CARTHAGE, Mo. — With three of the top 10 individuals, the Joplin High School girls golf team captured the team championship at the annual eCarthage.com Invitational on Monday at the Carthage Golf Course.
The Eagles turned in a four-person score of 390. Joplin’s Drew Yockey finished fifth with a 91, while Scarlett Satterlee tied for sixth with a 92 and Kenna Haley placed 10th with a 97.
Carl Junction (412) and Mount Vernon (430) were second and third in the team standings.
Rounding out the team standings were El Dorado Springs (435), Monett (449), Seneca (463), Carthage (464), Webb City (466), McDonald County (512) and East Newton (520).
Nevada junior Emree Cameron was the individual medalist with a 2-under-par 69. Cameron, last year’s Class 2 state runner-up, was the lone player to shoot under par.
Cassville’s Avery Chappell was the individual runner-up with a 5-over-par 76, while Lamar’s Victoria O’Neal finished third with an 87 and Mount Vernon’s Kenadi Killingsworth placed fourth with an 89.
Yockey finished fifth, Carthage’s Addie Foust and Joplin’s Satterlee both carded 92 to tie for sixth, while Monett’s Katie Geiss finished eighth with a 94, Lamar’s Zavrie Wiss was ninth with a 96 and Haley rounded out the top 10.
Finishing 11th through 15th were Mount Vernon’s Emmie Schubert (98), Carl Junction’s Lyric Belcher (101), Joplin’s Emmie McGill (101), Nevada’s Paige Hertzberg (102) and Carl Junction’s Anna Burch (102).
Carl Junction’s duo of Alex Teeter (104) and Olivia Teeter (105) finished 17th and 18th, respectively.
Webb City’s Isabella Manes finished 19th with a 107 and Nevada’s Litzi Mullin, Seneca’s Madi Aumen and Cassville’s Adelee Hendricks all tied for 20th with scores of 108.
Carl Junction’s Rylie Matyi took 23rd (109) and Joplin’s Chloe Friend finished 24th (110).
There were more than 60 golfers competing.
EAGLES OFF TO STELLAR START
The Joplin Eagles are off to a stellar start to the 2023 season.
In addition to winning Monday’s tourney in Carthage, the Eagles won the Seneca tri-match and have finished second in tournaments hosted by Ozark, Carl Junction and Springfield Catholic. Joplin also finished third at the Lamar Invitational.
