This year's District 14-4A golf tournament will begin next Monday, April 6th, with the second round taking place the following monday, April 13. Round one will be held at Piney Woods Country Club in Nacogdoches, and round 2 will be at Garden Valley.

The district championship will fall into the hands of one of four teams: Kilgore, Jacksonville, Whitehouse, or Henderson. Kilgore appears to be the favorite. Jacksonville's key to contending will be solid play from their third and fourth men, because the top two have been consistently shooting in the mid-to-low 70's. Henderson is in the same situation. Whitehouse, perhaps the most balanced of all the teams, has five players who can shoot in the low 80's. However, because they will need to rely on their entire team to play well, they seem to be the dark horse pick and will need above-average play from all players on both days to win. Lindale lost their entire team to graduation, and Nacogdoches lost their top two. These two teams will enjoy their two days out of school.

The individual title will likely be contended by about five players: Chance Fitch from Kilgore, Grant Gresham and Hunter Skelton from Henderson, and Logan Russell and Andy Melvin from Jacksonville. If these guys come to play, they will all shoot 5 or 6 over par at worst and are capable of going very low.

At the Dragon Invitational at Piney Woods in February, the teams finished in this order:
1. Kilgore
2. Jacksonville
3. Henderson
4. Whitehouse
5. Nacogdoches
Lindale did not play

Jacksonville's Russell was individual champion with a 75. Henderson's Grant Gresham shot a 77, and Kilgore had three golfers shoot 80 or better

At Lindale's Garden Valley tournament on March 17, the teams finished in this order:
1. Henderson
2. Whitehouse
3. Jacksonville
4. Lindale
Nacogdoches and Kilgore did not field teams; Kilgore brought only a couple of individual players.

Gresham of Henderson carded a 74, while Skelton of Henderson and Melvin of Jacksonville each shot 75. Chance Fitch of Kilgore carded a 78.

That being said, this is my prediction of how the district will play out:
1. Kilgore
2. Jacksonville/ Henderson
3. Jacksonville/ Henderson
4. Whitehouse
5. Nacogdoches
6. Lindale

scores of the 3rd and 4th players from Jax and Henderson will determine who takes second. If they do not have solid scores, then add Whitehouse to the hunt.

This should help everyone know what's going on in the realm of 14-4A golf. Not much is posted about golf on this site, so I did the best I could to gather information and keep everyone up-to-date about their school's golfers. I hope this helps. If anyone knows any more information about these schools' golfers please don't hesitate to add to this.

Monday's Results

Kilgore 320
Henderson 345
JVille

Monday's Results

Kilgore 320
Henderson 345
JVille

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Kilgore 320
Henderson 345
Jville 349
Whitehouse 352
Nac 364
Lindale 404

76's
Russell Jville
Fitch Kilgore
78's
Gresham Hend
DeWitt Nac
81's
Mays Kilgore
Clowers Kilgore
82's
Patterson Kilgore
Skeleton Hend
Melvin Jville

Looks like day 2 will be a great finish between henderson, jville, and whitehouse for the second regional spot. I would imagine kilgore is feeling pretty confortable about their chances for the district title.

I bet these teams are glad that Pine Tree and Hallsville are not in the same district still. Sort of opens the door for some of these guys. There are lots of good individual players here and some solid teams. Nac usually has a better squad. Did they lose a lot?

Nac lost basey swearingen (now playing at lon morris) and matthew collins (now playing at SFA). DeWitt was the only player below them that could contend

You are right Swearingen and Collins were carrying Nac for years. Sounds like excitement for the 2nd round....good luck to all.

FINAL RESULTS:
1. Kilgore 320+322= 642
2. Henderson 345+328= 673
3. Jacksonville 349+329= 678
4. Whitehouse 352+334= 686
5. Nacogdoches 364+363= 727
6. Lindale 404+365= 769

INDIVIDUALS:
1. Logan Russell (JAX) 76-71=147 (+3)
2. Grant Gresham (HEN) 78-78=156 (+12)*
3. Cameron Clower (KIL) 81-75=156 (+12)
4. Austin DeWitt (NAC) 78-80=158 (+14)
T5. Hunter Skelton (HEN) 82-77=159 (+15)
T5. Chance Fitch (KIL) 76-83=159 (+15)
7. Andy Melvin (JAX) 82-79=161 (+17)

*Won playoff for 2nd place

Kilgore and Henderson will advance to the regional tournament, along with medalists Logan Russell and Austin DeWitt.

Congrats to all who advanced!! Go represent East Texas well!!!