Lady Leopards Golf Takes 9th at State Tournament – Girls Golf
Louisville 673 (9th Out of 12)
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The Louisville Leopards Girls Golf Team competed at the Division I State Tournament on Friday and Saturday in Columbus. Louisville shot 113 over par 673 in two 18-hole rounds on Ohio State University’s Gray Course Friday and Saturday. Their performance earned them 9th place out of 12 teams in Division I.
Senior Katie Bice led the Lady Leopards by shooting 19 over par 159 to tie with two other golfers for 25th individually. Bice birdied three times in her opening round on holes 1, 12, and 13. She finished Friday shooting 5 over par 75 and sat in ninth place individually. Bice would shoot 84 in her second round as well.
Junior Erin Strouse shot 22 over par 162 to finish tied for 33rd individually. Junior Alexis Ralston also shot 34 over par 174 and senior Madison Gruber finished 38 over par 178 to round out the Louisville scoring.
Junior Abby Davis also birdied on hole #14 in her opening round on Friday. She would finish 47 over par carding a 187 as the Lady Leopards fifth participant.
The New Albany Eagles won their third consecutive state championship after placing four individuals in the top 10. New Albany’s Madison Spiess shot 1 over par 141 over the course of the two days to finish as the individual state champion in Division I. Cara Heisterkamp (Magnificat) and Avery Wright (Jackson) placed second individually by shooting 4 over par 144.
New Albany finished 41 strokes ahead of second place Mason. The Eagles shot 26 over par 586 as a team. In comparison, the Comets finished 67 over par totaling 627. The Centerville Elks also came in third and the Green Bulldogs took fourth. Locally, the Jackson Polar Bears also came in sixth place.
Louisville finished just 3 strokes behind Cincinnati Sycamore for 8th place. The Lady Leopards finished ahead of Toledo Notre Dame Academy, Ashland, and Marietta.
Leopards 673 (9th Out of 12)
LEOPARDS SCORES: Katie Bice 75-84 159 (+19), Erin Strouse 80-82 162 (+22), Alexis Ralston 88-86 174 (+34), Madison Gruber 87-91 178 (+38), Abby Davis 92-95 187 (+47). TOTAL 330-343 673 (+113).
DI Girls Golf State Tournament Team Scores
| Pos. | Team | To Par | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total |
| 1 | New Albany Eagles | 26 | 293 | 293 | 586 |
| 2 | Mason | 67 | 316 | 311 | 627 |
| 3 | Centerville | 73 | 314 | 319 | 633 |
| 4 | Green | 76 | 310 | 326 | 636 |
| 5 | Medina Highland | 81 | 318 | 323 | 641 |
| 6 | Massillon Jackson | 88 | 320 | 328 | 648 |
| 7 | Dublin Coffman | 90 | 321 | 329 | 650 |
| 8 | Cincinnati Sycamore | 110 | 338 | 332 | 670 |
| 9 | Louisville | 113 | 330 | 343 | 673 |
| 10 | Toledo Notre Dame Academy | 134 | 342 | 352 | 694 |
| 11 | Ashland | 137 | 341 | 356 | 697 |
| 12 | Marietta | 255 | 395 | 420 | 815 |
DI Girls Golf State Tournament Individual Scores
| Pos. | Name | Team | To Par | R1 | R2 | Total |
| 1 | Madison Spiess | New Albany | 1 | 71 | 70 | 141 |
| T2 | Avery Wright | Massillon Jackson | 4 | 72 | 72 | 144 |
| T2 | Cara Heisterkamp | Rocky River Magnificat | 4 | 73 | 71 | 144 |
| 4 | Ella Wigal | Granville | 7 | 72 | 75 | 147 |
| 5 | Anna Ritter | New Albany | 9 | 75 | 74 | 149 |
| T6 | Emily Liptak | Green | 11 | 75 | 76 | 151 |
| T6 | Kary Hollenbaugh | New Albany | 11 | 80 | 71 | 151 |
| T6 | Eleanor Hudepohl | Cincinnati Ursuline Academy | 11 | 74 | 77 | 151 |
| T6 | Amanda Ruminski | Lexington | 11 | 74 | 77 | 151 |
| T10 | Emerson Purcell | New Albany | 12 | 71 | 81 | 152 |
| T10 | Mia Raines | Delaware Olentangy Berlin | 12 | 77 | 75 | 152 |
| T12 | Isabella Goyette | Medina Highland | 13 | 75 | 78 | 153 |
| T12 | Jenna Hayes | Centerville | 13 | 75 | 78 | 153 |
| T12 | Annika Manjunath | Dublin Coffman | 13 | 75 | 78 | 153 |
| T12 | Kaitlin Kormuth | Solon | 13 | 75 | 78 | 153 |
| T16 | Maddie Heister | Mason | 14 | 78 | 76 | 154 |
| T16 | Anna Coccia | New Albany | 14 | 76 | 78 | 154 |
| T16 | Zoe Luebbers | Cincinnati St. Ursula Academy | 14 | 73 | 81 | 154 |
| 19 | Meha Pandya | Centerville | 15 | 77 | 78 | 155 |
| T20 | Catherine Zhang | Mason | 17 | 78 | 79 | 157 |
| T20 | Sydney Deal | Perrysburg | 17 | 77 | 80 | 157 |
| T22 | Ally Madden | Mason | 18 | 81 | 77 | 158 |
| T22 | Jenna Harter | Mason | 18 | 79 | 79 | 158 |
| T22 | Rachel Didonato | Green | 18 | 75 | 83 | 158 |
| T25 | Emily Krutkiewicz | Medina Highland | 19 | 78 | 81 | 159 |
| T25 | Anastasia Nikolaidis | Massillon Jackson | 19 | 79 | 80 | 159 |
| T25 | Katie Bice | Louisville | 19 | 75 | 84 | 159 |
| T25 | Deeya Prakash | Cincinnati Sycamore | 19 | 81 | 78 | 159 |
| T29 | Morgan Rodgers | Centerville | 20 | 81 | 79 | 160 |
| T29 | Ellie Lim | Dublin Coffman | 20 | 76 | 84 | 160 |
| T29 | Sydney Wickert | Cincinnati Sycamore | 20 | 82 | 78 | 160 |
| 32 | Alessandra Goyette | Medina Highland | 21 | 81 | 80 | 161 |
| T33 | Kira Moore | Ashland | 22 | 78 | 84 | 162 |
| T33 | Samantha DeMuesy | Green | 22 | 79 | 83 | 162 |
| T33 | Erin Strouse | Louisville | 22 | 80 | 82 | 162 |
| 36 | Kennaville Jenkinson | Greenville | 23 | 82 | 81 | 163 |
| T37 | Klaira Paramore | Ashland | 24 | 82 | 82 | 164 |
| T37 | Ava Guilliams | Dublin Coffman | 24 | 85 | 79 | 164 |
| T37 | Maren Seaholts | Kent Roosevelt | 24 | 84 | 80 | 164 |
| T37 | Grace May | North Canton Hoover | 24 | 81 | 83 | 164 |
| 41 | Kate Dickerson | Centerville | 25 | 81 | 84 | 165 |
| 42 | Ava Pulley | Green | 26 | 81 | 85 | 166 |
| T43 | Abrielle Nikolaidis | Massillon Jackson | 28 | 83 | 85 | 168 |
| T43 | Grace Prentiss | Medina Highland | 28 | 84 | 84 | 168 |
| T43 | Amelia Burger | Centerville | 28 | 84 | 84 | 168 |
| T46 | Nicole Mater | Mason | 29 | 81 | 88 | 169 |
| T46 | Kristina Sim | Toledo Notre Dame Academy | 29 | 85 | 84 | 169 |
| T46 | Caroline Thompson | Cincinnati Sycamore | 29 | 84 | 85 | 169 |
| 49 | Paige Reece | Toledo Notre Dame Academy | 32 | 82 | 90 | 172 |
| 50 | Alex DeRee | Dublin Coffman | 33 | 85 | 88 | 173 |
| 51 | Alexis Ralston | Louisville | 34 | 88 | 86 | 174 |
| T52 | Sarah Anderson | Ashland | 35 | 84 | 91 | 175 |
| T52 | Jaden Eckard | Green | 35 | 91 | 84 | 175 |
| T52 | Megan Kestner | Dublin Coffman | 35 | 87 | 88 | 175 |
| 55 | Alexandra Simpson | Toledo Notre Dame Academy | 36 | 85 | 91 | 176 |
| 56 | Savanna Porter | Massillon Jackson | 37 | 86 | 91 | 177 |
| T57 | Paige McKendry | Medina Highland | 38 | 86 | 92 | 178 |
| T57 | Grace Sanford | Toledo Notre Dame Academy | 38 | 91 | 87 | 178 |
| T57 | Madison Gruber | Louisville | 38 | 87 | 91 | 178 |
| 60 | Grace` Zhang | Cincinnati Sycamore | 42 | 91 | 91 | 182 |
| 61 | Libby Aleshire | Washington C.H. Miami Trace | 43 | 95 | 88 | 183 |
| 62 | Caroline Connelly | Toledo Notre Dame Academy | 46 | 90 | 96 | 186 |
| 63 | Abby Davis | Louisville | 47 | 92 | 95 | 187 |
| T64 | Rylee Colangelo | Massillon Jackson | 58 | 101 | 97 | 198 |
| T64 | Trista Stanley | Marietta | 58 | 94 | 104 | 198 |
| 66 | Livia Sponsler | Ashland | 62 | 103 | 99 | 202 |
| T67 | Addi Herb | Marietta | 63 | 100 | 103 | 203 |
| T67 | Yeonhwa Jung | Cincinnati Sycamore | 63 | 103 | 100 | 203 |
| 69 | Emma Packard | Ashland | 66 | 97 | 109 | 206 |
| T70 | Makayla Welch | Marietta | 67 | 99 | 108 | 207 |
| T70 | Saylor Wharff | Marietta | 67 | 102 | 105 | 207 |
| DNF | Paige Hartley | Marietta | – | 105 | DNF |
