The fourth-annual HighSchoolOT boys golf team features 16 athletes making an appearance on the team for the second or third time, led by three players who became three-time all-state honorees: Mitchell’s Connor Warren plus Terry Sanford’s Ethan Paschal and Thomas Horne.

To help make the team, each player’s handicap index is calculated based on their finish in either the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association or N.C. High School Athletic Association’s state championships. Championship finish was the main factor in determining who was first, second, or third team, but the handicap index was helpful in determining which players had the toughest course to navigate. There are 10 players for each of the three teams.

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The following golfers now have multiple appearances on the HSOT all-state boys golf team, with Warren, Paschal, Charlotte Catholic’s Will Hartman, and Pinecrest’s Pete Myers leading the way with two first-team appearances each:

• 3-time (3): Mitchell’s Connor Warren**; Terry Sanford’s Ethan Paschal**; Terry Sanford’s Thomas Horne*
• 2-time (13): Kings Mountain’s Will Spicer; Charlotte Catholic’s Will Hartman**; Fred T. Foard’s Davie Gee*; Apex Friendship’s Daniel McBrien*; East Surry’s Pennson Badgett*; Providence’s Colin Salema*; Cary Christian’s Andrew Neal; Terry Sanford’s Taft Courie; North Raleigh Christian’s C.J. Peterson*; Pinecrest’s Carson Bertagnole*; Fike’s Ethan Boyette; Pinecrest’s Pete Myers**; Cary Academy’s Tim Kaufman

*-number of first-team appearances

For NCISAA players, some consideration was also given to their regular season handicap index, particularly because only one of its three championships was able to play on both days due to weather.

The NCHSAA does not require its schools to post season-long scores, so its players do not have a regular season handicap. Only 1A was unable to play both days of its championship event.

NCHSAA players were given some special consideration based on regional success and success in some of the state’s top midseason tournaments — the HV3 Invitational, the North State Challenge, the Carmel Shootout, the Pinecrest Invitational, and The Neuse Invitational. A title in one could be the difference in making an honorable mention team or breaking a tie for the last spot on a second or third team.

There are seven slots on the honorable mention team that take into account championship finish, regional victories and in-season tournament performance.

The full teams are below, with selections listed in order of handicap index. The last number after the backwards slash is the player’s handicap index based on championship performance.

The HighSchoolOT All-State Boys Golf Team for 2024

First Team

Rich Wills, Stuart Cramer (senior) — 3A champ; 136 (-8); 3A West regional champ; Clemson recruit / -3.77
Carson Bertagnole, Pinecrest (junior) — 4A champ; 136 (-8); 4A Mideast regional champ; UNC recruit / -3.66
Jake Lewis, Green Hope (senior) — 2nd in 4A; 137 (-7); UNC-Greensboro recruit / -3.26
Ty Willoughby, Seaforth (sophomore) — 2A champ; 135 (-9); 2A Mideast regional champ / -2.93
Thomas Horne, Terry Sanford (senior) — T2nd in 3A; 138 (-6); 3A Mideast regional champ; Georgia Southern recruit / -2.91
Ethan Paschal, Terry Sanford (senior) — T2nd in 3A; 138 (-6); UNC recruit / -2.91
Will Guidry, J.H. Rose (senior) — 4th in 3A 139; (-5); UNC-Greensboro recruit / -2.48
Will Hartman, Charlotte Catholic (junior) — T3rd in 4A; 139 (-5) / -2.44
Pete Myers, Pinecrest (sophomore) — T3rd in 4A; 139 (-5) / -2.44
C.J. Peterson, North Raleigh Christian (senior) — NCISAA D1 co-champ*; 71 (-1) / 0.97

Second Team

John John Santospago, Pinecrest (freshman) — 5th in 4A; 140 (-4) / -2.03
Alex Bock, Freedom (senior) — 5th in 3A; 141 (-3); 3A West regional champ; Charlotte recruit / -1.63
Smith Summerlin, Broughton (sophomore) — T6th in 4A; 141 (-3) / -1.63
Frank Averitt, New Hanover (junior) — T6th in 4A; 141 (-3) / -1.63
Luke Mueller, Leesville Road (junior) — T6th in 4A; 141 (-3) / -1.63
Daniel McBrien, Apex Friendship (sophomore) — T6th in 4A; 141 (-3) / -1.63
Will Spicer, Kings Mountain (senior) — T6th in 3A; 142 (-2); Gardner-Webb recruit / -1.2
Talan Harrison, Northwest Cabarrus (junior) — T6th in 3A; 142 (-2); 3A Midwest regional champ / -1.2
David Gee, Fred T. Foard (sophomore) — T6th in 3A; 142 (-2) / -1.2
Ethan Boyette, Fike (senior) — T6th in 3A; 142 (-2); UNC-Wilmington recruit; HV3 Invitational champ / -1.2

Third Team

Drew Yeagley, Marvin Ridge (junior) — T10th in 4A; 143 (-1); 4A Midwest regional champ / -0.82
Jonathan Caulder, Providence (freshman) — T10th in 4A; 143 (-1) / -0.82
Joseph Royster, Lake Norman Charter (senior) — T10th in 3A; 143 (-1) / -0.77
Taft Courie, Terry Sanford (freshman) — T10th in 3A; 143 (-1) / -0.77
Michael Snyder, Harnett Central (junior) — T10th in 3A; 143 (-1) / -0.77
Warren Stiglitz, East Lincoln (freshman) — T10th in 3A; 143 (-1) / -0.77
Connor Warren, Mitchell (senior) — 1A champ*; 107 (E); 1A West regional champ; Charlotte recruit / -0.48
Pennson Badgett, East Surry (sophomore) — 2nd in 2A; 140 (-4); 2A Midwest regional champ / -0.35
Tim Kaufman, Cary Academy (senior) — NCISAA D1 champ*; 71 (-1); Washington & Lee (D3) recruit / 0.97
Andrew Neal, Cary Christian (junior) — NCISAA D2 champ; 141 (-3) / 0.71

Honorable Mention

Stephen Eastman, Trinity Academy (freshman) — NCISAA D3 champ*; 68 (-4) / -1.65
Preston Howe, Forsyth Country Day (junior) — 3rd in NCISAA D2; 143 (-1); North State Challenge champ / 1.59
Colin Salema, Providence (senior) — T17th in 4A; 145 (+1); 4A West regional champ; Clemson recruit; Carmel Shootout champ / 0
Lake Williams, J.H. Rose (junior) — 14th in 3A; 145 (+1); 3A East regional champ / 0.09
Hayden Magnussen, Wesleyan Christian (junior) — NCISAA D1 co-champ*; 71 (-1) / 0.97
Griffin Ching, Seaforth (junior) — 3rd in 2A; 142 (-2); 2A Mideast regional champ / 0.52
Charles McPherson, Cardinal Gibbons (sophomore) — T34th in 4A; 152 (+8) (2.85); 4A East regional champ; Neuse Invitational champ / 2.85

*championship was shortened to one day due to weather

Source: highschoolot.com