Charger golf warm heading to finals

Bath golf coach Terry Bradley gets to work and contours a bunker at the Lower Cascades course while the lead foursome waits to putt. Bath at James River

BOTETOURT COUNTRY CLUB— The James River Knights defeated the Bath County Chargers in Heads-up play last Thursday. Results were unavailable at press time.

Giles at Bath

LOWER CASCADES — The Bath County Chargers invited group A favorite Giles County to a head to head match and struggled on their home course to lose by 23 strokes, 184 to 161, on a beautiful autumn afternoon.

"Thought we would be a little more competitive on our home course," said Bath coach Terry Bradley.

All four Giles scores were ahead of top Charger Drew Newmarker's 44. Alex Fry and Walker Ryder tied for second on the Bath card at 46 strokes over the nine-hole round. Ryan Schneider's 48 rounded out the scoring.

"Pleased with Ryan Schneider's improvement today," Bradley said. "Giles is a perennial Region C Power, good to play tough competition ... Hopefully, we can get all five guys playing well on Monday."

Charger golfer Alex Fry smashes a drive off the second tee Tuesday afternoon at the Lower Cascades in a non-district match against Giles. The Chargers hosted James River Wednesday in their final regular-season match. Results were unavailable by press time.

The Bath golf team begins the post-season with the Pioneer District Tournament, Monday, at Cliffview Country Club in Covington. The action starts at 10:30 a.m.