NBA player Cooper Flagg isn’t the only athlete from the Newport area doing unprecedented things.

The Nokomis Regional High School golf team won its first-ever Class B state championship on Friday, with the Warriors taking home the title at Natanis Golf Course in Vassalboro.

Nokomis cemented an undefeated season with a 45-over-par team total in the 18-hole competition, two strokes ahead of runner-up York.

Head coach Matt Brown said ahead of the state competition that his team hadn’t ever won a state title.

The Warriors got a huge boost from their top player, SJ Welch, whose four-over-par round of 76 earned him the individual state title as well.

Along with proving himself to be one of the best golfers in the state, Welch also proved his coach right.

“I think that our depth is really w

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