Local Sports Journal

Mona Shores took a commanding lead after the first day of the Division 2 girls golf state finals on Friday.

The Sailors shot a 341, which put them up by 13 strokes over Battle Creek Lakeview (354).

Hailey Hrynewich shot a 79, which was one shot behind Danielle Little (78) from Battle Creek Lakeview.

Morgan Smith (82), Britni Gielow (90) and Kelsey McKinley (90) rounded out Mona Shores’ scoring.

Reeths-Puffer’s Breanna McCarthy shot an 84 to put her in eighth place overall.

In Division 3, Whitehall’s Nikki Borgman shot an opening-round score of 96.

Muskegon Catholic Central’s Aya Johnson shot an 80 and is in fourth place individually.

Western Michigan Christian sophomore Abbie Alfree shot a 104 in the first round.