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La Salle star Drew MacLeod captured back-to-back Boys State Titles on Wednesday afternoon at Cranston Country Club. 

MacLeod fired a two-round total of 142 to win by two shots over Cranston West’s Kailer Louangxay. 

“It feels really good. I played really well yesterday (Tuesday), so it is a good confidence booster for my game. Coming into today, I had a good lead, but I still really wanted to play good and have a good team score. That’s the most important to me,” MacLeod said after the round. 

MacLeod is the second player from La Salle to win back-to-back State Titles in the last six years after Max Jackson did it in 2021 and 2022. 

MacLeod Wins It 

MacLeod opened the final round with a four shot lead over teammate Sam Perry and Lincoln’s Luke Cavanaugh. 

The UConn commit opened the final round with a birdie on the first, but followed up with a bogey on four and a double on seven after taking an unplayable from the trees. 

After just missing a birdie on eight and converting a lengthy two-putt par on nine, MacLeod turned at two-over 37. 

Following a par on ten, Macleod bogeyed 11, but got it back with a birdied on the 14th hole to give himself some breathing room going into the final holes. 

“I felt I was pretty locked in. At times I got a little unfocused, but when I needed to be, I was focused. I had one of my teammates (Sam Perry) tracking me down on the early part of the back nine so I felt a little bit of pressure there, but glad to get it done,” said MacLeod. 

MacLeod bogeyed 16 and made bogey on 18 from the back of the green to a tough pin location to take the two-shot victory. 

Boys Leaderboard 

1. Drew MacLeod – 142 

2. Kailer Louangxay – 144 

T3. Brent Rollo – 149 

Sam Perry

T5. Luke Cavanaugh – 150 

Griffin Cooper 

T7. Mitch McTaggart – 152 

Noah Antunes 

T9. Nate Crossman – 153 

Tiernan Leahy 

Ray Rainville 

T12. Rocco Dimatteo – 154 

Jack Marques 

T14. Nate Carter – 155 

Grayson Moore 

T16. Sean Carroll – 156 

Kenny Lass 

18. Nate Jackson – 157 

T19. Declan Phinney – 158 

JD Plante 

Rocco Capalbo