MARSHFIELD, Mo. — Nevada’s Emree Cameron finished third individually and Lamar was the second-place team at the Big 8 Conference Girls Golf Tournament on Monday at Whispering Oaks Golf Course.
Springfield Catholic cruised to the team championship with a 325, while Lamar (389) and Cassville (393) finished second and third, respectively, in the team standings.
Rounding out the team standings were Rogersville (398), Mount Vernon (406), McDonald County (421), Monett (424) and Seneca (452).
Hollister, Marshfield, Nevada and Reeds Springs do not field full squads.
Individually, Marshfield’s Marlee Edgeman birdied a playoff hole to earn medalist honors. After 18 holes, Edgeman and Springfield Catholic’s Lyla Louderbaugh both carded 6-under-par 64.
Nevada’s Cameron shot a 2-under-par 68 to finish third.
“Our conference has three of the best girls in the state,” Nevada coach Brian Leonard said, mentioning Cameron, Edgeman and Louderbaugh. “Emree had a good day on the course. Any time you can shoot close to par or under par…you have had a good day. Emree was hitting her driver good today, but some of her approach shots were further from the hole than she would have liked. She had several putts lip-out, but she still had a good day.”
Cassville’s Avery Chappell (75) finished fourth and Lamar’s Victoria O’Neal (76) took fifth.
Springfield Catholic’s Grace Tiedemann (78) and Sarah Han (87) finished sixth and seventh.
Monett’s Claire Nation placed eighth with an 88 and Mount Vernon’s Kenadi Killingsworth tied for ninth with an 89.
Monett’s Katie Geiss finished 11th with a 90 and Mount Vernon’s Madi Phillips took 12th with a 93. Cassville’s Madi Barton, McDonald County’s Kyla Moore and Nevada’s Paige Hertzberg tied for 13th place with scores of 96.
Coach Leonard noted Hertzberg tied her personal best score.
“Paige had a string of three pars in-a-row on No. 18, No. 1 and No. 2 which helped her stay on track for her PR today,” Leonard said.
Just missing all-conference recognition were Lamar’s Zavrie Wiss and McDonald County’s Fayth Ogden and Kelsie Lilly, as all three tied for 17th with scores of 101.
Nevada’s Riley Severance tied for 22nd with a 102.
“I was very proud of my three girls,” Leonard said of Cameron, Hertzberg and Severance. “They played hard, had a few bad holes here and there, but still fought back for a very respectable finish in our conference.”
Seneca’s top finisher was Madison Collinsworth (31st, 110). Also competing for Seneca were Madison Auman (35th), Elizabeth Olson (37th), Layna Barwick (38th) and Olivia Wade (51st).
Also competing for McDonald County were Raygan Allgood (46th) and Scout Watson (47th).
Nevada, Lamar, Monett and Mount Vernon will be among the teams competing at the Class 2 District 3 tournament on Thursday at Randel-Hinkle Municipal Golf Course.
