Dexter golf finishes fourth at Class C championship
Farnsworth is individual runner-up
VASSALBORO — The Dexter Regional High School golf team finished in fourth place at the 2026 Class C championship on Saturday, Oct. 10 at Natanis Golf Course.
The Tigers ended the day with a score of 332 points (+44), fourth-fewest among the 12 qualifying schools.
Maranacook Community High School of Readfield won the state championship, the program’s third since 2022 to go along with that year and 2024, by shooting a 317.
Winthrop High School was a stroke behind in second place at 318 with Calais High School in fourth place at 328.
DEXTER GOLF — The Dexter golf team came in fourth at the 2026 Class C championship on Oct. 10 at Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro. Front, from left, Karter Vega, Caden Towle, Mason Gilbert, Carson Coffman, AJ Hartford, Ryan Farnsworth and Blake Dodge. Back, head coach Ryan Wilks, Keegan Cromwell, Will Simpson, Jackson Clark, Colin Mountain and coach Raymond Mountain.
Following Dexter was 5. Houlton High School at 336, 6. Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln at 350, T-7. Narraguagus High School of Harrington and North Yarmouth Academy at 352, 9. Orono High School at 356, 10. Dirigo High School of Dixfield at 362, 11. Central Aroostook High School of Mars Hill at 369 and 12. Hodgdon High School at 370.
Dexter’s Ryan Farnsworth finished in second place among 85 golfers. Farnsworth shot a 74 (+2). He was just one stroke behind the 73 for Class C champion Jack Fontaine of Maranacook.
Three golfers tied for third place at 76.
Wyatt Corson of Dexter was part of a 5-way tie for seventh place as he shot a 79.
Will Simpson and two other golfers tied for 29th place at 86 apiece.
Colin Mountain’s 98 tied him and Houlton’s Jacob Bush for 70th place.
Keegan Cromwell had a score of 100 to be part of a 3-way tie for 74th place.
Dexter qualified for the Class C championship for the sixth season in a row, coming in second in 2024 and being in fourth place a year ago. In 2023 Dexter finished in a tie for eighth place with a score of 357, in 2022 Dexter came in third at 348 and in 2021 the team was sixth with a score of 369.
Greenville High School’s Bear Swinson earned a state championship berth. He was part of a 3-way tie for 61st place with a score of 96.
Liana Yeo of Foxcroft Academy earned a spot in the Class B girls championship, also on Oct. 12 at Natanis Golf Course.
Yeo and Cate Brown of Mount Desert Island High School each shot a 108 (+36) to tie for 11th place among 16 golfers.
Kathryn Peterson of Lake Region High School of Naples and Carla Ferraris of Fryeburg Academy shared Class B girls champion honors with a score of 90 each. Emma Kane of Cape Elizabeth High School finished third at 94.
For hole by hole results from the three state championship competitions, visit the online leaderboard at https://www.golfgenius.com/pages/6267335.