The CAK girls golf team won the Division II-A East Region Tournament at Three Ridges Golf Course on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, to secure a spot in the state tournament. (L-R): Head coach Donnie Cooper, Allie Cooper, Kate Faulkner and Caitlin Carroll.
The Christian Academy of Knoxville golf programs have been accumulating new hardware for their trophy case this postseason, but the boys and girls teams will get the opportunity next week to secure the best trophies the TSSAA has to offer.
Via their Division II-A East region championships Monday at Three Ridges Golf Course, the Lady Warriors and Warriors reserved themselves spots in next week’s TSSAA State Championships at WillowBrook in Manchester.
CAK knows the state-title stage, well. The girls have won state championships in 2001, 2015 and 2016. The boys have won two state championships in a row and five overall.
The Warriors will definitely be one of the favorites next week, as they posted a 1-under 287 total in region play Monday to win by 21 shots over runner-up Webb School of Knoxville.
State Bound! This will be Jacksons third year going to state with this team! So proud of all of these boys! Congrats on shooting -2 under (70). @JacksonHughey2 pic.twitter.com/PB8BkFMWgB
— Ashley Hughey (@Ash121170Hughey) September 23, 2019
CAK’s Jackson Hughey led the way with a 2-under 70. Aaron Frazer (71), Benjamin Johnston (72) and John Meadows (74) rounded out the team total for CAK, which played without star sophomore Kaleb Wilson.
Wilson, who shot 7-under 65 in the district tournament last week at Three Ridges, sat this round out so his teammates could get a little more experience under tournament conditions prior to next week’s state tournament. Hughey sat out the district tournament.
Webb’s Reece Britt, though, led all participants Monday with a 5-under 67 to earn medalist honors. The Spartans also secured a spot next week at state with their team runner-up finish. 
Berean Christian’s Cooper Hayes (70) and Grace Christian’s Spencer Myers (73) will participate next week at state as individuals.
The CAK girls team got a tournament-best 77 from Kate Faulkner to lead the way. She and Allie Cooper (84) combined to post a 161, good enough for a 45-shot win over Boyd-Buchanan.
Taylor Carter from The King’s Academy shot 88 and Collegedale’s Isha Desai carded an 89 to earn spots in next week’s state tournament as individuals.
Play begins Monday at WillowBrook with the final round coming on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
SCOREBOARD
Division II-A East Region Tournament
at Three Ridges Golf Course
BOYS
CAK (287*): Jackson Hughey 70, John Meadows 74, Aaron Frazer 71, Benjamin Johnston 72
Webb (308*): Reece Britt 67 (medalist), Eli Mayes 77, Sam King 82, Harrison Stephens 82
Grace Christian (334): Spencer Myers 73*, Michael Human 79, Luke McCallen 96, Nick Bryant 86
Silverdale (343): Grant Rice 80, Drew Rogers 80, Nathan Fisk 89, Logan Taylor 94
Notre Dame (354): Pierre Westoff 82, Ryan Eiselstein 89, Matthew Richardson 83, C.J. Petrin 100
Boyd-Buchanan (355): Gavin Greeson 79, John Walters 93, Adrian Tyler 95, Evan Pirtle 88
St. Andrews (379): Tyler Rodgers 77, Nathan King 102, Robert Graham 103, Luca Malde 97
Berean (inc.): Cooper Hayes 70*, Thomas Miller 77
Collegedale (inc.): Morgan Baldwin 77
FBA (inc.): Bradley Miles 93, Logan McPherron 95, Brenden Hammond 117
*advancing to state
GIRLS
CAK (161*): Kate Faulkner 77 (medalist), Allie Cooper 84
Boyd-Buchanan (206*): Hanna Massey 103, Sara Harrell 103
TKA (209): Taylor Carter 88*, Sarah Webb 121
Berean (210): Emery Fisher 97, Madeline Grabowski 113
Webb (211): Anusha Vora 103, Maddie Pappano 108
Notre Dame (inc.): Sarah Catherine Richardson 106
Grace (inc.): Abigail Kelley 132
Collegedale (inc.): Isha Desai 89*
*advancing to state