Lady Bears golf win region championship; Bears’ Gavin Odom advances to state championship

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The Lady Bears golf team are region champions for the first time in 10 years after finishing fourth in the Area 2-5A tournament on Tuesday. Jada-Reese Pittman (middle), who advanced to the state championship tournament as an individual last year, led the team with a score of 76. (Courtesy of HoCo Golf)

Both Houston County golf programs have reason to celebrate this week after a competitive bout in Hawkinsville, Georgia for the Area 2-5A tournament on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The girls are Region 2-5A champions for the first time in 10 years after finishing fourth as a team, up three spots from their seventh place finish last season.

Jada-Reese Pittman, who qualified as an individual for the state championship tournament in 2025, once again led the pack with a score of 76. Mei Caroll and Gracie Moody rounded out the top three with scores of 93 and 99 respectively.

The Lady Bears will take part in the 5A sectionals at Mirror Lake Golf Club in Villa Ricca, Georgia in the first week of May.

Houston County’s Gavin Odom (middle) was the individual champion of the Area 2-5A tournament with a score of 67 in Hawkinsville, Georgia on Wednesday. (Courtesy of HoCo Golf)

The Bears finished fifth in the area and second in Region 2-5A with a team score of 306, just two removed from Coffee and Roswell who tied for third place with 304.

Gavin Odom was the individual winner of the event with a score of 67; he will advance to the state championship tournament to be held at the Jekyll Island Golf Club.

Cash Blasche (76), Brody Blackwell (78) and Landon Thrift (85) filled out HoCo’s top four.