HARTWELL — The North Hall and Dawson County boys golf teams each qualified for the Class AAA state championship tournament on Monday at the Area 3-AAA competition at Cateechee Golf Club in Hartwell.
Host Hart County won the event, shooting a team score of 303, while the Trojans finished third with a 330 and the Tigers fourth with a 336.
Union County's Jeremy Herum also qualified for state as an individual, firing a low round of 77 for a team not qualified for state.
North Hall's Bartley Forrester also carded a 77.
The Class AAA tournament will take place May 22-23 at Lakeview Golf Club in Blackshear.
The latest qualifiers join a long list of northeast Georgia teams an individuals headed to state:
- Class A Public: Both the Towns County and Commerce boys and girls teams qualified for the A Public match at Landings Golf Club in Warner Robins.
- Class AA: Both the Rabun County boys and girls qualified. Boys will play at Waynesboro Country Club, the girls at Applewood Golf Club in Keysville.
- Class AAA: The Union County, Lumpkin County and Dawson County grils teams each qualified, as did North Hall's Annika Cain as an individual. They will play at Okefenokee Country Club (Blackshear).
- Class AAAA: The White County and West Hall girls teams each qualified, as did West Hall boys team member Chase Espinosa as an individual. Espinosa will compete at Columbus Country Club; the girls will play at Maple Ridge Golf Club in Columbus.
- Class AAAAA: The Buford, Johnson and Flowery Branch girls each qualified, while Flowery Branch boys team member Connor Gillespie also made it as an individual. He will compete at Sunset Hills Country Club in Carrollton; girls teams will play at Oak Mountain Country Club in Carrollton.
- Class AAAAAA: The Gainesville and Habersham Central boys teams each qualified; the Gainesville and Habersham Central girls teams also qualified. The Class AAAAAA boys will compete at Chattahoochee Golf Club, while the girls will compete at Chicopee.
