Tyler Warner of Marvin was the boys champion of the seventh annual Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational golf tournament Aug. 22-23 in Morganton. The 17-year-old ultimately outlasted Hudson Hunt of Raleigh on the first playoff hole.
Adelyn Rosado of Cary was the girls champion of the seventh annual Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational golf tournament Aug. 22-23 in Morganton. The 14-year-old defeated Natalia Henderson of Southern Pines on the first playoff hole.
Tyler Warner of Marvin was the boys champion of the seventh annual Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational golf tournament Aug. 22-23 in Morganton. The 17-year-old ultimately outlasted Hudson Hunt of Raleigh on the first playoff hole.
Tyler Warner of Marvin and Adelyn Rosado of Cary were the winners of the seventh annual Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational golf tournament Aug. 22-23 at Mimosa Hills Golf Club in Morganton.
Warner won the boys title on the first playoff hole after shooting a two-day, 36-hole total of 130 (10-under-par) that included a 63 in the opening round and a 67 in the second round. Warner is a 17-year-old high school senior who has verbally committed to play at Western Carolina University in 2027.
Adelyn Rosado of Cary was the girls champion of the seventh annual Mimosa Hills Junior Invitational golf tournament Aug. 22-23 in Morganton. The 14-year-old defeated Natalia Henderson of Southern Pines on the first playoff hole.
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Rosado won the girls title on the first playoff hole after shooting a two-day total of 145 (1-over-par) that included a 73 in the first round and a 72 in the second round. Rosado is a 14-year-old high school freshman.
Hudson Hunt of Raleigh was the runner-up on the boys’ side after matching Warner with a 63 on day one and a 67 on day two, while Natalia Henderson of Southern Pines finished second on the girls’ side with a 74 in the opening round and a 71 in the second round.
Other top-five finishers on the boys’ side were Holly Springs’ Bodie Snyder (T-third; 9-under 131), Salisbury’s Camden Honeycutt (T-third; 9-under 131), and Raleigh’s Isaiah Adel (fifth; 8-under 132), with the rest of the top five on the girls’ side consisting of Gastonia’s Hallie Anne Winters (third; 2-over 146), Denver’s Sloan McKinney (fourth; 4-over 148), Wake Forest’s Mckenzie Mueller (T-fifth; 5-over 149), Shelby’s Minlin Ou (T-fifth; 5-over 149), and Charlotte’s Natalie Hennessey (5-over 149).
Locally, Morganton’s Avery Watson (T-67th; 6-over 146), Matthew Piercy (T-73rd; 7-over 147), and Grey Snipes (95th; 14-over 154) also competed in the boys’ field, while Lenoir’s Summerlin Gragg (25th; 28-over 172) was one of the female participants.
More than 120 total golfers took part in the event, which was conducted by the Carolinas Golf Association.
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