State Golf 2014
The first state championship of the fall season is in the books.
Golfers head to their final two days of the fall in Worland (2A), Cody (3A) and Laramie (4A).
2A in Worland
The Lusk girls (3-peat) and Thermopolis boys are team champions of 2A Golf. Lusk's Denton Shaw repeated as the boy's champ with a 147. That was 6 better then Braxton Schwartzkopf and Dallas Millin. For the girl's, Abby Larson of Lusk was the medallist with a score of 191. That was 2 better than Ashley Sams of Moorcroft.
3A in Cody
Pinedale's Jordan Costello would shoot a two day 133 and win the 3A golf title by 23 strokes. JJ Gill of Jackson was a distant second. On the girls' side, Sydney Gunn of Cody was consistent. She shot a 78 both days on her home course and won her 2nd straight 3A girl's golf title. Team champions were the Pinedale boys who beat Torrington by 2 strokes. Wheatland was third, only four back of Pinedale, Jackson fourth, just 7 strokes back of the champs. Cody would run away with the girl's title as the Fillies beat 2nd place Lander by 44.
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4A in Laramie
Boys:
Riverton sophomore Easton Paxton is a 2 time 4A Golf champion. He won this year by 12 strokes over John Murdock IV of Laramie. KW's Drew Petrie was 2nd. The Wolverine boys also repeated as team champions.
1 Easton Paxton Riverton 131
2 John Murdock IV Laramie 143
3 Drew Petrie Kelly Walsh 143
4 Lars Gittings Cheyenne Central 149
5 Eli Bryant Laramie 149
6 Jack Mavrakis Sheridan 150
7 Brock Ehlers Evanston 150
8 Alec Richardson Riverton 152
9 Braeden Macdonald Evanston 155
10 Alex Cole Cheyenne East 155
4A Boys Team Standings
1 Riverton 602
2 Laramie 619
3 Cheyenne Central 620
Sheridan 645
Natrona 649
Gillette 655
Evanston 655
Kelly Walsh 658
Rock Springs 672
Cheyenne East 672
Cheyenne South 675
Green River 739
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Girls:
The story of the 4A girls was who WASN"T there. Two time defending team champion Natrona had three girls come down with food poisoning and couldn't compete. One of them was Eryn Ellis who had won several tournaments this fall and could've been a contender for the title. In the end, though, it was a Natrona golfer that was #1. Caitlyn Skavdahl beat last year's champ Kalle Lunsford of Evanston by one stroke. Evanston won the team title, which is only their second ever. The other one happened in 1988.
1 Caitlyn Skavdahl Natrona 166
2 Kalle Lunsford Evanston 167
3 Bailee Watt Kelly Walsh 170
4 Mariah Farden Cheyenne East 171
5 Reilly Johnson Kelly Walsh 173
6 Taryn Mayer Evanston 181
7 Kendra Miller Riverton 184
8 Jacquie Perdue Laramie 185
9 Kayla Allen Sheridan 185
10 Callie Cox Rock Springs 193
4A Girls Team Standings
Evanston 542
Laramie 582
Cheyenne East 584
Rock Springs 587
Sheridan 591
Kelly Walsh 598
Gillette 608
Riverton 610
Cheyenne Central 628
Green River 663
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