By Michael Buhler
TSnews
The Andale-Garden Plain girls golf team placed three golfers in the top eight and edged out Buhler by one stroke to win the Cheney Invitational Monday at Cherry Oaks Golf Course.
Andale-GP won the tournament with a 397, while Buhler shot 398. Host Cheney took third with a 429, but Cardinals golfer Kaitlyn Fowler tied Wichita Trinity’s Lorlai Millspaugh for medalist honors by shooting a 90.
Andale-GP golfers Carly Hitt and Jaycee Brown tied for fifth after each shot 95, while Hillary Niemann took eighth with a 100 and Macey Hensley tied for 19th with a 107. Arabella Clevenger tied for 25th with a score of 111. Trinity Goodwin shot 124 to tie for 42nd, while Addison Seiler tied for 44th after shooting 125 and Hannah Goff shot 137 to finish 57th.
For the Cardinals, Hayley Sutter shot 111 to tie for 25th, while Brynn McCormick shot 112 to take 28th and Amelia Meng carded a 116 to place 31st. Payton Ryba’s 122 was good for 38th, while Nicole Krueger carded a 127 and took 48th.
Andale-GP was at Hesston earlier this week and is back there Friday before coming back to Cherry Oaks to host a tournament Monday. The team also has tournaments Thursday at El Dorado and at Crazy Horse Golf Club in Hutchinson.
Cheney also is at Hesston Friday and will join Andale-GP back at Cherry Oaks Monday before heading to Pretty Prairie Tuesday.
Cardinals win Kingman Invitational
The Cardinals turned in a dominant performance at the Kingman Invitational last Thursday, shooting a 216 to outdistance runner-up Liberal by 22 strokes and take home the title.
Fowler shot a 44 to take individual medalist honors, while Sutter shot a 56 to tie for fifth, McCormick carded a 57 to tie for seventh and the duo of Ryba and Krueger each shot 59s to tie for 10th. Meng shot a 65 to place 23rd.
“The girls rebounded a little from the Pratt tournament with more consistent scoring,” Cheney coach Randy Leroux said. “Kingman greens were small as were Pratt’s. but we handled them better at Kingman. This effort allowed us to cut a few strokes off each individual score. Kaitlyn Fowler played well as she repeated as the Kingman individual champion. We will continue to work on refining our individual game to benefit the total team scores.”
Goddard sent some its younger golfers to Kingman and took fifth as a team with a 257. Sydney Tran tied for 14th with a 60. while Kaylyn Brundage tied for 21st with a 64. Sierra Lukens tied for 24th with a 66, while Natalie Klenda and Taiya Pepperd each carded 67s to tie for 27th. Melody Hoy shot a 76 to finish 40th.
Tigers take second at own invitational, Lions fourth
The Eisenhower Tigers placed two golfers in the top eight and finished second to Maize at the Eisenhower Invitational last Thursday at Tex Consolver Golf Course.
The Tigers shot 205, 19 strokes behind Maize, while Maize South took third with a 210 and Goddard placed fourth with a 213, edging Andover Central on a fifth-score tiebreaker.
“We were a little shorthanded with some sickness, so getting second was nice,” Eisenhower coach Cliff Hartzog said. “But to compete down the line, we need to continue getting better and healthy.”
Kayla Jensen paced Eisenhower with a 45 to take second, while Lexi Habbert shot a 49 to tie for eighth. Emma Scheer tied for 16th with a 54, while Abby Brewer shot a 57 to tie for 31st and Lillian Roy carded a 58 to tie for 35th.
For the Lions, Kaiden Phillips tied for eighth with a 49, while Jade Simeona carded a 52 to place 12th and Ally Hamblin’s 55 was good for 22nd. Aubrie Culver shot a 57 to tie for 31st, while Kalista Rugh carded a 58 to tie for 35th. Kylie Hood shot a 60 to tie for 39th, while Allie Snyder’s 75 was good for 47th.
Rugh’s score of 58 provided the tiebreaker for Goddard to take fourth, as Andover Central’s fifth golfer shot a 62.
The Tigers were at Salina earlier this week and head to Hesston Friday before playing at Rolling Hills Country Club in Wichita Monday. Meanwhile, the Lions were at Andover earlier this week and play at Auburn Hills Thursday before going to Cheney Monday.
Colts take fifth at Newton
The Campus Colts shot a 198 to take fifth at the Newton Invitational last Tuesday.
Campus finished four strokes behind third-place Newton and three behind Maize South for fourth. Winfield shot 161 to win the tournament.
Kiley Maier shot a 45 to tie for 12th, while Sara Vulgamore was one stroke back and placed 14th. Alicia Jamarillo shot a 52 to tie for 22nd, while Alexis Elliott carded a 55 to place 29th and Lauren Potter shot a 65 to tie for 40th.
“Kiley Maier and Sara Vulgamore both placed in the top 15,” Campus coach Josh Curtiss said. “It was nice to see Sara step up and place in a tournament. She has been putting in a lot of work to improve her golf game and it was good for her to see the results.”
The Colts were at Salina earlier this week and head to El Dorado Thursday and Hesston Friday before competing at Rolling Hills Monday.
