Canes win third consecutive Area Golf Championship; Meadows takes individual title

Senior Camden Meadows paced the Hurricanes with a 2-under-par 70 Thursday at Fields Ferry Golf Club in Calhoun as the Cartersville boys golf team won the Area Golf Championship for a third consecutive year.

Camden Meadows fired a 2-under-par 70 Thursday at Fields Ferry Golf Club to take medalist honors and lead Cartersville to a third consecutive Area title.

Meadows was the tournament’s individual low medalist and Cartersville won the team title over runner-up Midtown by 10 shots.

Anderson McCary shot 73 while Andrew Lutjens and Jake Lawson followed with 75s for the Canes’ 293 team total. Jake Wehunt and Brody Tidwell fired rounds of 79 and 80, respectively, to round out the Cartersville scoring.

The Area win by Cartersville secures a berth in the Class AAAAA State Championship Tournament May 16-17 at Okefenokee Country Club in Waycross and allows the Canes to skip the State Sectional Tournament hosted at Cartersville Country Club May 2.