Week in sports
Published 10:32 pm Thursday, October 2, 2008
State tough for local golfers
It was an interesting two days for a pair of Mount Si golfers at the WIAA 3A state girls golf tournament in Liberty Lake, east of Spokane.
Sophomore Katie Somers had a tough time on the par 72 Meadowwood Golf Course layout, shooting a 77 in round one last Tuesday, then ballooning to an 83 last Wednesday in round two for a total of 160 over the two days, a 16-over-par score. That earned Somers a very respectable 10th-place finish.
“Katie’s 10th-place finish is a credit to her golfing abilities,” said Mount Si coach Mike Johnston by e-mail to the Valley Record. “The field of 80 golfers was tougher this year and the wind on the second day did affect the way Katie played. The wind was changing directions and that made it difficult to adjust to,” Johnston added.
Somers was not the only one who had trouble on the course in the second round; Seattle Prep’s Katrina Hegge, after shooting a six-under-par 66 in the first round, struggled in round two, firing a 75. Despite that, Hegge’s total of 141, for a 3-under-par score, was enough for a state title, beating Mount Rainier’s Stephanie Corey by five shots.
The top Kingco finisher was Issaquah’s Brittany Tallman. Tallman shot rounds of 74 and 77 over the two rounds for a total of 151, a 7-over-par score, which earned her fourth place. Somers was the third best golfer from Kingco 3A at state this year, being bested by only Tallman and Interlake’s Jordyn Allyne.
Mount Si’s Jen Sanford, who had been listed as an alternate, did not compete. “Jen was unable to enter the tourney as an alternate because almost everyone showed up for their tee times,” said Johnston. “Jen learned some valuable lessons about playing at the state level and was a great supporter of Katie. I believe she is hungry to return next year as a full-fledged participant,” the coach added.
Track team has state placers
Three Wildcat boys’ and five Wildcat girls’ track team members placed in the state track meet held in Pasco this past weekend. For the boys, Zach Sumner was the lone placer, notching an eighth-place finish in the javelin with a throw of 169 feet, 2 inches. Teammate Keith Keller also threw the javelin, placing 13th with a distance of 162 feet, 4 inches. In the discus, Josh David placed 12th with a distance of 134 feet, 1 inch.
For the girls, Madison Yakaboski placed eighth in the 100-meter dash. Yakaboski was also part of the 4×100 team that took sixth with a time of 50.47 seconds and the 4×400 team that ran 4:03.81 for fifth place. Also running on the relay teams were Katie Woolsley, Jessica Oliver and Nicole Remish. Oliver also placed eighth in the 300-meter low hurdles with a time of 47.55 seconds. Teammate Diane Keller took sixth in a preliminary heat in the 300-low hurdles with a time of 47.88 seconds, but did not qualify for the finals.
Tephra Brune placed 11th in the discus with a distance of 106 feet, 9 inches for the Wildcats. Finally, Symone Shaw placed eighth in the long jump with a distance of 15 feet, 10.75 inches.
