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STATE GOLF ROUNDUP: Nevada’s Cameron leads Class 2 field; Class 4 tourney begins at Twin Hills

 

CLASS 4 TOURNEY BEGINS 

Joplin’s Twin Hills Golf and Country Club is hosting the MSHSAA Class 4 Girls Golf Championships.

After Monday’s opening round, Blue Springs South’s Maya McVey is in first place after shooting a 2-under-par 70.

Springfield Catholic’s Lyla Louderbaugh is in second place with a 75.

Currently tied for third with scores of 76 are Ozark’s Josey Roberts and St. Joseph Academy’s duo of Rylie Andrews and Karen Lenox.

Carthage sophomore Shay Gaddis shot a 91 and is tied for 39th place. 

In the team race, St. Joseph’s Academy is in first place with a 321 and Blue Springs South is a distant second with a 356.

 

NEVADA’S CAMERON LEADS CLASS 2

BOLIVAR, Mo. — Nevada’s Emree Cameron is in first place after the first 18 holes of the Class 2 state golf tournament at Silo Ridge Golf and Country Club.

A sophomore, Cameron carded a 1-under-par 71 on Monday. She had five birdies on Day 1. 

Marshfield’s Marlene Edgeman is one stroke back with a 72 and Osage’s Hannah Maschhoff is in third place with a 75.

Cassville’s Avery Chappell is in eighth place with an 85, while Lamar’s Victoria O’Neal is tied for 21st with a 95 and Monett’s Clarie Nation is tied for 23rd with a 96.

Mount Vernon’s Kenadi Killingsworth is 46th (101) and teammate Madison Phillips is 49th (103).

Nevada’s Riley Severance is tied for 58th place (106) and teammate Paige Hertzberg is tied for 61st (108).

Monett’s Katie Geiss is in 67th (111), Mount Vernon’s Madalyn Cook is 72nd (118) and Cassville’s Maci Barton is 73rd (119).

State golf tournaments conclude on Tuesday. 

 

FULL DAY 1 RESULTS: MSHSAA 2022-2023 Class 4 Girls Golf Championships

BOYS SWIMMING: Joplin takes third at Kickapoo invite

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Joplin High School boys swim team finished third in the team standings at the Kickapoo Invitational on Friday.

Kickapoo won the team title with 279 points, while West Plains was second with 215. Joplin took third with 212 points. 

Nixa (176), Lebanon (166) and Waynesville (65) finished fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively. 

Joplin’s Nathan Wardlow won two individual events. Wardlow took first in the 200-yard individual medley in a state-consideration time of 2:07 and also won the 500 freestyle in a state-qualifying time of 4:59.

Also for the Eagles, Jackson Mordica finished second in the 200 freestyle, Parker Hinman was the runner-up in the 100 backstroke, Zane Newman placed third in the 50 freestyle and fourth in the 100 free and Ian Vermillion was fourth in the 100 butterfly.

The Eagles finished fourth in the 200 medley relay, with Hinman, Wardlow, Vermillion and Newman competing.

Joplin’s 200 freestyle relay team of Newman, Isaiah Thom, Vermillion and Wardlow finished fifth.

The Eagles were sixth in the 400 freestyle relay, as Hinman, Jordan Goins, Connor Intessimone and Mordica recorded a time of 4:44.