The Pinecrest boys' golf team tightened its hold on first place in the Mid-Southeastern Conference with last week's victory at Scotch Meadows. Monday's scheduled league match at Stryker Golf Course on Fort Bragg was postponed until Thursday because of poor weather.

The Patriots' Jack Fields earned medalist honors with a 2-under-par round of 70 at Scotch Meadows. Combined with a 72 by Russell Burke, a 75 by Justin Evans and Patrick Barrett's 76, the Patriots posted a team score of 293. Richmond County was second at 302, followed by Jack Britt, 314, Scotland, 327, Hoke, 482, and Westover, 489.

Two of the Patriot golfers holed out shots for eagles. Burke had his second shot take one bounce before finding the cup on the par-4 16th hole. Evans chipped in for an eagle on the sixth hole.

Later in the week, Barrett joined Fields and Burke as players that have shot rounds in the 60s for Pinecrest this season. Barrett earned medalist honors with a 4-under-par 68 in an invitational tournament held at Keith Hills that included Ravenscroft, Green Hope and Broughton. Fields was also under-par with a 70. The Patriots finished third with a team score of 290 behind Green Hope (284) and Ravenscroft (287).

Cape Fear Tops Falcons

The O'Neal School boys' tennis team traveled to Wilmington last Friday to play Cape Fear Academy and lost, 9-0.

O'Neal's record dropped to 5-4 for the season (5-3 in the Triad Athletic Conference standings), while Cape Fear improved to 13-0 with the win.

O'Neal was scheduled to play Village Christian at home on Monday, but the match was postponed because of rain. The Falcons were scheduled to play against Westchester Country Day School at High Point on Tuesday.

Cape Fear 9, O'Neal 0

Singles -- John Anderson (CF) defeated Steve Horlocker 6-2, 6-0; Greg Field (CF) def. Austen Hasty 6-0, 6-0; Rob High (CF) def. Vince Novosel 6-1, 6-0; Michael Maynard (CF) def. Matthew Friesen 6-0, 6-0; Andrew Schuett (CF) def. Corbin O'Donnell 6-1, 6-0; Will Hamilton (CF) def. Mark Pracht 7-6, (11-9), 7-5

Doubles -- J. Anderson-P. Anderson (CF) def. Herlocker-Friesen 8-1; Field-Schuett (CF) def. Hasty-Novosel 8-1; Maynard-A. Gianaplus (CF) def. O'Donnell-Pracht 8-1.

Pat Netters Get Win

The Pinecrest boys' tennis team takes a record of 13-0 into the final week of Mid-Southeastern Conference action.

The Patriots are scheduled to play away matches at Westover on Tuesday, at Douglas Byrd on Wednesday and at Seventy-First on Thursday.

Last week, the Patriots lost their first set and first individual match of the season in conference play while defeating Scotland County 8-1 on Wednesday. On Thursday, they beat Jack Britt 9-0.

Next Monday, Pinecrest will meet Chapel Hill, the fourth-ranked team in the NCHSTCA 4-A rankings, at the Pinehurst Resort. The conference tournament begins the next day at noon, also at the resort.

Pinecrest 8, Scotland County 1

Singles -- Daniel Hall (P) defeated Will McDonald 6-4, 6-2; Dana Parziale (P) def. David Beranek 6-3, 6-3; Tyler Minnick (S) def. Will Davis 7-6 (7-5), 6-3; Bradley Thwaites (P) def. Marshall Cooley 6-1, 6-1; Michael Hieronymus (P) def. Nathan Bradley 7-5, 6-3; Will Harris (P) def. Matt Goodwin 6-2, 6-2.

Doubles -- Parziale-Davis (P) def. McDonald-Beranek 8-2; Thwaites-Hieronymus (P) def. Minnick-Ian Berdeau 8-5; Harris-Taylor Miles (P) def. Cooley-Bradley 8-6.

Pinecrest 9, Jack Britt 0

Singles -- Daniel Hall (P) def. Jan Ballard 6-1, 6-0; Dana Parziale (P) def. Demetrius Slaton 6-0, 6-3; Will Davis (P) def. Chase Sapp 6-1, 6-0; Bradley Thwaites (P) def. Kyle Schuster 6-0, 6-0; Michael Hieronymus (P) def. Kelvin Carter 6-0, 6-2; Will Harris (P) def. Michael Ramsey 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles -- Thwaites-Hieronymus (P) def. Ballard-Slaton 8-0; Avery Gant-Jordan Dew (P) def. Sapp-Schuster 8-0; Andrew Jones-Ethan Kavanaugh (P) def. Carter-Scriven 8-3.