Despite his best efforts, the medalist honor at Tuesday’s Vicksburg High Invitational slipped away from Channing Curtis. He settled, instead, for helping St. Aloysius to the team trophy at Clear Creek Golf Course

Curtis made birdie on his last hole to finish with a 71 and force a playoff with Ridgeland’s Parker Rogers, then drained a 30-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to stay alive.

Rogers then made birdie on the second playoff while Curtis settled for par to take medalist.

Curtis finished second, and teammate Gabriel Riveros was third with a 75. The Flashes totaled 349 shots to beat Ridgeland by 13 shots in the team standings.

Vicksburg was third with 406, and Warren Central a distant fourth with 424.

Warren Central tennis beats Florence

The No. 1 boys doubles team of Alex Velazquez and William Wooten won their match 6-4, 6-7, 10-3 to provide the swing point in Warren Central’s 4-3 tennis win over Florence on Tuesday.

Warren Central’s other points came from Joseph Jabour in boys singles 7-6, 6-4; the No. 2 boys doubles team of Brent Styles and Blake Wilson 6-1, 6-0; and Matthew Register and Avery Lynn Liddell in mixed doubles 7-5, 6-2.