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Berkeley Prep Sweeps 1A-District 14 Titles

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A Tribune staff report

The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 14, 2008

Updated: 10/14/2008 12:12 am

ODESSA - It was a clean sweep Monday for Berkeley Prep at the Eagles, as the Bucs' boys and girls golf teams each won Class 1A-District 14 titles.

Twin sisters Kim and Kyleen Carpenter shot 78 and 81, respectively, on the par-72 Lakes Course to finish first and second overall in leading the girls to a team-total 347, which was 48 strokes better than runner-up Academy of the Holy Names.

The Bucs boys placed three in the top six - Blake Morris (72; second), R.J. Campbell (78; fifth) and Ren Scott (79; sixth) - and edged runner-up Jesuit by 17 strokes with a team-total 309.

Jesuit's Jack Twomey claimed individual medalist honors for the boys with a 1-under 71.

Adam Adkins

2A-10 BOYS

Plant's Doug Letson fired a 1-over-par 72 at Silver Dollar Golf Club to lead the Panthers to their fourth consecutive district championship.

Plant finished with 315, followed by Chamberlain and Gaither with 335.

Chamberlain's Gary Buffington was second with a 74 and Gaither's Joshua Black was third with a 76. The three players advancing to the region as individuals were Ryan Stone of Alonso (79), Tibbetts (80) and Sickles' Anthony Kuhn (85).
Rick Harmon
2A-12 BOYS

DUNEDIN - Dunedin senior Justin Foster shot 5 under in his last 12 holes, including an eagle at the 502-yard par-5 15{+t}{+h}, to lead Dunedin (302 strokes) to the district title and take individual medalist honors at Dunedin Country Club.

East Lake (319) and Mitchell (321) also advanced to Region 4 play. Ridgewood's Jordan Padova (76) and Jeff Koos (78) qualified as individuals, as did Matt Cote from Palm Harbor University (75).

Bart O'Connell

2A-10 GIRLS

LUTZ - Sickles' Alex Milan won the district title for the second straight year, shooting 3-under 69 at Heritage Harbor.

Gaither's Alex Bonham finished second with a 77 and Plant's Gen King finished third with a 78.

King helped lead Plant to its 10th straight district title along with Kelsey Eisch, Laura Hendee, Ashwini Bhide and Kaitlin McPeak as the team shot 350.

Jarrett Guthrie

2A-11 GIRLS

TAMPA - The wind whipped up, but several players still shot low at Heritage Isles Golf and Country Club - the lowest score going to Durant freshman Madison Opfer with a 2-under-par 70.

For Durant, Opfer was one of four Cougars to play tough, including Erica Wardzinski (73), Amy West (76) and Kerrie Reinhardt (83), who combined for a team total of 302, 21 shots ahead of second-place Wharton (323).

Things could be a lot tighter next time around, especially if Wharton's No. 1 player, Shena Yang, plays like she is capable. On Monday, Yang, who came in with the district's lowest nine-hole scoring average at 36.9, struggled with a 7-over 79.

On the individual side, King's Kelsey Gibson placed second with a 1-under 71, followed by Newsome's Jessica Alexander at even-par 72. Gibson, Alexander and Bloomingdale's Tori Saputo (82) will get to play in next week's regional because they were the top-three individual finishers not playing for one of the top three team qualifiers.

Scott Purks

Keyword: Preps, for more coverage of district golf, as well as the Brandon-Newsome volleyball match.

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