Tyndall finishes as conference runner-up

ROARING GAP — South Stokes’ golfer Hailey Tyndall closed out her senior year by finishing second behind Northwest 1A Conference Player of the Year Madison Akers of Mount Airy. Akers finished the 18-hole course at Roaring Gap Country Club with an 81 with Tyndall and East Wilkes Lauren Macemore tying for second with an 88. East Wilkes’ Halle Byrd finished fourth with a score of 99 and was the only other player in the field to finish below 100.

East Wilkes won the conference tournament with a score of 290. The Granite Bears were second with a 292 followed by the Sauras 310, Elkin 313, and Alleghany 347.

Akers led the players on both the front and back nine with scores of 39 and 42. Tyndall shot a 43 on the front nine and a 45 on the back.

The Sauras’ Makayla Boles finished 10th and earned Northwest 1A All-Conference with a score of 110. The top 10 placers in the field made the All-Conference list.

South Stokes’ Eve Hall was 12th with a 112 and Victoria Aguilar recorded a 116. Mayln Washburn and Ivey Scott split time with Washburn shooting a 58 on the front nine, and Scott scoring a 59 on the back.

Making All-Conference team was Akers, Tyndall, Macemore, Byrd, Anna Peterson (MA), Saylor Billings (E), Hannah Mathis (EW), Makaela McGee (E), Waddell (E), and Boles.

Team Scores

East Wilkes 290 (146/144), Mount Airy 292 (145/147), South Stokes 310 (159/150), Elkin 313 (159/154), Alleghany 347 (169/178)

Individual Scoring

Madison Akers (MA) 81 (39/42), Haley Tyndall (SS) 88 (43/45), Laruen Macemore (EW) 88 (41/47), Halle Byrd (EW) 99 (51/48), Anna Peterson (MA) 100 (51/49), Saylor Billings (E) 100 (50/50), Hannah Mathis (EW) 103 (54/49), Makaela McGee (E) 106 (54/52), Milena Waddell (E) 107 (55/52), Makayla Boles (SS)110 (59/51), Taylor Pike (MA) 111 (55/56), Eve Hall 112 (SS) (58/54), Sydney Venable (MA) 112 (55/57), Carley Hill (MA) 113 (56/57), Lydia Bowles (A) 113 (54/59), Emma Carter (EW) 115 (59/56), Syndey Absher (EW) 115 (60/55), Brittany Kennedy (A) 115 (56/59), Victoria Aguilar (SS)116 (60/56), Eliazbeth Collins (A) 119 (59/60), Cora Collins (A) 125 (62/63) Ivey Scott (SS) 59 (0/59), Mayln Washburn (SS) (58/0)