Jefferson Girls Golf

Furnish helps Iowa win golf title

SEDALIA, Mo. - Megan Furnish of Cedar Rapids placed sixth at the 2012 Missouri Junior Girls Four State Championship Thursday to help Iowa win the title.

Furnish finished with a 36-hole score of 11-over-par 151 at the Sedalia Country Club with a 76 on Wednesday and a 75 on Thursday.

Iowa won the annual event with a four-girl total of 588. Nebraska placed second at 604, followed by Missouri (618) and Kansas (652).

Jessie Sindlinger of Charles City claimed medalist honors with a 5-under 135 with rounds of 67 and 68. Anna Cullinan of Bettendorf finished fifth at 150 with rounds of 79 and 71. Ellie Ament of Dyersville tied for seventh at 153 to give Iowa four finishers in the top seven.

Furnish, who graduated from Cedar Rapids Jefferson this month, will play golf at Missouri State University.

Furnish, Kamin top all-Metro golf team

Megan Furnish of Jefferson and MJ Kamin of Washington have been named to the all-Metro girls golf team for 2012.

Furnish, a senior, placed fourth at the Class 4A state tournament this week. Kamin, a sophomore, tied for 12th at the state meet.

Julie Pople of Linn-Mar, Ali Lindo of Kennedy, Grace Winker of Xavier and Maddie Bertsch of Xavier joined Furnish and Kamin on the first team. All six golfers were unanimous selections by the Metro coaches.

Steve Kahler of Linn-Mar was named the Metro Coach of the Year.

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Furnish places 4th at state golf meet

ANKENY -- Cedar Rapids Jefferson senior Megan Furnish enjoyed a much better round on Day 2 of the Class 4A state golf tournament Wednedsay, but so did just about everyone else at Otter Creek.

Furnish fired a 5-over-par 76 and finished the tournament with a 36-hole total of 159, three shots behind the medalist. She matched the third-best overall score in the tournament, but officially placed fourth due to tiebreaker rules.

Cedar Rapids Washington sophomore MJ Kamin shot a 10-over 81 Wednesday and tied for 12th place with a 36-hole score of 167.

Payton Minear of Waukee claimed medalist honors at 156. Allison Rolinger of Cedar Falls finished second at 158, with Furnish and Jasmine Wyzgowski of Waukee next at 159.

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Furnish tied for 4th 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