By Jeff Cali | The Ada News

Ada High boys golf coach Robbie Powell would have loved for his team to have been able to find two more strokes during the Class 4A State Tournament at the Winter Creek Golf and Country Club in Blanchard.

The Cougars shot a respectable three-round total of 338-308-332—978, good enough for a fifth-place finish in the 13-team field.

Ada was one stroke behind second-ranked and perennial golf juggernaut Heritage Hall, who was fourth with a score of 977.

“I was a little disappointed that we came up a shot short of catching Heritage Hall for fourth place, but we just put ourselves too far behind in round No. 1,” Powell said. “I thought we had a decent performance as a team and finished about where I expected.”

Top-ranked Cascia Hall won the 4A state title with a score of 908. Elk City was second at 927 followed by Holland Hall at 957. Grove was sixth with a score of 1,050.

The final day second round featured a two and a half hour rain delay, which made tough playing conditions even worse.

Senior Mack Weems earned All-State honors after finishing fourth in the individual standings with a three-round total of 76-72-79—227. Tress Hill of Elk City won the medalist crown with a 207, a stroke ahead of runner-up Will Sides of Cascia Hall who turned in a score of 208. Ada senior Michael Huff landed in 13th place with a score of 80-74-82—236.

“Overall it was a pretty successful season with a Top 5 finish at state and having Mack Weems make the 2021 All-State Golf Team,” Powell said.

In addition to Weems and Huff, the Cougars lineup included David Anderson, David Johnson and Derek Layton.