HUTCHINSON — Officially starting the fall season for Concordia on a good start, the girls’ golf team competed at the 4A Girls State Preview at Carey Park Golf Course, with Mya Niehues finishing in the top five of the 93 participant showdown.
Addison Douglas of Wamego was first individually with a score of 68, three under par, with Wamego taking first as a team, Wellington finishing second, and McPherson third. Concordia was 10th as a team. Anika Paulsrud of Buhler tied for second with Brodie Huhn of McPherson with a score of 79, with Niehues finishing in fourth with a score of 80.
Preslee Marsh was 49th with a score of 101.
Anna Widen tied for 57th with a score of 106.
Maddie Bowers tied for 75th with a score of 115.
Abby Herman tied for 86th with a score of 129.
Bella Stuber tied for 88th with a score of 133.
It was a wet course out there today, and we didn’t get any of the bounce and roll that we have been afforded at home,” said head coach Gene Rundus.
“Between the limited number of practices that we have had and the absolutely soggy conditions today, I thought that the girls held up pretty well. Mya (80) repeated her 4th place finish from last year, Presslee just missed breaking 100 in her very first tournament, and Anna, Maddie, Abby, and Bella all put together some holes to be proud of. We finished 10th but just a few strokes out of what could have been 7th or 8th. I am looking forward to our home tournament and believe that we will take what we learned today and have a great outing.”
