Fortuna’s McWhorter tops the field on competitive opening day

By barstoolfanatics on March 26, 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Submitted photos – The Fortuna Huskies won the opening round in H-DNL boys golf this week.

Dawson McWhorter and the Fortuna Huskies got the new H-DNL boys golf season off to a good start this week.

The Huskies hosted the season-opening round at the Redwood Empire Golf and Country Club on Monday and took the team victory on a competitive day of action.

McWhorter led the way and took the individual victory with a round of 76, just one stroke better than McKinleyville’s Jake Gardner.

Just four strokes separated the top four golfers on the day, all representing different schools.

And that suggests the race for this year’s championship should be an exciting one.

St. Bernard’s Breadon Simpson had the third best round of the day with a 78, followed by Arcata’s Mason Alway in fourth with a round of 79.

Alway’s teammate Ryzen Miller rounded out the top five with an 82.

Eight teams competed on opening day, with Arcata placing second.

The Huskies shot a combined 339, which was just eight strokes better than the Tigers (347).

There was a good battle for third place, with the Eureka boys (371) edging McKinleyville (373) and St. Bernard’s (378) just five strokes further back.

The Huskies had four golfers place in the top nine on the day.

Fortuna’s Rocklin Austrus placed sixth with a round of 83, just one stroke out of the top five.

The Arcata Tigers

The Eureka Loggers

Eureka’s Kaden Goodman (88) and Arcata’s Zayne Morris-Slattery (89) had the next best scores, with Fortuna’s Robbie Shoemaker and Lucas Butler and McKinleyville’s Carter Reeves each tying for ninth with rounds of 90.

Trevor Hunt led the way for South Fork with a round of 94, while Brandt Pennington had the low score for Del Norte with a round of 96 and Anthony Coulombe led the Hoopa boys with a 136.

Cooper McWhorter (91) and Noah Reback (95) rounded out the top-six scores on the day for the victorious Huskies.

The second round of league action takes place at Del Norte.