Shawnee’s Rachel Clymer (left) and Ottoville’s Isabelle Furley compete in Thursday’s tournament at Colonial Golfers Club.
Dean Brown | The Lima News
HARROD — Minster posted the best area team score of 396 to tie Findlay for sixth place out 20 teams posting scores at Thursday’s Girls Colonial Golfers Club Tournament.
Minster was led by Ashley Meyer with a 96.
“My putting was definitely better than usual, but I couldn’t hit any greens, so I’m looking forward to having another 18 holes tomorrow (at the Celina Invitational), so I’ll probably go to the range tonight and work on my accuracy.”
Meyer believes that even though they came in second place at Colonial Golfers Club last year, she is happy with how this team looks early in the season.
“I think everyone’s in a good spot. We only lost one senior last year (Katie Heitkamp) and we have five returning on varsity so I think everyone’s done better since last year, and it should be a good season.”
Despite the sixth place finish, Minster head coach Debbie Ahrns was proud of her Division II team’s overall play against D-I schools. Minster’s finish “says a lot of credibility about our team. We have a strong, well experienced team, and they work well together, and I think they will mesh well and improve as the season moves forward.”
Ahrns believes the team built a lot of confidence going into MAC play next week. As the season goes on, Ahrns said “we will start to see Ashlyn (Homan) as she gets more defined, come in and do equally as well as Ashley (Meyer). They are kind of competing for that MAC player of the year.”
Taylor Homan, Ashlyn’s sister, won the title back in 2018. Ashlyn was four strokes back of Meyer with a 100 score Thursday.
Ahrns continued to stress the importance of building confidence throughout the season.
“I’m asking them to realize that the most important shot in golf is the next one. Today, they played with some very talented skilled golfers, and I think that’s a good thing because you can see where you need to improve and what you might need to do and that’ll be the motivation moving forward.”
Parkway took home ninth place with a 433 total led by Shay Boroff, who shot a 100.
Delphos Jefferson placed 12th with a 459 total led by Zada Grogg’s107.
Delphos St. John’s (466) was 14th with Elle Gable providing the low round with a 97.
Ottoville (492) was 15th led by Lexie Honigford’s 90. followed by Lincolnview (494) with Liz Phillips posting the Lancers’ low score of 107.
Kenton grabbed 18th place with a total score of 534. Claire Ketcham led the way with a 110.
Shawnee had a team total of 555 led by Kylie Larimore’s 124.
Ridgemont (567) finished 20th with Olivia Newland and Hannah Houser each shooting a 131 for the team’s low score.
Scores
at Colonial Golfers Club (par 73)
Team scores: Perrysburg 340, Notre Dame Academy Varsity 357, Colonel Crawford 361, Van Buren 356, Edison 369, Minster and Findlay 396 each, Northmor 419, Parkway 433, Fairbanks 442, Notre Dame Academy JV 454, Delphos Jefferson 459, Carey 463, Delphos St. John’s 466, Ottoville 492, Lincolnview 494, Benjamin Logan 526, Kenton 534, Shawnee 555, Lexington JV 560, Ridgemont 567. Bryan and Stryker did not have enough players for team totals.
Medalist: Sydney Deal (Perrysburg) 68
Area individual scores used for team totals
Delphos St. John’s: Elle Gable 97, Cora Kill 119, Faith Cross 125, CJ Kemper 125
Delphos Jefferson: Zada Grogg 107, Avery Eickholt 112, Malin Casemier 119, Ariel Wallace 121
Kenton: Claire Ketcham 110, Kyra Fleming 130, Kiyah Howe 139, Aubrey Hattery 155
Lincolnview: Liz Phillips 107, Paige Dunn 111, Sydney King 138, Grace Custer 138
Minster: Ashley Meyer 96, Star Weigandt 99, Ashlyn Homan 100, Kendyl Bergman 101
Ottoville: Lexie Honigford 90, Liv Hilvers 125, Georgia Schnipke 138, Ryann Schroeder 139
Parkway: Shay Boroff 100, Sarah Sheppard 108, Madison Louth 111, Addyson Leighner 114
Ridgemont: Olivia Newland 131, Hannah Houser 131, Lydia Houser 152, Addison Holland 153
Shawnee: Kylie Larimore 124, Rachel Clymer 139, Lucy Wiltsie 145, Lila Malcolm 147
This story was written by Justin Dierkes for LimaScores.com. Reach The Lima News sports department at 567-242-0451.
