Southern Wayne’s Joseph Strange chips onto the green on the ninth hole at Southern Wayne Country Club on Tuesday afternoon. (Rudy Coggins|mountolivetribune.com)
Southern Wayne’s Isaac Worth watches his tee shot on No. 6 at Southern Wayne Country Club on Tuesday afternoon. (Rudy Coggins|mountolivetribune.com)
Southern Wayne’s Hunter Merritt puts his putter back into his golf bag before moving on to the next hole at Southern Wayne Country Club on Tuesday afternoon. Merritt carded a team-best 87. (Rudy Coggins|mountolivetribune.com)
Southern Wayne’s Zyon Alston hits from the bunker on hole No. 1 at Southern Wayne Country Club on Tuesday afternoon. (Rudy Coggins|mountolivetribune.com)
Southern Wayne’s James Faulk lines up a putt and studies the green on hole No. 1 at Southern Wayne Country Club on Tuesday afternoon. (Rudy Coggins|mountolivetribune.com)
Southern Wayne’s Anthony Culbreth watches his tee shot on hole No. 2 at Southern Wayne Country Club on Tuesday afternoon. (Rudy Coggins|mountolivetribune.com)
Hunter Merritt helped lead Southern Wayne to a sixth-place finish during a multi-team Quad County 3A boys’ golf match contested at Southern Wayne Country Club on Tuesday afternoon.
Merritt fired an 87 on the challenging par-71 course.
Joseph Strange contributed a 91, while Anthony Culbreth carded a 93. Isaac Worth turned in a 103, which rounded out the Saints’ four-player total of 374.
Zyon Alston and James Faulk also competed for SW.
Led by Parker Denning’s 1-over-par 72, South Johnston emerged as the low-scoring team with a 298. Wilson County rivals Fike (327) and Hunt (332) claimed second and third place, respectively.
Fike’s Ethan Boyette earned medalist honors with a 1-under-par 70.
Colby Stephens shared second place with Denning and helped West Johnston place fourth with a 333.
Five strokes separated Charles B. Aycock (371), Southern Wayne and East Wake (376). Smithfield-Selma wound up with a 394.
According to their schedule, the Saints return to action Apr. 4 against Goldsboro High at Goldsboro Golf Course. The next QCC match is Apr. 18 at Reedy Creek Country Club.
