Last Saturday (September 26, 2015), East Noble hosted Regionals at Noble Hawk. The weather was decent; it got cold a few times, but other than that it was a great day to play golf. East Noble got sixteenth out of 18 teams. Even though our score and placement weren’t the best, our girls played hard, had fun, and enjoyed the season.

Teams scores were as follows: Penn placed first with a score of 315, Northwood placed second with a score of 325, Leo placed third with a score of 329, Homestead placed fourth with a score of 329, Wawasee placed fifth with a score of 340, Bishop Dwenger placed sixth with a score of 348, Carroll placed seventh with a score of 352, Bellmont placed eighth with a score of 353, Plymouth placed ninth with a score of 357, FW Snider placed tenth with a score of 364, SB St. Joseph placed eleventh with a score of 372, Southwood placed twelfth with a score of 377, South Adams placed thirteenth with a score of 382, Huntington North placed fourteenth with a score of 385, Columbia City placed fifteenth with a score of 385, East Noble placed sixteenth with a score of 386, Manchester placed seventeenth with a score of 428, and Elkhart Central placed eighteenth with a score of 433. Congratulations, Penn, on your win.

Individual Scores for East Noble were:

Cooper Handshoe with a score of 78
Sara Kilburn with a score of 97
Jenna Hernandez with a score of 104
Shelby Targgart with a score of 107
Brittany Alwine with a score of 124

Individual scores for those who advanced to State without their team:

Blackhawk Christian, Casey Bunner 79
Canterbury, Sara Diem 95
Fremont, Raigan Porath 90
FW Concordia, Kylee Calloway 84
Madison-Grant, Gabby Rahrar 102
Mishawaka, Deborah Janowski 110
Mississinewa, Alexis Scott 117
Northridge, Cate Tompkins 93
Norwell, Amber Nelson 75
Oak Hill, Sophie Orrell 80
Prairie Heights, Kandi Bach 91
Rochester, Kinley Lingenfelter 75
SB Adams, Aine O’Connor 92
SB Riley, Nichole Kirkpatrick 105
Southern Wells, Rease Minniear 105
Tippecanoe Valley, Victoria Biddle 89
Warsaw, Madi Graham 80
West Noble, Paige Shearer 85

The overall medalist for Regionals was Cassidy Jurkaites from Penn with a score of 71. Second was Mikala Mawhorter from Wawasee with a score of 75. Third was Amber Nelson from Norwell with a score of 75. Fourth was Kinley Lingenfelter from Rochester with a score of 75. Fifth was Sarah Frazier from Bishop Dwenger with a score of 76. Anna Feldman from Leo also tied for fifth with a score of 76 as well. These were the top 5 individuals who got ribbons. Great job, girls!

Regionals is like Sectionals; the top three teams advance, plus the top three individuals not already on a team advance as well. Penn, Northwood, and Leo advanced as a team to the IHSAA State Championship Finals for Girl’s Golf. Individuals advancing are Mikala Mawhorter from Wawasee, Amber Nelson from Norwell, and Kinley Lingenfelter from Rochester. Good luck teams and individuals and have fun at State.

This was the last match for our 2015 East Noble Girl’s Golf season. Unfortunately we didn’t advance to State, but it was a great season for our team. The girls got their personal bests and did an outstanding job, even when they had bad weather and difficult shots out on the course. As a manager for the team, I can say they were great to hang out with and it was fun. This will also be Coach Bentz’s last year coaching the girls. The new coach is Mr. Jeremy Baker; he helped out this year with the girls and will be BOTH boy’s and girl’s golf coach for East Noble. We are glad to have you, Jeremy! Great job to all the girls who participated, and great job to the East Noble girls for your dedication and hard work out there.

Good luck to all the teams throughout Indiana who advanced to State!