Washington Girls Golf

Kamin tied for 12th after 1st round of state golf

ANKENY - Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior Megan Furnish shot a 12-over-par 83 Tuesday in the opening round of the Class 4A state golf meet and trails the leaders by two strokes heading into the final 18 holes on Wednesday.

Cedar Rapids Washington sophomore MJ Kamin shot a 15-over 86 and is tied for 12th place.

Allison Rolinger of Cedar Falls, Sarah Splittgerber of Dowling Catholic and Rachele Miller of Pleasant Valley are tied for first place at 10-over 81. Furnish is tied for fourth place with Anna Cullinan of Pleasant Valley at 83.

Furnish finished her round with three double-bogeys, seven bogeys, seven pars and one birdie. Kamin had four double-bogeys, eight bogeys, five pars and one birdie.

Cedar Falls, the defending state champion, leads the team standings at 334 for an 11-stroke lead over Waukee.

IGHSAU CLASS 4A STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT
At Ankeny
(Otter Creek Golf Couse, par-71)
First-round leaders

Individuals

1T. Allison Rolinger (Cedar Falls)         81
1T. Sarah Splittgerber (Dowling)       81
1T. Rachele Miller (Pleasant Valley)    81
4T. Anna Cullinan (Pleasant Valley)    83
4T. Megan Furnish (CR Jefferson)     83
6T. Megan Brewer (Cedar Falls)        84
6T. Taylor Roberts (Cedar Falls)        84
6T. Jordan Neyens (SE Polk)            84
9T. Hannah Hagarty (Cedar Falls)      85
9T. Allie Oder (Waukee)                 85
9T. Carlee Oakley                           85
12T. MJ Kamin (CR Washington)       86

Teams
1. Cedar Falls             334
2. Waukee                345
3. Pleasant Valley       360
4. Ottumwa              366
5. Dubuque Senior     370
6. WDM Valley           371
7T. WDM Dowling      383
7T. SE Polk               383

Furnish wins golf regional; Kamin also makes state

OTTUMWA - Megan Furnish achieved her goal of qualifying for the Class 4A state golf tournament Monday by claiming medalist honors at the regional tournament in Ottumwa.

Now the Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior has a new goal for the state meet next week in Ankeny.

"I'd like to go out and win it, but I'll just go and do my best," she said after Monday's round.

Furnish fired an 8-over-par 80 at the Ottumwa Country Club to win the regional tournament by a comfortable six shots. Her next stop will be the state meet at Otter Creek Golf Course in Ankeny on May 29-30.

Cedar Rapids Washington sophomore MJ Kamin also qualified for the state meet by finishing fourth Monday with a 15-over 87 on the tough course and tricky greens.

Furnish has been one of the top golfers in Eastern Iowa during her prep career, but the state tournament eluded her until now. She was ineligible for varsity competition as a freshman because she open-enrolled at Jefferson from the Kennedy district, then missed qualifying for state as a sophomore and junior by a whisker both times.

"I'm so happy. All my hard work paid off," she said. "It's a good feeling."

Furnish struggled early Monday and was 4-over after three holes. "I started off a little slow," she said. "I tried to just stay focused."

Furnish played two practice rounds at the Ottumwa Country Club before tackling the course for real on Monday. "I think it definitely helped," she said.

The top five individuals and top two teams advance to the state meet. There were four regionals around the state on Monday.

Ottumwa won the regional title at 361 and West Des Moines Valley was second at 392. The Xavier Saints came close to qualifying for state but finished third at 395. The Linn-Mar Lions were fourth at 400.

Maddie Bertsch and Grace Winker both shot 91 for Xavier. Ali Lindo shot a 93 for Kennedy. Dionna Jensen shot a 94 for Linn-Mar.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Ottumwa 361, 2. WDM Valley 392, 3. Xavier 395, 4. Linn-Mar 400, 5. Prairie 428, 6. Burlington 437, 7. Iowa City West 440, 8. Kennedy 449, 9. Washington 488, 10. Indianola 495.

INDIVIDUAL STATE QUALIFIERS

1. Megan Furnish, Jefferson          80
2. Darby Patritto, Ottumwa          86
3. Dani Duerschmidt, WDM Valley  86
4. MJ Kamin, Washington             87
5. Whitney Dostal, Ottumwa        88

XAVIER: Maddie Bertsch 91, Grace Winker 91, Lisa Olberding 105, Taylor Wertzberg 108.

LINN-MAR: Dionna Jensen 91, CJ Davis 101, Rachel Thrune 102, Julie Pople 106.

PRAIRIE: Kerstin Flugum 98, Konnor Griffth 108, Alyssa Beisker 111, Emily Perrin 111.

KENNEDY: Ali Lindo 93, Sadie Schultz 111, Raemi Chavez 120, Hannah Harberts 125.

WASHINGTON: MJ Kamin 87, Kandis O'Donnell 119, Elizabeth Stanczyk 134, Anna Rohde 148.

JEFFERSON: Megan Furnish 80, Emily Aukes 114.

Kamin shoots 37 to lead Warriors

Megan Furnish shot a 2-over par 34 Tuesday for medalist honors and led Jefferson to victory at the Prairie girls golf triangular at Airport National.

Washington's MJ Kamin shot a 37 and was runnerup.

Prairie's Alyssa Beisker shot a 46 to lead the Hawks to second place.

PRAIRIE TRIANGULAR
At Airport National

JEFFERSON (185): Megan Furnish 34, Emily Aukes 49, Megan Kibby 50, Sammy Seeman 52

PRAIRIE (191): Alyssa Beisker 46, Konnor Griffith 46, Emily Perrin 49, Kerstin Flugum 50

WASHINGTON (196): MJ Kamin 37, Kandis O'Donnell 52, Sophia Ochs 52, Anna Rohde 55

Kamin medalist in triangular at Gardner

Xavier had four players shoot between 42 and 46 and eased to victory Wednesday in a triangular girls golf meet at Gardner Golf Course.

Xavier finished with a 178, followed by Maquoketa at 215 and Cedar Rapids Washington at 216.

Grace Winker shot a 42, Maddie Bertsch a 44, and Taylor Wertzberger and Lisa Olberding each shot 46 to lead the Saints.

Washington's MJ Kamin was medalist with a 40. Winker was runnerup.

XAVIER (178): Grace Winker 42, Maddie Bertsch 44, Taylor Wertzbeger 46, Lisa Olberding 46, Hailey Sojka 50, Morgan DeLong 54, Melanie Wertzberger 54

MAQUOKETA (215): Allison Vandemore 44, Liz Gavin 55, Jordan Ehlers 56, Allie Heister 60

WASHINGTON (216): MJ Kamin 40, Kandis O'Donnell 54, Elizabeth Stanczyk 57, Maddy Goodwin 65, Sophia Ochs 68, Anna Rohde 70, Hannah Bott 72