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A year after former Stuart Cramer golf standout Rich Wills brought home individual state gold, the Storm boys golf team returned to Cramerton on Tuesday, May 13, with matching medals of their own.
After finishing tied atop the leaderboard with a team score of 9-over 585, Cramer and Fayetteville’s Terry Sanford needed playoff holes Tuesday to determine the 2025 NCHSAA 3A state champion. It was the Storm which came away with the crown, edging out Terry Sanford on the second playoff hole to claim the program’s first state title at Fayetteville’s Gates Four Golf & Country Club.
Leading the Storm was sophomore Lane Crotts, who tied for third after shooting a 3-under 141 for the tournament. After finishing even-par in Round 1, Crotts turned it up a notch Tuesday, finishing in the red with a 3-under 69. He birdied the fourth, ninth, 10th, 12th and 13th holes.
Senior Aiden Vargosko also came on strong the final 18 holes, shooting a 2-under 70. His 1-under 143 earned him a ninth-place finish. Drew Mercer (5-over 149), Britton Steede (9-over 153) and Ian Irish (9-over 153) contributed to the Storm’s title win.
East Lincoln’s Warren Stiglitz claimed the NCHSAA 3A individual boys golf title, shooting a 6-under 138 over 36 holes.
After finishing one stroke behind Foard’s Brewer Lael in the opening round, Stiglitz shot a 5-under 67 on Tuesday. Such included a stretch where he birdied four of six holes between the eighth and 13th. He wound up birdieing six holes in Round 2, his only bogey at the 17th.
Lael finished two strokes behind with a 4-under 140 for the tournament. J.H. Rose’s Jack West and Lake Williams, East Lincoln’s Jared Myers, Terry Sanford’s Charlie Horne joined Cramer’s Crotts tied for third with a 3-under 141.
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