It was a
busy day for HCC teams in the golf regionals on Saturday. The day included some
gratifying performances and some heartbreak. Perhaps the biggest news came at
New Castle, where Noblesville advanced to the state finals with a second place
finish. The Millers actually tied for first with Richmond at 330 but lost on
the tiebreaking criteria. The big news is that they upended conference rival
Hamilton Southeastern in the process. The Royals ended third two shots back at
332. That was good enough to advance to the state finals.
Elsewhere,
Lafayette Jefferson finished third in the regional they hosted. The Bronchos
will advance to the finals. Unforttunately, the same can not be said for
Harrison which ended eighth in the field. Avon also failed to qualify when the
Orioles could muster no better than sixth in the field at Martinsville.
The
heartbreak of the day came to #17 Zionsville. The Eagles were edged for third
in the Franklin Central regional by unranked Shelbyville. The Golden Bears shot
a 352, two strokes better than Zionsville.
Here is a
look at the qualifying performances by HCC squads.
LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON REGIONAL
Ninth-ranked Western logged a 333 to
defeat runner-up No. 14 Indianapolis Cathedral by 11 shots for the crown, with
No. 13 host Lafayette Jefferson another 10 strokes back in third and also
advancing at Lafayette Municipal. Cathedral’s Molly Ward shot a 75 to down
Paige Crafton of Indianapolis Chatard by two shots for medalist honors.
Team scores
1. #9 Western 333
2. #14 Indianapolis Cathedral 344
3. #13 Lafayette Jefferson 354
4. Kokomo 364
5. Lafayette Central Catholic 365
6. Lebanon 372
7. Northwestern 376
8. Harrison (West Lafayette) 377
9. Indianapolis Chatard 385
10. Crawfordsville 392
11. Heritage Christian 405
12. Western Boone 408
Schools advancing to the regional
round:
Western 333
Carlee Cossell 1 4 3 4 5 4 6 4 5 5
40 4 4 5 3 6 3 4 4 6 39 79
Maggie Talbert 2 8 3 5 6 5 4 5 5 6
47 5 4 4 3 6 3 5 5 5 40 87
Ashley Young 3 6 5 5 5 5 7 4 6 5 48
4 4 4 4 6 4 6 4 5 41 89
Courtnee Cossell 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 4
43 4 6 4 3 6 4 4 4 6 41 84
Allison Lindley 5 5 3 4 6 4 5 6 4 4
41 5 5 4 3 5 3 5 5 7 42 83
Indianapolis Cathedral 344
Molly Ward 1 4 3 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 40 4
4 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 35 75
Abby Lauk 2 6 4 5 5 4 5 6 6 5 46 4 4
4 2 6 3 6 5 5 39 85
Christine White 3 6 4 4 5 4 5 6 7 5
46 6 5 5 3 7 3 5 5 7 46 92
Christie Cates 4 5 3 5 6 5 5 6 7 5
47 6 4 5 5 6 4 5 6 6 47 94
Sarah Renie 5 8 3 5 6 4 6 4 7 4 47 5
6 4 3 6 4 5 7 5 45 92
Lafayette Jefferson 354
Regan Pittard 1 4 3 6 6 4 7 4 6 5 45
3 6 4 3 5 4 5 3 5 38 83
Leisha Beutler 2 6 4 4 5 4 8 7 5 4
47 5 4 5 4 6 4 4 5 6 43 90
Kate Burklow 3 7 3 5 5 4 8 6 7 4 49
6 6 5 3 6 3 4 6 6 45 94
Melissa Kerfoot 4 5 3 6 6 4 7 5 6 4
46 4 5 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 41 87
Kaylee Hoggard 5 7 4 6 9 5 4 5 7 6
53 5 5 6 2 6 5 7 7 7 50 103
Top individual scores
1. Molly Ward, Indianapolis Cathedral
75
2. Paige Crafton, Indianapolis
Chatard 77
3. Carlee Cossell, Western 79
4. Kylie Kern, Kokomo 82
Individuals advancing without a team
1. Paige Crafton, Indianapolis
Chatard 77
2. Kylie Kern, Kokomo 82
3. Brooke McKay, Heritage Christian
83
NEW CASTLE REGIONAL
Fourth-ranked Richmond and No. 11
Noblesville both shot 330, but it was the Red Devils who came away with the
regional crown via a three-stroke advantage on the fifth-score tiebreaker at
Westwood. Fifth-ranked defending state champion Hamilton Southeastern (332) had
an off day but still managed to hold off No. 16 Yorktown by nine shots and
capture the all-important third state finals berth.
Noblesville’s Meghan Potee shot a 73
to take medalist honors by one shot over Trisha Witherby of Richmond.
“Our girls played well enough to
advance to the state finals, (but) it was definitely a day of ups and downs,”
said HSE coach Steve Guenin. “We started out pretty well – one of our goals for
the day – but did not finish as well as we would have liked (in) falling short
of another one of our goals.
“Our girls learned a lot this
weekend about handling pressure and responding to tough conditions. Both will
help us Friday. This is when we see what we’re made of!”
Team scores
1. #4 Richmond 330*
2. #11 Noblesville 330
3. #5 Hamilton Southeastern 332
4. #16 Yorktown 341
5. #21 Fishers 367
6. Hagerstown 368
7. Marion 390
8. Muncie Central 391
9. Huntington North 401
10. Centerville 403
11. Delta 404
12. Southwood 415
Schools advancing to the regional
round:
Richmond 330
Trisha Witherby 1 4 4 3 4 5 3 4 5 5
37 4 3 4 4 5 5 3 5 4 37 74
Ashtyn Brown 2 5 4 5 4 5 3 5 4 6 41
6 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 4 40 81
Erin Ingram 3 6 5 3 6 5 4 5 4 4 42 5
5 7 7 5 4 4 5 6 48 90
Ashley Mullin 4 7 6 4 5 6 3 5 6 6 48
4 4 7 6 5 6 4 3 5 44 92
Hayley Owens 5 6 7 4 4 6 3 6 5 4 45
5 3 4 6 6 5 3 4 4 40 85
Noblesville 330
Meghan Potee 1 5 6 3 4 5 5 4 5 5 42
4 2 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 31 73
Shannon Collyer 2 5 6 3 5 7 3 5 6 5
45 5 3 5 6 6 5 4 6 5 45 90
Vaness Hanlin 3 4 5 3 5 5 4 4 6 5 41
6 4 5 5 6 4 2 5 6 43 84
Brenna Obergfell 4 6 5 3 5 7 3 4 5 5
43 4 3 5 5 6 4 3 5 5 40 83
Heather Hayes 5 6 4 4 5 6 5 5 4 6 45
5 4 5 6 11 5 4 5 5 50 95
Hamilton Southeastern 332
Brooke Beegle 1 3 5 3 5 6 2 5 5 4 38
5 3 5 4 8 7 3 4 5 44 82
Kelsey Smith 2 5 5 3 5 6 4 4 4 4 40
4 3 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 42 82
Darcy Allman 3 5 5 4 5 5 3 5 4 5 41
4 3 7 5 8 5 3 5 5 45 86
Anne Leighty 4 5 4 4 4 5 3 6 5 6 42
4 4 6 5 5 4 3 4 5 40 82
Kelli Ray 5 5 9 3 5 6 4 4 5 4 45 5 4
6 5 5 7 4 5 4 45 90
Top individual scores
1. Meghan Potee, Noblesville
73
2. Trisha Witherby, Richmond
74
3. Kelli Witt, Fishers 76
4. Kennedy Windlan, Yorktown
76
5. Tara Clark, Yorktown 77
Individuals advancing without a team
1. Kelli Witt, Fishers 76
2. Kennedy Windlan, Yorktown 76
3. Tara Clark, Yorktown 7
