SALT LAKE CITY — Five more champions were crowned at the Utah High School Spring Individual golf championships Thursday at Rose Park Golf Course.
No team titles were decided as the tournament was put on by the Utah Section PGA rather than the Utah High School Activities Association as a way to honor some of the top prep golfers in the state with all-state honors and individual trophies.
Dixie sophomore Annabelle Millard had the best round of the day with a 4-under-par 70 to win the 4A girls event by five shots over Abigail Leitze of Desert Hills.
Rowland Hall freshman Arden Louchheim lapped the field in the 2A competition with a sparkling 1-under-par 73. She had four birdies on the day, including two of the final three holes to get under par and beat the second-place girl by a whopping 21 strokes.
Ellie DeMond of Morgan had the best round of her life in winning the 3A meet with a 1-over-par 75 to edge Ellie Hair of Richfield by two shots, while McKina Stacey of Rich High School was the 1A winner with a 95. DeMond said it was the first time in her life she had shot in the 70s.
Boys golf is played in the fall for most classifications, but is held in the spring in Class 1A where Manila junior Brody Schofield shot a 76 to beat Zachary Sherwood, Milford by four shots.
Schofield said he has to travel an hour from his home to Green River, Wyo. to the nearest golf course and otherwise “hits balls in a cow pasture quite a bit.” He had birdies at 1 and 16 in his 4-over-par round with a 38 on each nine.
Schofield was also excited to have a tournament to compete in.
“I was so pumped, yes I got something to compete again for,” he said. “Everybody wants competition and it gives you something to work for.”
With her 70, Millard overcame an early double bogey at No. 4 and reeled off three straight birdies at 7, 8 and 9 before adding birds at 16 and 17. Like most of the golfers, she was grateful to the PGA for organizing the tournament.
“I was really excited there was (a tournament) and it gave some closure for the seniors,” she said.
The 6A and 5A girls tournaments were played last week at Fox Hollow Golf Course in American Fork and were won by Lone Peak’s Berlin Long and Lehi’s Lila Galeai.
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High School Spring Individual golf championships
Rose Park Golf Course
4A girls
70 — Annabelle Millard, Dixie
75 — Abigail Leitze, Desert Hills
76 — Rheagen Hartfiel, Bear River
81 — Kelsey Ranson, Desert Hills
84 — Alyssa Buist, Ridgeline
85 — Mayson Sersansie, Desert Hills; Hallie Wieland, Pine View
86 — Ellie Johnson, Hurricane; Kenzi Owen, Pine View
90 — Makensy Thompson, Bear River; Michal Broadhead, Stansbury
3A girls
75 — Ellie DeMond, Morgan
77 — Ellie Hair, Richfield
81 — Piper Harris, Richfield
83 — Rebecca Poulsen, Richfield
84 — Tacey Durrant, Morgan
86 — Aspen Delis, Summit Academy; Natasha Oldroyd, Richfield
87 — Gwen Stubbs, Richfield; Anna Poulsen, Richfield; Samantha Preslar, Morgan; Ava Issac, Judge Memorial
2A girls
73 — Arden Louchheim, Rowland Hall
94 — Olivia Chamberlain, Monticello
97 — Carlee Stephenson, Millard
98 — Jaeley Beaumont, Beaver
99 — Tyra Eyre, Beaver
100 — Chasey Eyre, Beaver
101 — Emrie Robinson, Beaver
106 — Sydney Hatch, Millard
108 — Kaycee Jensen, Millard
109 — Amelia Harris, Beaver
1A girls
95 — McKina Stacey, Rich
96 — Natalee Parry, Rich So
100 — Trinity Mayer, Milford; Bethany Stout, Valley; Jaycee Ross, Milford
103 — Analise Wiseman, Milford
106 — Allison Jarman, Rich
112 — Shayla Spencer, Valley
119 — Morgan Bastian, Green River
122 — Alyssa Barnes, Milford
1A boys
76 — Brody Schofield, Manila
80 — Zachary Sherwood, Milford
83 — Casey Reck, Valley
88 — Easton Tangaro, Wendover
89 — Samuel Corrigan, Green River
90 — Avre Gomez, Wendover
93 — Rhyder Ambrose, Milford
102 — Rad Hughes, Green River
117 — Bret Goulding, Valley
123 — Nathan Woods, Rich