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BA senior captures crown
Crystal Reeves wins by six strokes; Jenks' team run ends

Broken Arrows Crystal Reeves (center, second from left) is doused with water by teammates — including Michelle Miron (right) and Jordan Leibold (second from right) — and Reeves brother, Nick (right, green shirt), following Reeves win Thursday. CORY YOUNG / Tulsa World

By MATT DOYLE World Sports Writer
Published: 5/2/2008 1:40 AM
Last Modified: 5/2/2008 3:56 AM

Crystal Reeves wins by six strokes; Jenks' team run ends

EDMOND - Broken Arrow High School girls golf coach Jim Burdette wanted to capture the moment for his memory bank.

"This is what I call one of those mental picture memories," Burdette said as her star player Crystal Reeves was finishing out the 18th hole and her run to the Class 6A girls golf individual state championship Thursday afternoon at River Oaks Golf Club.

"I have about four or five of these of her. But this one is special."

While it would have been truly special to cap her 18th high school tournament title with a birdie at the final hole, Reeves settled for a two-putt par from just off the green.

Oh well. For the 36-hole state tournament, par was Reeves' best friend.

The Broken Arrow senior shot 4-over-par-75 Thursday to post a two-round total score of 151, which was good enough for a six-shot win over Norman North's Kaitlin Higginbotham.

In the team race, Edmond Memorial ended Jenks' run of four consecutive state titles by winning its first golf state crown in 16 years. The Bulldogs shot a two-day total of 651 to best Jenks' 675. Broken Arrow was third at 685.

Winning state was the last piece of an already splendid high school golf resume for Reeves. She had finished sixth the past two years, and did not seriously challenge the eventual winner.

This year, though, pressure did not enter her mind-set.

"All I was thinking out there was control my shots and control my thoughts," Reeves said. "My tempo was pretty good all day. I wanted to slow everything down and just think of today as a completely separate tournament. I wanted to go out and have the low score of the day."

Reeves accomplished that with her 75.

Reeves was the only player in the tournament to shoot consecutive rounds under 80 in very windy conditions. Wednesday's opening round had wind speeds in excess of 40 miles per hour. The wind out of the south topped the 30 mile-per-hour mark in the late morning Thursday, but settled down to around 20 miles per hour throughout the afternoon.

CLASS 6A FINAL RESULTS

At River Oaks Golf Club, Edmond (Par 71)

Team scores

1. Edmond Memorial.......................................................329-322-651
2.Jenks............................................................................... 344-331-675
3.Broken Arrow..............................................................346-339-685
4. Enid ................................................................................. 369-351-720
5.Ponca City .................................................................... 366-360-726
6. Bartlesville..................................................................... 377-373-750
7.Mustang ........................................................................385-368-753
8. Norman North.............................................................363-400-763
9.Union..............................................................................405-362-767
10. Edmond North...............................................................376-397-773
11. Stillwater....................................................................... 402-385-787
12. Lawton..........................................................................406-396-802

Individual scores

1. Crystal Reeves (Broken Arrow)......................................76-75-151
2.Kaitlin Higginbotham (Norman North) ......................80-77-157
3.Mary Larsh (Edmond Memorial)..................................82-76-158
4t. Aly Seng (Enid).................................................................. 81-78-159
4t.Mychael McWhorter (Muskogee)...............................77-82-159
6. WhitneyMcAteer (Jenks) ............................................. 82-79-161
7.Jade Staggs (Westmoore).............................................84-78-162
8. Kylie Bollenbach (Edmond Memorial) .......................80-83-163
9.AubreeVaughan (Edmond Memorial) ...................... 83-82-165
10t. Sarah Ming (Edmond Memorial).................................84-82-166
10t. Lauren Michael (Jenks)...................................................87-79-166

Other scores

Edmond Memorial: Evelyn Poteat 86-82-168.

Jenks: Lauren Myers 85-85-170, Kelsey Waldon 90-94-184, Brittany Banks 93-88-181.

Broken Arrow: Michelle Miron 86-86-172, Brooke Allison 93- 89-182, Macy Douglas 91-89-180, Jordan Leibold 96-96-192.

Enid: Lauren Ruppert 90-85-175, Allyson Douglas 102-95-197, Aly McClendon 107-93-200, Makenzie Kirk 96-106-202.

Ponca City: Brittany Man 92-83-175, Miranda Rhynard 91-93- 184, Carrie Sanders 90-94-184, Whitney Manley 93-92-185, Karsyn Balman 97-92-189.

Bartlesville: Emily Walker 87-89-176, Sarah Wilburn 89-95- 184, Ashlea Loudermilk 93-92-185, Macy Fitzgerald 108-97-205, Hannah Spencer 116-117-233.

Mustang: Kali Schmidt 87-90-177, Darcy Dean 98-98-196, Ashley Cardwell 99-96-195, Karson Bizzell 101-91-192, Whitney Baker 105-91-196

Norman North: Katie Lenker 89-104-193, Caddy Mulligan 97- 103-200, Paige Sandefer 97-116-213, Kristen Hill 136-116-252.

Union: Ashton Collier 89-79-168, Sarah Struebing 99-88-187, Caroline Trump 107-101-208, Kristin Perrin 110-100-210, Danielle Wright 111-95-206.

Edmond North: Carley Yates 82-98-180, Elizabeth Hatmaker 92; Lauren Neundorf 97; Maggie Hendrix 105; Adrianna White 105

Stilllwater: Cha Reeder 93-88-181, Gabby Green 97-92-189, Beka Spaulding 105-103-208, Rose Brorson 107-116-223, Brittany Brown 114-102-216.

Lawton: Autumn Steele 96-101-197; Brittany Meredith 97-95- 192; Danielle Rhodes 103-100-203; Jordan Moody 110-100-210; Morgan Seitz 110-117-217.

Edmond Santa Fe: Bethany Heinen 100-91-191; Jordan Matli 118-104-222

Lawton Eisenhower: Lydia Yu 102-92-194

Midwest City: Erika Trafavoti 104-112-216

Moore: Morgan Ellis 96; Hillary Trice 103-97-200

Muskogee: Suzannah Owens 103-102-205

Owasso: Taylor Knighten 95-88-183; Sarah Roberts 105-95- 200

Putnam City: Jordan Ore 88-87-175

Putnam North: Taylor Schwenke 90-87-177

Sand Springs: Jennifer Almy 98-86-184; Heather Lockhart 106- 109-215

Tahlequah: Talisha Osborn 94-89-183

Matt Doyle 581-8316
matt.doyle@tulsaworld.com

By MATT DOYLE World Sports Writer

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