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Santa Margarita and Mater Dei’s Brayden Jones place high at state boys golf
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Santa Margarita’s boys and Mater Dei’s Brayden Jones each finished in the top three at the CIF State boys golf championships at Poppy Hills Golf Course in Pebble Beach on Tuesday.
The Eagles capped a strong postseason by tying De La Salle for second place in the team competition.
The Trinity League co-champion tallied a 7-over-par score of 362 to finish nine shots behind champion Stevenson (353), a private school in the Monterey Peninsula.
Santa Margarita’s tie for second marked its highest finish at the state finals.
Senior Hudson Vedder led the way by shooting a 3-under-par 68 to place sixth as an individual.
The Eagles’ scoring lineup also included sophomore Ronin Banerjee (73), junior Alex Sheehan (73), freshman Anthony Wu (74) and junior Landon Frank (74).
Jones, a sophomore, carded a 5-under-par 66 to place third.
He record six birdies and one bogey while playing in a pairing that included winner Jaden Soong of St. Francis.
Soong, a freshman, carded a 9-under-par 62, a record for the lowest score in the state finals.
With seven birdies and an eagle, Soong outdistanced runner-up Evan Liu of Torrey Pines by two strokes. Liu, a sophomore, posted a 64 to match the previous record low score at the state finals.
Corona del Mar’s Matthew Hull shot an even-par 71 to tie for 12th.
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