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Pike Patriots sink state championship
Published Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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The Pike LIberal Arts golf team brought back the school’s third state championship to Troy Tuesday. Grant Gilbert won the individual state championship at Cambrian Ridge on the Robert Trent Jones Trail in Greenville.
Before the 2008-09 school year began Pike Liberal Arts School had zero state championships to display in the trophy case, but after the varsity golf team snagged the AISA state championship Tuesday the school now has three state titles.
The golf team joins the football team and the JV basketball teams in state championship glory. The squad of Grant Gilbert, who was also the AISA individual golf state champion, Jackson Byars, Ben McKeller, Audie Stell and Stewart Pinckard shot a combined 614 in the two-day tournament for the title.
“I am so proud of these kids,” PLAS head golf coach Jason Ellis said. “Everyone on that team was willing to work hard all year and it paid off with the title.”
The five-man team placed second last year at the tournament and Ellis said that narrow defeat prepared the squad for this year at Cambrian Ridge on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Greenville.
“These five have stuck together the past two years and they got the state title this year,” he said. “They will also be together next year because we have no graduating seniors.”
Each day the Top-4 from each team made up the team score. On day two Gilbert shot a 74, Byars a 75, McKeller a 77 and Stell a 78 for a 304.
The team was tied with Lee Scott after a day one total of 310, but Pike’s two-day total of 614 was better than Lee-Scott’s 621.
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Posted by Parker_Smith (anonymous) on April 29, 2009 at 7:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Congratulations to Grant for winning the individual state title....and congrats to the whole team for winning the state title as well.....good job you all deserved it.
Posted by momof2 (anonymous) on April 29, 2009 at 9:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!
Posted by muledeer (anonymous) on April 29, 2009 at 11:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The amount of work most of these boys put in at Troy Country Club pays off. Hard work always does.
Congratulations boys and we will see you at the club !
Posted by buckjones (anonymous) on April 30, 2009 at 10:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Correction: when this year began, Pike had at least two golf c'ship trophies to display.
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