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October 22, 2019

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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM OCTOBER 23-29, 2019 UCW 29 Jessica Walton Douglas Byrd•Tennis/ basketball• Senior Walton has a 3.9 grade point aver- age. She is a member of the Academy of Finance, National Honor Society and the Key Club. She volunteers weekly with Feeding 5,000. She plans to attend North Carolina A&T and major in business administration. Michael Jurado Douglas Byrd•Soccer•Senior Jurado has a 4.24 grade point aver- age. He is captain of the soccer team. He is a member of the Academy of Green Technology and the National Honor Society. He plans to attend North Carolina State University and major in electrical engineering. Rocket Fizz Soda Pop and Candy Shop congratulates these amazing scholar athletes of the week and invites them to the Rocket Fizz Store at 1916 Skibo Rd. to receive a FREE gift recognizing their achievement! www.rocketfizz.com Colt golfers anxious to chase state honors again by EARL VAUGHAN JR. After a season dominating play in the Patriot Athletic Conference, the Cape Fear girls golf team is ready to make another run at state golf honors. Led by overall conference champion Toni Blackwell, Cape Fear won all seven conference regular-season tournaments, with Blackwell taking medalist honors each time. Blackwell averaged 77.9 per match, only shooting one round in the 80s. The average winning score for the Colt team was 268.8. They ended the regular season with a round of 255, their lowest of the year, on their home course at Baywood Golf Club. Colt golf coach Todd Edge said the final two weeks of the season the team exceeded his expectations. In the last match at Baywood his top four golfers all broke 100. He knew the Colts would be led by returning vet- erans Blackwell and Gabby Bynum, but at the start of the season he was concerned who would step up to provide the third score in each match that's used to determine the team total. That turned out to be freshman Lexi Perez, who ended the season with a 100.6 average. "We knew she could hit the ball, but there's a differ- ence between hitting and scoring,'' Edge said. "She has really picked it up and become our No. 3 scorer for the majority of the season.'' This is only Perez's second year playing golf, and she said she felt pressure not to let the team down and pre- vent them from having a chance to take the conference title again. "All of my clubs have improved from when I started,'' she said. With her one round of 83, Blackwell missed her goal of having all of her regular season rounds in the 70s. She felt she played well during the year and is looking forward to another shot at regional and state success. "I think it will help me and Gabby because we know what to expect and we're used to it,'' she said of the postseason. "We have to stay focused, work hard and practice.'' Bynum said the biggest difference in the postsea- son will be the level of competition the Colts will face. "These girls are shooting in the 70s and lower 80s,'' she said. "It's just the nerves. They really do get to you.'' She said the key to success in the postseason will be containing nerves and hitting the ball well in the right spots. The Colts have won the 3-A East Regional tourna- ment the past two seasons, but Edge knows winning a third will be a challenge. The regional was held this past Monday at Reedy Creek Golf Course in Four Oaks. It's the home course for a number of schools sched- uled to play in the regional, so they all have more expe- rience on the course than the Cape Fear golfers do. The state tournament, which the Colts hope to quali- fy for, will be held at Foxfire Village's Red Course. "It's been closed for the majority of the year,'' Edge said of the Red Course. "They redid their greens.'' Cape Fear finished fifth in the state on the Red course last season. "We've got to get there first,'' Edge said. "Going to the regionals is our goal, then getting a team into states. Once we get to states, we'll see.'' Toni Blackwell Gabby Bynum Lexi Perez Attention Students: Let Your Voice Be Heard Get published in our award-winning community newspaper Up & Coming Weekly Send in your feature articles, editorials, short stories, movie and music reviews or original poetry and artwork to: highschoolhighlights@upandcomingweekly.com Subject line: High School Highlights Please include your photo and school information.

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