Plainview repeats as Class 4A champs
A late start was not going to delay Plainview’s championship repeat.
Plainview shot 309 as it won the Class 4A girls state championship by 16 strokes Thursday at Lake Hefner South golf course. The second round was delayed by two hours after heavy overnight rain soaked the course.
Katie Finley shot 144 and finished third individually to lead Plainview, which had four golfers finish in the top seven.
“The maturity of our upperclassmen going into this round, being confident in their game and the way they carried themselves, that’s the biggest thing that carried them,” Plainview coach Taylor
Howard said.
The team competition may have been mundane, but the battle for the individual championship between the top three golfers kept Thursday’s final round interesting.
Newcastle’s Chloe Black shot a 67, the only round under par during the two-day tournament, for she rallied from four strokes back to win her second individual state championship.
Black, who signed with Central Oklahoma, made birdies on two of her first three holes. She held off Hilldale’s Jordan Clayborn by one stroke and finished five shots clear of Finley, who was the individual leader after the first day.
Manning claims Class 2A individual golf title
As she sank the baby putt from a couple feet out, Sydney
Manning looked at the large group of Cashion faithful and pumped her fist.
It was her second tournament win ever, but this time it was for a title.
“I’m pretty excited,” Manning said. “I defintiely didn’t expect this.”
After a frustrating first day at the Aqua Canyon Golf Course in Guthrie that saw the Cashion senior shoot an 80, Manning said she switched up some of her putting tactics and found success early on day 2.
She finished with a 77 on the day, put her at 157 for the tournament.
Just when it looked like she had things wrapped up heading into the final few holes, Manning had a triple bogey on 17.
Manning said she talked with her coach before 18 and he asked her one question.
“He asked me if I wanted to be a state champion?” she said. “I wanted to break my putter, but I said ‘Yes.’”
Manning parred 18, securing her the victory.
“It sealed the deal for me,” she said. “Just a good feeling seeing that drop.”
Tishomingo finally seals the deal
Tishomingo coach Kirk LaFevers barely got three words out before his emotions took over.
Looking over his girls, he said he felt the pride of a mission finally accomplished.
“We finished second two years in a row,” LaFevers said. “But these girls put in the work and now we are coming home with the first girls championship in school history.”
Tishomingo shot 728 to win the Class 2A championship, finishing 29 strokes ahead of runner up Henryetta.
Tishomingo was led by senior Bailee Barnes, who finished with a team best 170. Barnes finished No. 7 overall and teammate Kristen Lovett finished No. 8.
“It’s been a long road of coming up short,” Barnes said. “But we finally made it.”
Duncan, Collinsville’s Lee win rain-shortened tournament
Heavy rainfall wiped the final round of Class 5A in Muskogee, giving Duncan its second straight state championship.
But that was close to a nodoubter anyway. The Demons led Collinsville by 26 strokes after Wednesday’s 18 holes, a gigantic margin. Brooklyn Bostick shot a 74 and Gentry Cox had a 76.
The individual title went to Collinsville’s Nina Lee, who shot a 70 the first day. Lee, a Northeastern State signee, topped teammate Madison O’Dell, a Central Oklahoma signee who shot a 73.
Noble’s Jaelynn Unger finished tied for fourth with Cox.