CHAPEL HILL—Top golfers from across the state will compete next week in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s 25th women’s state golf championships.
For the third year in a row, the NCHSAA will offer classified championships because the number of schools competing in the sport has grown. The two-day event will be held on Monday and Tuesday at two different sites.
The 4-A championship will be held at Fox Fire Resort and Country Club in Fox Fire Village, with the East Course set at 5,634 yards. The 1-A, 2-A and 3-A golfers will compete together at The Country Club at Whispering Pines, with the West Course there measuring at 5,534 yards for the championship.
Players qualified to the state champions from regionals across the state in each of the two classifications for championships.
Last year Raleigh Leesville Road took the state 4-A team title by 16 strokes over Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds, with Greensboro Page in third. Leesville’s Jennifer O’Connor was the individual champion.
East Henderson has won both 1A/2A/3A team championships, besting runner-up Clayton by 19 shots a year ago, and Blair Lamb of East Henderson has earned both of the individual titles. In 2003 she ran away from the field, winning by an incredible 16 shots. Lamb won the all-classifications individual title in 2002.
The best two scores for a team, which may have up to four individuals, are counted each day toward the team total.
A total of 80 golfers will compete next week in the 1-A/2-A/3-A event while the 4-A field includes 72 golfers. The first groups in both championships will tee off at eight o’clock Monday morning.
The NCHSAA women’s golf championships are presented by Wendy’s and the Carolina Ford Dealers.
NCHSAA WOMEN’S GOLF STATE QUALIFIERS
(listed from regional)
1A/2A/3A WEST
Emily Street, Chase
Matara Calhoun, Chase
Abby Booles, Hickory
Lauren Smith, Salisbury
Allison Lee, Salisbury
Morgan Meng, Salisbury
Amanda Clark, TC Roberson
Emily Satterfield, TC Roberson
Megan Maxwell, TC Roberson
Heather Weinkle, TC Roberson
Miranda Van Arsdale, East Henderson
Megan Ulep, South Point
Alexa Mooney, South Point
Brittany Zachrich, St. Stephens
Hayley Hammond, Lake Norman
Jade Smith, Lake Norman
Ashley Mitchern, Tuscola
Jessica Mitchell, Mooresville
Haley Sumner, North Lincoln
Megan Keller, North Lincoln
Allison Simmons, North Iredell
Megan Katsch, West Henderson
Jessica Caldwell, Bunker Hill
Marina Terry, Highland School of Technology
Sydney Cox, Statesville
Kate Jansen, Polk County
Brittany Swann, Owen
Kannah Begley, Owen
1A/2A/3A CENTRAL
Cydney Clanton, Concord
Kristin Vincent, Williams
Emily Brandt, Williams
Courtney Gunter, Porter Ridge
Sara Beth Pannell, Southeast Guilford
Arianna Holt, Southeast Guilford
Jessica Neese, Southeast Guilford
Jordan Kreuter, Piedmont
Leahanna Newton, Western Alamance
Ashley Albright, Eastern Randolph
Lindsey Fairrington, Eastern Randolph
Mary Cole Allen, Eastern Randolph
Jessie Pool, Alleghany
Paige Miles, Alleghany
Anna Lee Croom, Asheboro
Marta Rodriguez Guerra, Asheboro
Fran Green, Asheboro
Elizabeth Johnson, Asheboro
Amanda D’Ostroph, Union Pines
Laura Kinsman, Union Pines
Katie Roberts, Union Pines
Erin Green, Charlotte Catholic
Allison Coggins, Charlotte Catholic
Emily Wentley, Eastern Alamance
J’Lisa Miles, Eastern Alamance
Chelsea Sexton, Ashe County
Aimee Turner, AL Brown
Melissa Stielper, Southwest Guilford
Natalie Moreland, Mt. Airy
Sara Hunt, Southern Alamance
Katherine Patterson, Southern Alamance
1A/2A/3A EAST
Amy Otteson, Fike
Casey Narron, Fike
Austin Robbins, Fike
Jessica Gay, Topsail
Jessica Lewis, Topsail
Faith Hardison, Williamston
Melissa Whitt, Nash Central
Katie Walker, Nash Central
Jennifer Crow, Havelock
Ivy Witherington, South Central
Brooke Newell, CB Aycock
Kelli Forbis, CB Aycock
Paula Webber, Spring Creek
Kari Peeden, Hunt
Leslie Taylor, Richlands
Milissa Ricker, Eastern Wayne
Ashley Bohne, Beddingfield
Jordan Hill, Southern Wayne
Alex White, West Brunswick
Olivia Johnston, South Brunswick
Karli Heimbecker, Southern Lee
4A WEST
Stephanie Wagstaff, AC Reynolds
Courtney Taylor, Ashbrook
Leila Mackey, Ashbrook
Kristen Hagan, Myers Park
Virginia Mayer, Myers Park
Foster Whitney, Myers Park
Caroline Brozozowicz, Myers Park
Brooke DeHart, Freedom
Ali Ford, Freedom
Katie Thackerson, Crest
Callie Robertson, North Mecklenburg
Josselyn Giebeler, North Mecklenburg
Rebekah Taylor, Providence
Nicole Carpenter, Providence
Laura Ashby, West Forsyth
Eileen Purpur, Watauga
Samantha Ryan, Watauga
Rachel Wilson, RJ Reynolds
Ashley Vellers, East Gaston
Allie Wall, McDowell
4A CENTRAL
Kristin Billings, Ashley
Marjorie Whitney, Ashley
Jessica Hook, Ashley
Kathleen Strandberg, Page
Julia Strandberg, Page
Laura Buchanan, Page
Holly Johnson, Page
Erica Creed, Northwest Guilford
Sarah Schach, Northwest Guilford
Samantha Bonham, Northwest Guilford
Sarah Linville, Northwest Guilford
Jordan Ridge, Pinecrest
Courtney Scheidermann, Pinecrest
Michelle Sohm, Pinecrest
Caitlin Miller, Pinecrest
Kerri Dice, East Chapel Hill
Jessica Boney, New Hanover
Sarah Nunnally, New Hanover
Anna Carr Ivey, New Hanover
Gretchen McLean, Douglas Byrd
Katie Gibson, Scotland
Jessica Greenway, Scotland
Garrett Locklear, Scotland
TJ Havey, Laney
Kelci Walters, Lumberton
Caroline Webb, Grimsley
4A EAST
Julie Saleeby, Broughton
Becca Mann, Broughton
Sharlene Gale, Clayton
Melissa Baker, Clayton
Kaitlin Payton, Clayton
Jennifer O’Connor, Leesville
Kim Hamm, Leesville
Colleen Estes, Green Hope
Lauren Cosentino, Green Hope
Brook Goodwin, Fuquay-Varina
Courtney McKim, Wakefield
Hannah Dovbish, Wakefield
Michelle Ahn, Chapel Hill
Kimberly Becker, Chapel Hill
Ashley Denton, Knightdale
Emily Cheves, Apex
Sharon Tallman, Apex
Joanna Davis, Millbrook
Erika Helms, Millbrook
Tatum Briele, New Bern
Caroline Ellington, New Bern
Lindsay Pitts, Athens
Shauna Walor, Wake Forest-Rolesville
Meredith Hayes, Wake Forest-Rolesville
Deanna Sutton, JH Rose
Laura Challender, JH Rose
