Calhoun County golf
- Updated: March 25, 2025
Eagle on No. 18 clinches medalist for Hurst, helps WP boys win another title. Eighth-grader Stokes goes wire to wire, leads Alexandria girls back to the top.
By Joe Medley
East Alabama Sports Today
PINE HILL — Cam Hurst found his best just in time during Tuesday’s final round of the Calhoun County golf tournament.
The White Plains High School junior hit a 3 wood into position then eagled No. 18, completing his comeback from three strokes down to win his first county title.
Hurst finished 72-75—147 to lead White Plains’ boys to a 303-307—610 for the two-round tournament, and the Wildcats overcame a final-round-best 72 by Alexandria’s Jamarcus Stokes to edge the Valley Cubs by five strokes.
Led by eighth-grader Jasmine Stokes, Alexandria’s girls flipped the script, finishing 263-252—515 to edge defending champion White Plains by 11 strokes. Stokes went 80-80—160 to finish as low medalist, edging teammate Neveah Foster by seven strokes.
Also, Alexandria’s Fisher Prichard prevailed in a two-hole playoff with Donoho’s Carson Chandler to finish as boys’ runner up. Both golfers finished regulation play at 149.
Chandler led by three strokes with four holes to go in regulation and held a one-shot lead going into the final hole, but Hurst saved his best thunder clap for last. His second shot on No. 18, a 3 wood from 240 yards, skipped just atop the sand trap to the right of the green and rolled back and left, settling about 15 feet above the hole.
Hurst, staring at an eagle putt as Chandler faced a 10-footer for par, followed that his stunning second shot with a happy accident, sinking the eagle putt.
He punctuated the moment with a Tiger Woods fist pump. A two-putt birdie would’ve been enough to clinch a playoff for the championship.
“If I’m being honest with you, I wasn’t trying to make it,” Hurst said. “I guess that’s how it happens sometimes.”
His 3-wood shot from 240 yards to just might’ve been the shot of the tournament. It got him to the green with all of the initiative on his side.
Pine Hill is White Plains’ home course, and Hurst took advantage of his experience there.
“I just tried to hit a low cut,” he said. “I’ve hit it a hundred times on this hole. I knew exactly what I was going to do.”
Hurst’s big finish and dramatic victory won him hugs from his small army of White Plains’ teammates. The Wildcats fielded 16 golfers.
He also got kudos from former White Plains teammate Sawyer Edwards and former Weaver standout Nick Ledbetter, winners of the past three county tournaments. Edwards, who graduated in 2024, wrapped 2022 and 2024 county titles around Ledbetter’s titles, and Edwards fought off Hurst’s final-round challenge last year.
The most emotional hug game from Hurst’s father, Brandon, who fought off tears in the moment just before Hurst did interviews.
Hurst’s rally from three shots down in the final four holes marked the culmination of two years of growth, White Plains coach Chris Randall said.
“Two years ago. he would’ve lost his mind,” Randall said. “Made a couple of bogeys in a row, he would’ve lost his composure. I would’ve had to get onto him. I would’ve had to challenge his manhood.
“To watch him grow up, I’m more proud of how he acted when he was down a couple. The Tiger pump on 18 was really cool. I could do that, but to maintain his composure when he got down … and to pull it out like that?”
Hurst’s eagle was one of three for White Plains on the day. Ryder Hudgins hit the other two on the way to a 76-75—151 finish.
“It took three eagles in this round to hold off Alexandria,” Randall said. “Jamarcus Stokes has got as much talent as any kids that’s ever come through this county. He’s going to be phenomenal. He played great today, shot even par. Cleat (Forrest) was steady all day long.”
Led by Stokes’ final-round best 72, Alexandria’s boys had the best team round of the day at 304.
“I’m really proud of our boys,” Alexandria coach Craig Kiker said. “They came back after a scored they weren’t proud of yesterday and won the day. We just couldn’t quite make up enough strokes.
“A lot of credit to White Plains. They’ve got a good team, but I’m really proud of the way our boys played overall as a team today.”
Alexandria’s girls reclaimed the county title a year after White Plains took it from them. The reigning AHSAA Class 4A-5A state champions entered Tuesday’s final round with a two-shot lead and improved on their first-round scored by 11 strokes.
Alana Prickette, the Valley Cubs’ third counter at 90, accounted for a lot of that improvement, besting her first-round score by eight strokes. Foster made a three-stroke improvement.
‘I’m just really proud of our kids and how hard they’ve worked,” Kiker said. “This is the best they’ve played this year, so it was a good time to do it.”
Kiker called Stokes’ play “real steady.”
Stokes, the reigning Alabama Junior Golf Association 14-under player of the year, called scoring her first-ever low-medalist finish in high school golf “absolutely amazing.”
“I just came out here today and got my putting down from yesterday,” she said.. “I just came out here focused on what I really needed to work on.”
Boys’ team scores
Girls’ team scores
Individuals
Photo gallery by Joe Medley
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