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GIRLS GOLF: Joplin claims team crown at Carthage, Nevada’s Cameron is top individual

 

CARTHAGE, Mo. — For the third time this season, the Joplin High School girls golf team captured a team championship at a local tournament.

The Eagles won the team crown at the eCarthage.com Invitational on Monday at the Carthage Golf Course. 

Joplin finished with a four-person score of 381. Cassville was second with a 406 and Webb City finished third in the standings with a 407.

Rounding out the team standings were Carl Junction (416), Lamar (425), McDonald County (440) and Monett (466). Carthage, Seneca and Nevada were among the teams that had individuals competing.

Pictured are Joplin’s Kenna Haley, Lindsey Belnap and Drew Yockey. All three finished in the top 10 at the eCarthage.com Invitational on Monday. Courtesy photo.

The Eagles have also won team titles at Carl Junction and Cassville thus far this fall. 

As far as the individual leaderboard, the Eagles had three golfers finish in the top nine.

Joplin’s Kenna Haley finished fifth with a 91, while Lindsey Belnap was sixth with a 93 and Drew Yockey took ninth with a 95. Taylor Colson shot a 102 for Joplin’s fourth score and was 17th, while Chloe Friend carded 104 and tied for 19th.

Nevada sophomore Emree Cameron was the individual medalist with a 3-under-par 68. In an impressive showing, Cameron had seven birdies and three eagles. She made par on eight holes.

Cameron was 14 strokes better than the runner-up and was also the lone golfer to shoot under par.

“Emree had another outstanding day,” Nevada coach Brian Leonard told SoMo Sports. “This is Emree’s third tournament championship victory this year (Joplin, Bolivar, Carthage).”

Carthage’s Shay Gaddis took second individually with an 11-over-par 82. 

Cassville’s Avery Chappell finished third (82) and Lamar’s Victoria O’Neal was fourth (86). 

After Joplin’s Haley and Belnap, Monett’s Kaite Geiss took seventh (94) and McDonald County’s Fayth Ogden placed eighth (95).

Webb City’s Jacie Crouch carded 96 and finished 10th. 

Carl Junction’s Anna Burch, Webb City’s Langlee Walker and Cassville’s Gracie Harmon all shot 97 to tie for 11th place, while Carthage’s Addie Foust carded 98 to finish 14th. 

Webb City’s Avery Hodson carded 99 and finished 15th.

Seneca’s top performer was Maddi Aumen, who finished 23rd with a 105.

There were 54 golfers competing. 

Full results of the tourney can be found at the link below.

 

eCarthage.com Invitational 

Team standings: Joplin 381, Cassville 406, Webb City 407, Carl Junction 416, Lamar 425, McDonald County 440, Monett 466. Incomplete teams: Carthage, Nevada, Seneca. 

FULL RESULTS: https://cgc-cwepgirlsinvitational.golfgenius.com/pages/8842197896691481877

 

Joplin’s girls golf team is pictured after winning Monday’s eCarthage.com Invitational. Courtesy photo.

 

Nevada’s Emree Cameron was the medalist at Monday’s eCarthage.com Invitational. Courtesy photo.

 

Nevada’s Emree Cameron (far right) and Carthage’s Shay Gaddis (second from right) were the top two performers at Monday’s invite at the Carthage Golf Course.

BOYS SWIMMING: Carthage performs well at North Kansas City Invitational

The Carthage High School boys swim team tied for seventh in the final team standings at the North Kansas City Invitational on Saturday.

There were 28 teams competing at the event.

Park Hill South took first with 311 points, while Rockhurst (298), Lee’s Summit West (253), Rock Bridge (237) and Liberty (150) rounded out the top five.

Staley was sixth with 138 points, while Carthage and Liberty North tied for seventh with 100 points apiece. Monett was 15th with 55 points.

Carthage’s Kellen Frieling finished fifth in the 100-yard backstroke with a personal best time of 56.68.

The Tigers recorded a top-eight finish in all three relays.

Carthage’s 200-yard medley relay team of Frieling, Braxton McBride, William Wright and Eli Cox finished seventh with a time of 1:46.

The Tigers were also seventh in the 200 freestyle relay, as McBride, Frieling, Cox and Will Wallace recorded a time of 1:36.

Carthage was eighth in the 400 free relay in 3:33, with McBride, Cox, Frieling and Wallace competing.

McBride placed eighth in the 100-yard freestyle in 51.63 seconds.

Wright finished 13th in the 500 free (5:24) and he was also 15th in the 200 IM (2:10).

Carthage will compete at the Monett Invitational on Saturday.