Rocky Mount's Cooper tied for lead in Haley golf tournament

Haley Memorial/SML Lions Junior golf tournament

MONETA -- Monday's top scores from the first round of the Andrew Haley Memorial/Smith Mountain Lake Lions junior tournament played at 6,684-yard The Waterfront Country Club (par: 71):

Boys 16-18

Kolton Cooper (Rocky Mount) 71
Peter Gasperini (South Boston) 71
Wesley Smith (Martinsville) 73
Nick Brediger (Roanoke) 75
Joey Gasperini (South Boston) 75
Zeke Shen (Forest) 76
Josiah Singleton (Brookneal) 76
Tyler Peterson (Rocky Mount) 77
Jacob Grigsby (Lynchburg) 77
Tyler Shough (Stuart) 77
Drew Lagan (Roanoke) 77
John Lyle (Goodview) 78
Dustin Roberts (Vinton) 79
Austin Fox (Salem) 79
Dylan Carr (Roanoke) 79
Austin Chocklett (Roanoke) 79
Garrett Sweeney (Salem) 79
Jeremy Lester (Hardy) 80
Randy Gibson Jr. (Dry Fork) 80
Grant Anderson (Fincastle) 80
Bruce Cullen (Chesapeake) 81
Eric Squier (Danville) 81
Austin White (Martinsville) 81

Boys 14-15 (6,111 yards)

Derrick Chocklett (Roanoke) 73
Connor Burgess (Lynchburg) 73
York Robinson (Afton) 74
Basil Boyd (Martinsville) 76
Chandler Wilkins (Danville) 76
M. Moninghoff (Blythewood, S.C.) 77
Hunter Shelton (Dry Fork) 78
Trey Moon (Lynchburg) 80
Boys 11-13 (5,624 yards)
Isaac Simmons (Huddleston) 70
Jimmie Massie (Lynchburg) 76
William Smith (Martinsville) 80
Ross Funderburke (Roanoke) 83
Daniel Poff (Salem) 85
Andrew Withers (Roanoke) 89

Girls 15-18 (5,624 yards)

Shannon Paylor (Greensboro, N.C.) 83
Lyndsey Harris (Danville) 94
Ria Farley (Bassett) 101
Nyomi Tarpley (Martinsville) 107
Girls 11-14 (4,890 yards)
Alisa Caraballo (Troutville) 95
Leisa Jayde Dudley (Roanoke) 105

The Roanoke Times

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

MONETA -- Rocky Mount's Kolton Cooper fired an even-par 71 Monday to grab a share the first-round lead in the featured boys 16-18 age division at the Andrew Haley Memorial/Smith Mountain Lake Lions junior golf tournament at The Waterfront.

Cooper, a recent Franklin County High School graduate who hopes to play on Roanoke College's golf team this fall, is tied with South Boston's Peter Gasperini heading into today's final round of the 36-hole tournament at Mariners Landing.

Martinsville's Wesley Smith is two shots back in third. Roanoke's Nick Brediger and Joey Gasperini of South Boston are tied for fourth at 75.

Roanoke's Derrick Chocklett and Lynchburg's Connor Burgess each shot 73 to head the boys' 14-15 division. Huddleston's Isaac Simmons carded a 70 to take a six-shot lead in the boys 11-13 class.

North Carolinian Shannon Paylor shot 83 to lead the girls' 15-18 division. Troutville's Alisa Caraballo leads Roanoke's Leisa Jayde Dudley in the girls 11-14 division.

Monday, August 12, 2013