NEWRY — Recent Madison Area Memorial High School graduate Seth Sweet shot a final round 79 to win the Maine Amateur Championship at Sunday River Golf Course today.

Sweet finished with a three-round total of 219 to finish three shots in front of two-time winner Ricky Jones and 2011 runner-up Jason Harris.

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YOUR WINNER: Seth Sweet walks off the green after parring the 18th hole to win the Maine Amateur Championships on Thursday at the Sunday River Golf Course in Newry. Portland Press Herald photo by Gordon Chibroski

Photo by Gordon Chibroski / Staff Photographer. Thursday, July 12, 2012. 2012. Seth Sweet chips on the 17th and makes bogey after missing the putt in Maine Amateur Golf action at Sunday River Golf Club in Newry, Maine.

Sweet shot back-to-back 70s in the first-two rounds to take a 6-shot lead in the final round.