Local Sports Journal
GREENVILLE – Mona Shores entered the 2013 girls golf postseason as four-time defending state champions. While this year’s squad might not have the star-power of previous Sailor teams, it at least gave itself a chance to make it five in a row, finishing second overall at Thursday’s Div. 2 Region 2 meet at Links of Bowen Lake Golf Course near Greenville.
This marks the sixth-straight year Mona Shores has advanced as a team to the state meet.
The Sailors trailed by 45 strokes first-place Forest Hills Central, which finished with 350 strokes to take the title. Third-place Greenville also qualified for a state-meet appearance with a 399.
Forest Hills Central juniors Evon Shay and Maddie Lorenz tied for medalist honors with a stroke count of 84, while Sailor junior Rylee George (88) finished third and teammate Darian Smith (95) was seventh overall.
Reeths-Puffer’s Hannah Moss earned an individual state-meet qualifying score of 96, good for eighth overall.
The Div. 2 state meet runs Oct. 18-19 at the East Forest Akers Golf Course on the campus of Michigan State University.
Mona Shores/Reeths-Puffer at Div. 2 Region 6 girls golf meet at Links of Bowen Lake Golf Course, Oct. 10
Final team results – 1. Forest Hills Central 350, 2. Mona Shores 395, 3. Greenville 399, 4. Forest Hills Northern 406, 5. Lowell 408, 6. Holland 421, 7. Jenison 425, 8. Northview 441, 9. Reeths-Puffer 443, 10. Byron Center 454, 11. Kenowa Hills 463, 12. Wyoming 507, 13. Zeeland East NTS.
Mona Shores individual results: 3. Rylee George 88, 7. Darian Smith 95, 24. Andrea Majeski 105, 31. Kendall McKinley 107, Kennedy Potts 113.
Reeths-Puffer individual results: 8. Hannah Moss 96, 24. Makaela Vanduinen 105, 41. Libby Luker 113, 54. Paige Baustert 129, 58. Brenna Veihl 134.
