Wawasee Makes Cut For Girls Golf State FinalsKENDALLVILLE — The Wawasee girls golf team is on its way to the state finals this weekend. Finishing third at Saturday's East Noble Regional, held at Cobblestone Golf Course, the Wawasee Lady Warriors made the cut with a 341, while Leo won with a 336 and Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger was second, shooting a 339. Demonstrating just how much each stroke counted, East Noble was fourth with a 342, followed by NorthWood's 343 and Carroll's 345. This year's state finals will be held at Carmel's Prairie View Golf Club, beginning Friday, with qualifiers moving to Saturday's second day. The Lady Warriors advanced out of the regional without a top five golfer, instead using a balanced attack of the four recorded scores coming between 83 and 90. Senior Elizabeth Jackson and junior Mikala Mawhorter each shot an 83 on the par-72 course, followed by junior Kylee Rostochak's 85 and sophomore Aubrey Schmeltz's 90. The Lady Warriors' fifth-player score was Kamryn Foy's 101. Mawhorter, Jackson and Rostochak each had one birdie on the day. Manchester senior Claire Barnett was competing at the regional as an individual, shooting an 86, wrapping up her prep career. Outside of the area, Fort Wayne Blackhawk's Jaycee Bunner won the regional by shooting a three-under 69.
EAST NOBLE REGIONAL Team Scores (Top 3 Advance to State) – 1. Leo 336, 2. F.W. Dwenger 339, 3. Wawasee 341, 4. East Noble 342, 5. NorthWood 343, 6. Carroll (Allen) 345, 7. Bellmont 350, 8. Penn 353, 9. Columbia City 356, 10. Homestead 357, 11. Southwood 358, 12. Elkhart Central 361, 13. South Adams 362, 14. DeKalb 365, 15. S.B. St. Joe's 381, 16. Fairfield 390, 17. Huntington North 394, 18. Oak Hill 394. (Cobblestone G.C., Par 72) Top 5 – 1. Jaycee Bunner (Blackhawk) 69, 2. Kinley Lingenfelter (Rochester) 74, 3. Lauren Tibbets (Oak Hill) 76, 4. Alyn Clark (East Noble) 76, 5. (tie) Cassidy Jurkaites (Penn), Cooper Handshoe (East Noble), Dayne Dale (Southwood) 77. Advancing Without Team – Bunner (Blackhawk) 69, Lingenfelter (Rochester) 74, Tibbets (Oak Hill) 76, Clark (East Noble) 76, Jurkaites (Penn) 77. Leo - Brooke Moser 78, Ashley Kimes 82, Anna Feldman 89, Lydia Baldwin 87, Haley Parker 99. Dwenger – Katie Glant 79, Amanda Miller 86, Sarah Frazier 78, Katherine Hill 96, Taylor Martin 122. Wawasee – Mikala Mawhorter 83, Elizabeth Jackson 83, Kylee Rostochak 85, Aubrey Schmeltz 90, Kamryn Foy 101. Manchester – Claire Barnett 86.
