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Kelley wins medallist honors August 31, 2009 - No reporter cited

Dewayne Holloway
Sports Editor

DEQUEEN – Junior Justin Kelley of Nashville earned medallist honors Wednesday, Aug. 26, in a match at the DeQueen Country Club against the DeQueen Leopards.

The Scrappers were one shot short of a win in the match-up with a team score of 129, with DeQueen shooting 128.

“Our top two guys beat their top two guys, but we had a drop off with our next two,” Coach Johnny Wilson said when asked about the one shot loss.

Kelley and Brennan Watkins of DeQueen each shot a 40 to share the medallist honors.

Scrapper Tyler Lawrence had the third best score in the match with a 41.

Other Scrapper scores were Tres Dunn with a 47, Aaron Shanks with a 48, Austin Shanks with a 49 and Michael Steel with a 56.

Nikki Neeley of the Lady Leopards was the medallist in the girls match with a 49.

Marissa McCammack and Hayden Kirchhoff represented the Scrapperettes. McCammack shot a 53 and Kirchhoff shot a 60.

Nashville will return to the greens Tuesday, Sept. 1, when they travel to Ashdown.

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