Triad juniors place high at CGA tourney

Two high school teammates made strong showings at the last major Carolinas Golf Association junior event of the year.

Andrew Jenkins, a freshman at Forsyth Country Day tied for fifth and junior Griffin Huckabee tied for 15th at the Jimmy Anderson Boys Invitational, Oct. 25-26, at Greenville Country Club. Jenkins finished with 2-under-par 208 for the tournament, two shots behind winner David Quinones of Hampstead, who shot 69 in the final round. Huckabee posted 2-over 212.

Both were on top of the leaderboard at 5-under-par 165 through 36 holes, but fell back in the final round. Jenkins shot 68 and 67 in the first two rounds. Huckabee shot a tournament-low 65 in the second round. Jack Weston of Summerfield tied for sixth at 211.