Hannah-Pamplico Boys Golf Finishes As State Runner-Up
By David Shelton
Senior Writer
Pamplico - The Hannah-Pamplico boys golf team had a strong season but saved their best for the last event of the 2025 season.
The Raiders came up a stroke short in the bid to win the region championship but turned in a strong performance at the Class A state tournament in Chester, South Carolina.
Hannah-Pamplico shot 346 in the 18-hole event, good enough for second-place in the team standings. Dixie High won the state championship.
“It was a good showing for our boys,” coach Jay Watson said. “This was a competitive group. We basically had six players for most of the season until right at the end we added one, Two of our top five players never played golf until last summer. They got hooked and then started putting in the work to get better.”
Two members of the team finished among the top 10 individually, good enough to earn all-state honors. Senior Gage Foxworth shot 83 for his round, good for ninth-place. Eighth-grader Austin Taylor shot 86 to finish 10th overall.
“Happy for those two. Getting all-state is a big deal,” Watson said.
Junior Tyler Bowen finished 13th overall and freshman Zachary Turner finished 18th. Mason Hanna, a first-year player who also played football and basketball, was 32nd overall.
Turner also played junior varsity baseball this spring and joined the golf team after that season was completed.
Johnsonville, the team that edged Hannah-Pamplico for the region championship, ended up in fifth-place in the state tournament.
“We share the same home course so the boys are friends and play a lot together,” Watson said. “It’s good competition between the two teams. We were disappointed to lose in the region but finishing second at state makes up for that.”
Watson has a long affiliation with Hannah-Pamplico athletics. His father, Tim, was a coach at the school for more than 40 years. Watson is the school’s resource officer.
