Waterford wins Region 14 golf title

Waterford won the Region 14 golf title behind sophomore medalist Blake Peterson's 3-under-par 69 at the Ranches Golf Course.

Using a point system that combines regular season matches and Monday's final region tournament, Waterford accumulated 49 points to edge Rowland Hall-St. Marks' 47 points for the title.

Kyle Higginson of Juab was the second-place medalist, besting his teammate Luke Flickinger (third) and Rowland Hall-St. Marks Eric Hutchinson (fourth) in a three-man sudden death playoff.

The top five teams from Region 14 advance to the 2A state golf tournament Oct. 11 and 12 at the East Bay Golf Course in Provo.

Kody Braithwaite will represent North Summit as its individual representative.

Team Scores:

Waterford 335, Rowland Hall-St. Marks 337, South Summit 351, Juab 353, American Leadership Academy 376, North Summit 391

Final Team Point Totals: Waterford 49 pts, Rowland Hall-St. Marks 47 pts, South Summit 34 pts, Juab 31 pts, American Leadership Academy 15 pts, North Summit 12 pts.

Individual Scores: Blake Peterson (W) 69, Kyle Higginson* (J) 82, Luke Flickinger* (J) 82, Eric Hutchinson* (RHSM) 82, Carson Huiskamp (RHSM) 83, Dave King (RHSM) 85, Zach Anton(SS) 86, Eric D'Astous (W) 87, Josh Hannay (SS) 87, Nic Jobs (RHSM) 87, Quentin Morse (RHSM) 87, Jonathon Orr (W) 88, T. J. Mitchell (SS) 88.

* Sudden-death playoff to determine individual medalist places 2-4.