Third, Not so Good

Connor Maguet hits the ball out of a sand trap during regional play Monday.

The reign is over for the Corbin High School Golf team. After winning the 10^th Region Golf Tournament the last five years, the Redhounds finished third Monday at Eagles Nest and will not be making the trip to Bowling Green next week.

The Redhounds got off to a slow start and never recovered from the front nine. “We played well on the back nine,” Corbin Coach Brad Harris said. “We just got off to a bad start.”

It was a disappointing day, especially to seniors Alex Davis, Connor Maguet and Henry Moore. Moore finished with a six-over 77 while Davis ended with an 80. Maguet, who won the Somerset Invitational two weeks ago on the same course had a nine-over 80.

“Those guys have played great over the years, Harris said. “They all have different contributions to the team and all play different positions. They have worked as hard as anybody and it is disappointing to them. I know they are upset, but they have voiced to me the experience and journey, the region titles, and being a Redhound was great,” Harris said.

“It is disappointing just because we had a great team this year and a great season,” Harris said. “We played a difficult schedule and almost every weekend. I felt like we were getting better every week.”

“No one really played great Monday,” he said. “Henry Moore played well relative to the competition and that was a great round in a regional tournament.”

Russ Tolliver finished the scoring with an 87 while John-Austin Childress had a 95 on the day.

The Redhounds finished third (322) and eight shots behind second place Pulaski County. Host Somerset won the tournament with a 300 led by Ross Perry (71) and Zach Whitis (73).

Pulaski County’s Kellen Wilson was pretty much responsible for pulling off the second place score. He was one of few players under par for the day with a 68. He was the individual champion.

Only one other Maroon was in the 70s and that was Grant Norris with a 79.

“I felt like the team played their best, they didn’t give up and fought hard and still ended up third place,” Harris said. “Which is a good finish, but that’s what our goal was. It was less than we wanted to do.”

“We just came up short Monday, that’s the way sports is,” he said. “I can’t pin-point one thing that hurt us. It was just a combination of a lot of things and just one of those days.”

“You have to give Somerset and Pulaski County credit. They played great and I wouldn’t want to take that away from them. I congratulate them on their play. Those were really good scores. Even if we had played good it would have been hard for us to beat those scores,” Harris said.

Whitley County also played in the tournament, but struggled on the 18-hole course. Michael Harris, who has led the Colonels all season, finished with a 94 while Roy Rhodes added a 95. Tyler Lawson finished with a 98 and Brad Moore added a 103. Jason Wells score didn’t count in the overall tally, but he finished with a 112.

Clay County junior Tyler McDaniel nearly missed the cut, but finished third with a 71. He and Jackson County’s Zach Norris (70) will make the trip to the KHSAA State High School Tournament next week.