NEVADA, Mo. — For the fourth time this season, the Joplin High School girls golf team left a tournament with a first-place plaque.
And for the fourth time this fall, Nevada’s Emree Cameron captured medalist honors at a local event.
Joplin won the team championship at the 18th Nevada Lady Tiger Invitational girls golf tournament on Friday at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course.
The Eagles had the best four-person score with a 385. Carl Junction (408) and Webb City (416) finished second and third in the team standings. Rounding out the team standings were Lamar (427), Butler (437) and Frontenac (437).
A sophomore at Nevada, Cameron had the low score on her home course. Cameron carded an impressive 7-under-par 65.
“Emree had another outstanding day,” Nevada coach Brian Leonard said. “Emree won her fourth tournament championship of the season. She finished the course, a par 72 (36-36) layout, with a 7-under 65. This was the Emree’s personal record on her home course.”
Cameron carded six birdies, one chip-in eagle and one bogey. Leonard noted Cameron’s score is a new Nevada High School record for an 18-hole event.
“Emree’s score of 65 on a par 72 course also places her in second place for the MSHSAA state records,” Leonard noted.
Carthage’s Shay Gaddis was the tourney’s individual runner-up with an 86, while Joplin’s Lindsey Belnap and Lamar’s Victoria O’Neal tied for third place with identical scores of 87.
Carthage’s Addie Foust took fifth with a 92, while Joplin’s Drew Yockey, Webb City’s duo of Jacie Crouch and Avry Hodson and Nevada’s Riley Severance tied for sixth place with scores of 96.
Joplin’s Kenna Haley finished 10th with a 97, while Carl Junction’s Olivia Teeter, Nevada’s Paige Hertzberg and El Dorado Springs’ Laney Wolfe tied for 11th place, as three carded 98.
Rounding out the top 15 were Carl Junction’s Rylee Sprague (100) and El Dorado Springs’ Skylynn Gibbs, Carl Junction’s Jasmine Woerner and Frontenac’s Addie Josephson. All three shot 101.
Webb City’s Langlee Walker finished tied for 20th, Joplin’s Taylor Colson was 23rd and Carl Junction’s tandem of Anna Burch and Alex Teeter tied for 27th.
There were 43 golfers competing.
