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Golf: Union girls take early lead at state

BY JIMMIE TRAMEL World Sports Writer
Thursday, May 03, 2012
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MUSKOGEE - Union coach Lindsay Jones was quizzed about whether anything interesting happened during the opening round of the Class 6A girls state golf tournament.

She couldn't, at least on the spur of the moment, think of anything. Wednesday was simply business as usual for the Redskins - and that means business is very good.

Only 11 players shot in the 70s during a windy day at Muskogee Country Club, and five of them happened to be from Union.

The defending state champion Redskins jettisoned a top-10 individual score in posting a team total of 303 and they will take a 14-shot cushion into Thursday's final round.

"I'm pretty happy with where we are right now," Jones said.

"Some of the girls got off to kind of a rough start. They fought hard today just to kind of stay in it. I told them that this is more of a marathon as opposed to a sprint with this being our only two-day event."

Edmond North is the closest pursuer. Jenks and Broken Arrow are 24 and 25 shots off the pace, respectively. Broken Arrow played shorthanded because a wrist injury forced Brinlee Denison to withdraw in the midst of her round.

Union has placed first in 16 consecutive tournaments dating to last season. The Redskins won the first girls state golf championship in school history with a four-underclassman lineup in 2011.

Sophomores Emma Allen (the defending state runner-up) and Anna Kim shot 4-over-par 75s to launch Union toward a possible repeat. Junior Nadia Majidi bounced back from a tough start - Jones said Majidi was 4-over after four holes - to record a 76. Sophomore Marla Souvannasing and senior Erica Carangalan shot 77 and 78, respectively.

Two Edmond North players, Maddie Luitwieler and Allison Sell, shot 73s to tie for the individual lead.

Said Luitwieler, a freshman who made her state tournament debut, "I was a little nervous when I first started. I started off with a double, but I just kept positive and had fun with my teammates and we pulled it off."

Sell is a junior who tied for fifth at the state tournament last year. She said she hopes to finish in the top five again and said she is happy with her opening-round score.

"I could have done a little better," Sell said. "But I will take it."

And, of course, Union will gladly take the role of being in the driver's seat.

"We just have to play our game," Jones said. "We don't have to do anything special. If we just go out and play the way we have been playing, I think we will be fine."

Jenks' Kylie Staggs recorded a hole-in-one during a practice round at Muskogee Country Club on the eve of the tournament.

Class 6A

At Muskogee Country Club (par 71)

Teams: Union 303, Edmond North 317, Jenks 327, Broken Arrow 328, Choctaw 345, Mustang 345, Bishop Kelley 352, Edmond Santa Fe 357, Owasso 369, Edmond Memorial 370, Muskogee 378, Southmoore 380, Ponca City 389.

Individuals

Maddie Luitwieler (Ed. North) 73

Allison Sell (Edmond North) 73

Emma Allen (Union) 75

Anna Kim (Union) 75

Charter Lawson (Mustang) 76

Nadia Majidi (Union) 76

Kina Boone (Choctaw) 77

Marla Souvannasing (Union) 77

Anna Mikish (Choctaw) 78

Erica Carangalan (Union) 78

Other scores

Bartlesville: Kylie Eason 92

Bishop Kelley: Megan Ramos 82, Madi Garcia 87, Ashlyn McCorkle 90, Danielle Cain 99, Emily Meador 93

Bixby: Shelby Humbyrd 92

Broken Arrow: Mikayla Rosser 81, Brinlee Dennison WD, Kailey Collier 82, Bailey Price 83, Brooke Fern 82

Choctaw: Raegan Barnes 91, Marriah Jobe 99, Erika Patterson 112

Edmond Memorial: Caitlin Wilguess 89, Alex Heinze 88, Sierra Campbell 97, Jordan Garrett 96, Kayla Olivero 97

Edmond North: Jordyn Altenburg 84, Karlyn Willis 92, Maddie Herron 87

Edmond Santa Fe: Brinn Farris 84, Jobi Heath 80, Ashley Moore 97, Janee Clark 96, Cayla Clouse 102

Enid: Megan Shewey 89, Morgan Carris 93

Jenks: Kylie Staggs 81, Anna Kroll 88, Olivia Bersin 84, Mackenzie Medders 79, Ariel Wixson 83.

Lawton: Kailyn Fletcher 100

Lawton Eisenhower: Taylor Rainey 95

Moore: Taylor Greteman 85

Muskogee: Catrina Pearson 80, Adrianna Wilson 91, Michaela Stevenson 97, Sydnie Rosson 110, Katie Matthews 131

Mustang: June Tigert 81, Charter Lawson 76, Kaylee Neff 92, Alyssa Cardwell 96, Mackenzie Woodward 103

Norman: Faith Walkley 96

Norman North: Bailey Belcoff 110

Ponca City: Kailye Anderson 95, Madison Peresko 89, Kelsey Cotham 98, Kaylie Gillespie WD, Kate Baldwin 107

Putnam City North: Jessica Blankenship 83

Owasso: Lexi Armon 83, Haley O'Dell 105, Sarah Williams 92, Ivory Stauner 95, Jordan Michaela 99

Sapulpa: Kaylee Hacker 103

Southmoore: Jessica Se 94, Cassidy Herbster 89, Taylor Peden 97, McKenna Koehl 113, Becca Layman 100

Stillwater: Gabbie Shelton 81

Westmoore: Karissa Thomas 88, Kylie Johnson 116
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The Union 6A girls golf team including Marla Souvannasing, 15 (left), Anna Kim, 15, Emma Allen, 15, Erica-Marie Carangalan, 17, and Nadia Majidi, 17, taken at Meadowbrook Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., on April 26, 2012. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World

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