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WEST BOUNTIFUL — Both the individual and team titles came down to a single stroke at the Utah 3A girls golf state meet.
Providence Hall's Paige Anae held off Morgan's Jane Poll in a playoff for medalist honors, and Juan Diego edged the Trojans by a single stroke to claim their first team championship Thursday at Lakeside Golf Course.
Soaring Eagle freshman Ava Werner shot 9-over-par 80 to tie teammate Sabrina Macias for fourth place to lead Juan Diego, which placed all five scoring golfers inside the top-20.
Poll rebounded to shoot 1-over 72 in the second round to tie Anae, who shot 76-77 to top the individual leaderboard after 36 holes. But the Providence Hall freshman carded even-par on the par-4, 315-yard 18th hole to take medalist honors after ann extra frame.
Poll finished second, followed by Richfield's Shelby Gardner in third.
4A girls golf: Runner-up Walker paces Crimson Cliffs to 1st title
Kate Walker's high school career has included a pair of medalist honors and a top-seven individual scoring round in state history when she shot 65 at TalonsCove a year ago.
But the Utah Tech commit added a career-first Thursday afternoon.
Walker shot 1-under-par 70 to finish with a two-day total of 1-over 143 for runner-up honors as three Crimson Cliffs golfers finished in the top-10 to clinch the Mustangs' first 4A team title in program history at Southgate Golf Course in St. George.
Orem's Kaylee Westfall shot 69-67 for a two-day total of 6-under 136 to cruise to individual medalist honors by seven strokes.
Beyond Walker, a senior, Crimson Cliffs sophomore shot 72 Thursday to finish third at 4-over 146. Pine View's Molli Mulhall and Cedar teammates Taylyn Wilson and Breele Evans rounded out the top five.
Brynlee Bandley finished eighth for Crimson Cliffs to add another top-10 finish for the Mustangs to win the team title by 21 strokes over second-place Ridgeline.
4A girls golf state meet
Team totals
- Crimson Cliffs, 654
- Ridgeline, 107
- Cedar, 111
- Pine View, 129
- Orem, 143
- Park City, 153
- Sky View, 160
- Dixie, 164
- Green Canyon, 184
- Bear River, 206
Top 10 individuals
- 136 — Kaylee Westfall, Orem
- 143 — Kate Walker, Crimson Cliffs
- 146 — Brynlee Welch, Crimson Cliffs
- 153 — Molli Mulhall, Pine View
- 157 — Taylyn Wilson, Cedar; Breele Evans, Cedar
- 159 — Maddie Fujimoto, Ridgeline
- 163 — Brynlee Bandley, Crimson Cliffs
- 165 — Rylee Holman, Ridgeline
- 167 — Ava Miller, Park City
3A girls golf state meet
Team totals
- Juan Diego, 699
- Morgan, 700
- Richfield, 701
- Juab, 770
- Judge Memorial, Grantsville 790
- Ogden, 850
- North Sanpete, 867
- Carbon, 889
Top 10 individuals
- 153 — Paige Anae, Providence Hall; Jane Poll, Morgan
- 163 — Shelby Gardner, Richfield
- 167 — Ava Werner, Juan Diego; Sabrina Macias, Juan Diego
- 168 — Abbee Albrecht, Richfield
- 171 — Ashlyn Matheson, JUab
- 175 — Sophie DeMond, Morgan
- 176 — Kenadee Benson, Morgan; Mya Malcolm, Richfield
