Chieftain girls golf competes in pair of tourneys
The Tonganoxie USD 464 school board approved girls golf as the district's newest high school offering. The team's inaugural season is this fall, with THS boys golf coach Doug Sandburg also leading the girls team.
The Tonganoxie High girls golf team placed sixth at its own invitational Wednesday, Sept. 23, at Painted Hills in Kansas City, Kansas.
THS scored sixth with 403 points.
Wamego won the meet with a low score of 315.
Baldwin and Eudora finished second and third with 328 and 366, respectively.
Horton placed fourth (377), Basehor-Linwood fifth (385), Piper seventh (426), Ottawa eighth (442) and Bonner Springs ninth (483).
Other schools had golfers compete, but the squads didn’t field full teams. Those teams were Jayhawk Linn, Louisburg, Paola and Wellsville.
Paityn Van Middelsworth led THS golfers with an 18th-place finish. She scored a 92.
May Stephns finished 21st (96), Solara Garcia 26th (103), Emilee Wehmeyer 35th (112), Audrey Wensel 44th (117) and Aria Brandem 55th (127).
Tonganoxie competed Thursday at the Shawnee Heights Invitational at Lake Shawnee Golf Course near Topeka.
THS placed fifth with 411.
Hayden won the meet with a low score of 376. Spring Hill took second (385), De Soto third (392) and Seaman fourth (410).
Shawnee Heights took sixth (412), Piper seventh (424), Lawrence eighth (443) and Blue Valley West ninth (490).
Paityn Van Middlesworth tied for 10th with a 98 at the tourney.
Tonganoxie had a cluster of golfers finish near each other in the standings.
Solara Garcia finished 19th (103), May Stephens 20th (104) and Audrey Wensel took 22nd (106).
Emily Wehmeyer tied for 36th (116) and Madison Leffert tied for 41st (124).
In total, 55 golfers competed at the meet.
Tonganoxie competed Tuesday at the Piper Invitational (Dub’s Dread) after The Mirror’s print deadline. Teams there were Blue Valley, St. Mary’s Colgan from Pittsburg, De Soto, Hayden Catholic from Topeka, Notre Dame de Sion from Kansas City, Missouri, Bishop Miege, Spring Hill, Turner, Wamego and Eudora.
THS is idle until Wednesday, Oct. 7 when the team competes at the Basehor-Linwood Invitational at Falcon Lakes.
The meet starts at 1 p.m. and will feature Maur Hill-Mount Academy, Jeff West, Osawatomie, Ottawa, Eudora, Wamego, Spring Hill, Piper and Paola alongside Tonganoxie.