Five Mountaineer golfers selected All-Big South 3A

They finished second to a state power Stuart Cramer team in the final Big South Conference standings but Kings Mountain’s Mountaineers placed five players – the most of any team – on the 2023 All-Conference team.

Mountaineers selected were Baylor Benton, Thomas Spicer, Caleb Marr, Will Spicer and Josh Gillespie. The top 14 play- ers in the conference make up the All-BSC team. Cramer’s Rich Wills was selected Player of the Year.

Will Spicer was the second overall low scorer in the BSC, Caleb Marr fifth, Thomas Spicer eighth, Baylor Benton 11th and Josh Gillespie 12th.

The Mountaineers qualified as a team to play in the 3A Western Regional Tournament May 8 at Mi- mosa Hills Golf Club in Morganton.

Following Cramer and Kings Mountain in the final conference standings were Crest third, South Point fourth, Ashbrook fifth, Forestview sixth, North Gaston seventh and Hunter Huss eighth.

Cramer won every match during the season and finished with a 289 in the final match last week at Riverbend. KM was second at 301 followed by Crest 325, South Point 330, Ashbrook 344, Forestview 371, North Gaston 400 and Hunter Huss 504. Willis was the medalist with a 69.

The Mountaineers were led by Marr with a 70 followed by Benton 76, Will Spicer 77, and Gillespie and Thomas Spicer with 78s.