Jackie Cunningham 103
Dakota Hoffman 95
Bryce Pittinger 96
Waterford 356
Brandyn Offenberger 77
Brent Ginther 93
Cameron Bosner 97
Randee Seevers 89
Montana Brooker 101
Fort Frye 398
Shon Smith 79
Devin Brooker 91
Brennan Schilling 101
Brad Martin 127
Warren JV 9 holes 208
Mitch Eddleblute 51
Frankie Marion 51
Ansley Schenz 54
Turner Schilling 53
Braxton Harter 53
Joel Compston 62
Marietta JV 9 holes 184
Matt Fitzgerald 40
Tyler Haught 44
Austin McVicar 45
Jack Hirschfield 60
Jack Farrar 55
Belpre JV 9 holes 220
Trent Stanley 52
Hayden Lowe 59
Alana Delancey 48
Ethan Williams 61
Fort Frye JV 9 holes 219
Maggie Huck 49
McCaul Schilling 51
Meg Schott 59
Morgan Dyar 60
Mallory Waggoner 69
Quinlin Hersman 65
After Hammons, Marietta's Garrett Bertram carded an 81; Nick Thieman shot an 85; Jeff Hensler, an 88; Max Fitzgerald, an 88; and Joe Broughton, a 95.
"Even with first match jitters, the kids came out and had some pretty good scores," Doughty said. "Jared's put a lot of time into his game, and Bertram, I thought, stepped up with an 81."
Belpre was paced by Sam Petty's 76.
Waterford's Brandyn Offenberger had a 77, and Fort Frye's Shon Smith notched a 79 to lead their respective schools.
Both Warren and Marietta are back on the links at the Parkersburg Invitational at the Parkersburg Country Club at 9 a.m. today
