The Hamilton Southeastern girls golf team won the Lapel Invitational Saturday at Edgewood Golf Club.
The No. 8-ranked Royals compiled a team score of 313 for the victory. Ashley Marcinko led the way for Southeastern with a 76, followed by Amber Luttrell’s 77 and Yanah Rolston’s 78. Marissa Spreitzer and Grace Dubec both scored 82s.
Noblesville, ranked No. 6, was the runner-up with a 320. Caroline Whallon won individual medalist honors with a 71. Other Millers scores were Ellie Karst 81, Sarah Brenneman 82, Taylor Caldwell 86 and Bella Deibel 87.
Westfield sent a junior varsity squad to Edgewood, which finished with a 356. Allie McKewon scored 84, followed by Sam Lemieux 88, Mallory Mortl 90, Serena Lee 94 and Claire Thompson 99.
Meanwhile, Westfield’s varsity team scored a dominant victory at the Western Invitational Saturday at Chippendale Golf Club in Russiaville.
The third-ranked Shamrocks totaled 306 as a team, 30 shots ahead of runner-up Penn. Sophie McGinnis was the meet medalist with a score of 72.
In fact, all five of Westfield’s golfers finished in the top eight. Sam Brown scored a 76 to take third, then Brette Hanavan (78), Allie Hildebrand (80) and Cate Jensen (82) placed sixth, seventh and eighth respectively.
“We had a good day for our team,” said Shamrocks coach Trevor Neu. “Each of our five players finished in the top 10 so that is always exciting. It was a great day for Sophie who has now been under par in four of her first five tournaments. She is having a tremendous season on the course but also is being a great team leader off of the course.”
Hamilton Southeastern and Noblesville sent JV teams up to Chippendale, with the Royals taking third and the Millers fifth. Kaley McHaffie and Ella Bui both scored 84s for HSE, while Sophi Stutz and Erin Burt both carded 87.
Fishers placed sixth as a team with a 374. Lilly McVay led the Tigers with an 88.
WESTERN INVITATIONAL
At Chippendale Golf Club
Team scores: Westfield 306, Penn 336, Hamilton Southeastern 340, Western 345, Noblesville 350, Fishers 374, Lafayette Jefferson 384, Northwestern 385, Plymouth 393, Logansport 398, Eastern 450, Twin Lakes 453, Peru 482, Tipton inc., Kokomo inc.
Medalist: Sophie McGinnis (Westfield) 72.
Other Westfield scores: Sam Brown 76, Brette Hanavan 78, Allie Hildebrand 80, Cate Jensen 82.
Southeastern scores: Kaley McHaffie 84, Ella Bui 84, Lauren Stewart 86, Cora Zink 86, Katy Pippenger 90.
Noblesville scores: Sophi Stutz 87, Erin Burt 87, Jordan Adam 88, Mia Price 88, Rylee Kendall 90.
Fishers scores: Lilly McVay 88, Kristi Lilek 89, Sarah Majeski 92, Megan Lapp 105, Sydney Meyer 109.
Carmel, the state’s No. 1-ranked team, continued its winning ways Saturday by taking the Zionsville Invitational at the Golf Club of Indiana.
The Greyhounds scored 303 as a team, outdistancing runner-up Homestead by five shots; the Spartans scored 308. Freshman Michaela Headlee scored a 72 to lead Carmel; that made her the individual runner-up. Senior Katie Kuc was third individually by scoring 73.
Claire Swathwood carded a 77, taking fifth place. Sydney Longstreth’s 81 and Ava Hedrick’s 82 rounded out the scores.
“The course was in great shape and the greens were fast,” said Greyhounds coach Kelly Kluesner. “It took a few holes for our players to adjust to the speed of the greens but they loved them.”
Guerin Catholic also picked up a team championship on Saturday, winning the Ben Davis Invitational.
The No. 20-ranked Golden Eagles scored a 325, with Plainfield the runner-up by scoring 331. Brownsburg finished third and Lebanon was fourth; both had 333s.
Christina Pfefferkorn picked up another medalist finish with a score of 72. Audrey Kunce carded a personal-best 82. Isabella Pinion added an 85, Jenny Zerla scored 86 and Anna Jacoby carded 121.
In a Thursday dual meet, Hamilton Heights fell to Tipton 187-212.
Sydni Zebrauskas led the Huskies with a 48. Other Heights scores were Rebekah Steffen 51, Anna Rickey 55 and Lola Wilson 58.
The Huskies played at the Lapel Invitational on Saturday; scores were not available at press time.