DNJ All-Area Boys Golf Team for 2017
Cecil Joyce
New Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association golf rules took their toll on area golfers, as local boys were shut out of the state tournament.
In an effort to trim the number of state participants in a new Large Class, only the top team and top three remaining individuals advanced to the state in 2017.
It was still a good year for several area boys golfers, including Golfer of the Year finalists Shelden Barina (Stewarts Creek), Garrett Chumley (Oakland) and Will Lalance (Siegel).
Barina, a UT-Martin signee, was consistently atop District 7 all season and was district champ with a 72 before shooting a 74 in the Region 4 tournament. The region score was a stroke off the pace to reach state for the fourth consecutive season.
Chumley, a freshman, led the Patriots with a 76.3 average. He fired an 80 in the district and a team-low 77 in the region tournament.
Lalance averaged 80.2 and got hot at tournament time, firing a 77 in the district tournament and a team-low 73 at the region, falling in the second hole of a playoff to determine the last state tournament berth.
The DNJ All-Area Boys Golfer of the Year will be announced at a ceremony near the end of the school year.
Members of the All-Area Boys Golf Team include:
First team
Harris Adcock
Siegel, Sr.
Why chosen: Averaged 79.9, firing a 74 in the district tournament and a 79 in the region tourney.
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Shelden Barina
Stewarts Creek, Sr.
Why chosen: The UT-Martin signee was district champ, firing a 72. He also won the Stones River Invitational and Murfreesboro Invitational. He just missed his fourth straight state trip, shooting a 74 at the region tournament.
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Andrew Clark
Oakland, Jr.
Why chosen: Averaged 80.2, shooting a 78 at the district tournament and a 78 at the region tourney.
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Garrett Chumley
Oakland, Fr.
Why chosen: Led Oakland with a 76.3 average. Fired an 80 at the district tournament and a team-low 77 at the region tourney.
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Will Lalance
Siegel, Jr.
Why chosen: Averaged 80.2 and fired a 77 at the district tournament. Just missed a state berth, shooting a 73 and losing in a two-hole playoff at the region tourney.
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Second team
Parker Davis, Blackman, Jr.
Dalton Gray, Oakland, So.
Josh Halasz, Siegel, Jr.
Trevor Tidwell, MTCS, Sr.
Grant Tiller, MTCS, So.
Coach of the Year
Shayne Martin, Oakland
Why chosen: The first-year coach guided the Patriots to a District 7 championship (319) and fifth-place finish at the Region 4 tourney (324).