Signal Mountain’s boys registered the top five scores in the District 6 Small high school golf tournament Thursday at Brown Acres. And the Eagles’ alternate carded an even better score.
Freshman Carson Johnson, with a 4-over-par 76, ended up medalist for Signal Mountain, which swept all four of the tournament’s top prizes.
“I started out good,” Johnson said. “I had mostly pars on the front. I had a few slip-ups. My short game really saved me sometimes. My putting saved me a few times.”
The boys’ score of 310 easily outdistanced second-place Grundy County. And Signal’s champion Lady Eagles had the top two girls’ finishers in medalist Taylor Gardner and runner-up Lindsey Hollis.
Sale Creek’s girls were runners-up at 166, which was 14 shots behind the Lady Eagles. They, along with third-place boys’ team Bledsoe County, will move on to Monday’s Region 3 tournament at Chatata Valley in Cleveland. The remaining individuals from this district will move on as well.