JMA boys, GMC girls win county golf trophies | Indoor Sports

Baldwin County’s top high school golfers got a chance to see how they stack up March 25.

Little Fishing Creek played host to the 2024 Baldwin County Cup, a competitive nine-hole event that saw the John Milledge Academy boys beat GMC Prep by a nose at 175-178 while the GMC girls edged JMA by a hair at 112.-113.

Each school with the lowest medalist won the team event with Carson Bache leading the Trojans and the men’s field with a 37. GMC junior Madi Grace Simmons shot a 43 to take home the individual women’s title.

In the boys competition, Bache’s impressive 37, the only round of the day in the 30s, was supported by a 44 from Hunter Stalnaker along with twin 47s from Justin England and Austin Brooks. Grant Edens shot 40 to pace the Bulldog boys, who won the regional championship last spring. He was followed by Josh Walker’s 43, Connor Zecca’s 44, and Caden Loyd’s 51 to complete the scoring.

Where high school boys’ golf focuses on the team’s top four scorers, the girls’ side only uses the top two. The girls county title for 2024 belongs to GMC Prep thanks to Simmons’ 43 and Lydia Brown’s 69, which was enough to beat Lady Trojans Jordan Prestridge (52) and Maggie Prestwood (61). Baldwin sent one female golfer in Teah Iossifov to the event. Her scores were not included in either team’s total, but she shot a 46 to finish just three strokes behind Simmons in the girls junior medal race. Simmons helped the GMC girls to a regional championship and a fifth-place finish in the state last year. As an individual, she ranked eighth in the GHSA 30-plus Division 2 women’s golf field in 2023.

The regular season is coming to an end for area golf teams as they prepare for the upcoming regional tournament(s). John Milledge tees off at River Forest Golf Club in Forsyth on Monday. The GMC has a short trip east to Twin City Country Club in Tennille on April 22, and Baldwin’s Iossifov will head to Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro.