STATELINE, Nev. ” North Tahoe junior Alec Griffith shot a final-round 79 to finish fourth individually in the 2A state championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course on Wednesday.

Griffith, who was in third place after firing a 78 on Day 1 of the two-day tournament, posted a final score of 157 ” just two strokes back of winner Foster Kenton of Mineral County. Kenton shot a 75 in the first round and an 80 in the second for a 155 total.

Defending state champion Jon “Cookie” Szendrey and Trevor Fairbank, both of Whittell, fired identical rounds of 5-over 77 to each finish at 156.

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Griffith, who works at Tahoe City Golf Course, competed individually along with sophomore teammate Travis Boerner, who placed 10th overall. Boerner shot an 89 and 84 for a 173 total.

According to North Tahoe head coach Dick Tomlinson’s account, Griffith pulled even with Mineral County’s Kenton after shooting 37 on the front. But an 8 on hole No. 10 left him two strokes back.

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He “steadied the ship” with a birdie on 15 and par on 16 to pull within one point of the lead, but a bogey on 18 left him two back.

“He’ll learn from (the experience) next year,” said Tomlinson, who’s excited to have a full team of returners next season, when he expects the Lakers to contend for the 2A title.

The Lakers narrowly missed out as a team this year, placing fourth at zones just six strokes short of a championship berth.

In the team competition Tuesday and Wednesday, Whittell captured its third straight 2A golf championship with a two-day total of 835 ” 25 strokes better than runner-up Incline (860). Battle Mountain finished a distant third at 948 and was followed by Needles, (959), Round Mountain (1,087) and West Wendover (incomplete).

The state tournament was played over the 6,050-yard, par-72 Genoa Lakes Golf Club on Tuesday and the 6,365-yard, par-72 Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course on Wednesday.

1st, Foster Kenton, Mineral County, 75-80″155

2nd, Trevor Fairbank, Whittell, 79-77″156 (scorecard tie-breaker)

3rd, Jonathan Szendrey, Whittell, 79-77″156

4th, Alec Griffith, North Tahoe, 78-79″157

5th, Jordan Wright, Incline, 84-77″161

6th, Tommy Annese, Incline, 81-83″164

7. Justin Holets, Incline, 81-86″167

7. Will Doudy, West Wendover, 81-86″167

9. Michael Koskin, Whittell, 77-91″168

10. Travis Boerner, North Tahoe, 89-84″173

11. Erik Baumann, Incline, 88-86″174

12. Cullen Pottmeyer, Needles, 87-88″175

13. Steven Mick, Whittell, 90-87″177

13. Denver Otteson, Tonopah, 89-88″177

15. Tony Wallock, Battle Mountain, 88-91″179

16. Geoff Caliger, Whittell, 101-82″183

16. Dennis Bee, Mountain View, 95-88″183

18. Will Sweeney, Round Mountain, 92-92″184

18. Tyler Hitchler, Lake Mead, 88-96″184

18. Joey Velesquez, Lake Mead, 83-101″184

21. Kenton Hartwick, Needles, 95-92″187

21. Clint Wilson, Round Mountain, 87-100″187

23. Nolan Hartwick, Needles, 94-94″188

24. Jerrick Price, West Wendover, 93-96″189

25. Jake Winters, Battle Mountain, 97-93″190

25. Matt Newgard, Battle Mountain, 96-94″190

27. Bobby Graham, West Wendover, 94-97″191

28. Alexander Szendrey, Whittell, 96-96″192

29. Trevor Jones, Battle Mountain, 100-94″194

29. Sam Canino, Incline, 97-97″194

31. Tylor Whitehead, Battle Mountain, 98-97″195

31. Shawn Pearson, Wells, 93-102″195

33. Travis Causey, Incline, 98-98″196

33. Daniel Sweeney, Round Mountain, 98-98″196

35. Clancey Carver, Round Mountain, 105-99″204

35. Shane East, Needles, 102-102″204

37. Kyle Parker, Needles, 103-102″205

38. Drew McLeod, Tonopah, 109-98″207

39. Michael Lowenthal, Needles, 105-107″212

40. Alex Hester, Jackpot, 94-123″217

41. Tyler Cardoza, Battle Mountain, 103-115″218

42. Robert McCluskey, Round Mountain, 143-173″316

1. Whittell, 421-414″835

2. Incline, 431-429″860

3. Battle Mountain, 479-469″948

4. Needles, 481-478″959

5. Round Mountain, 525-562″1087

6. West Wendover, Inc.