Area Sports Briefs: Davidson lands top-10 finish in golf tournament …

PINEHURST — Sam Davidson of Asheboro shared 10th place in this month’s Carolinas Amateur at Pinehurst No. 7.

Davidson finished at 5-under-par 283 with rounds of 66, 73, 71 and 73.

Chandler Mulkey of Johns Island, South Carolina, was the champion with 14-under 274, one stroke better than Davis Womble of Winston-Salem.

** Davidson tied for sixth place in the North Carolina Amateur last month at the Cardinal in Greensboro. He shot rounds of 71, 69, 69 and 67.

The winner was Jackson Spires of Apex with a four-round total of 9-under-par 271 for a two-shot victory on Misha Golod of Chapel Hill.

Asheboro soccer standout

withdraws from all-star event

Asheboro’s Cam Letterlough was selected for the North Carolina East-West All-Star Game for boys’ soccer, but he didn’t play in last week’s game in Greensboro because of a scheduling conflict.

Letterlough, who was the leading scorer for the Blue Comets on their way to a 2024 Class 3A runner-up finish in the state, is planning to play collegiately for Chowan.