photo by: Photo courtesy Eric Toot

The Baldwin High School girls golf team poses after winning the Spring Hill Invitational on Wednesday, September 25 at Paola Country Club.

It’s been a good season for the Baldwin girls golf team this year. Despite this season only being the second year in program history and the first that the Bulldogs can field a full team, the Bulldogs have won all but one of their five tournaments this season.

The latest win came in the Spring Hill Invitational at Paola Country Club on Wednesday, September 25. The Bulldogs won with a combined score of 180, which was 16 strokes ahead of the second place De Soto team. Peyton Wright and Carson Chambers were the top two golfers on the individual leaderboard. Wright scored a 41 and Chambers finished one stroke behind.

Charity Thompson tied for eighth individually at 48, while Jada Sansome finished one stroke behind at 49, which was tied for 12th individually. Kristen Manbeck rounded out the top five at 54 strokes, which was 23rd.

The Bulldogs have two tournaments left in the regular season. Wednesday, Oct. 2, the Bulldogs will compete at Painted Hills Golf Course before the regular season final at Heritage Park on Tuesday, Oct. 8.

LHS, FSHS compete in home golf tournament

Lawrence High School and Free State High School competed in the Free State Invitational at the Lawrence Country Club, with the Firebirds taking seventh and the Lions finishing in 11th.

Free State’s top-four golfers all finished within six strokes. Laurel Stancil and Merrit Hale tied for 25th individually in the invitational with a score of 99. Haylee Graham tied for 27th at 100, and Claire Heinritz placed 32nd with a 105 score. Tola Jankowski rounded out the top five by shooting a 111.

For the Lions, Maria Guereca led the team with a 115 score. Sophie Rowley placed 49th and Cami Nauholz scored a 124 for 56th. Keira Wells and Lola Johnson rounded out the Lawrence team with 143 and a 148, respectively.

It was the first invitational of the season in Lawrence, with the only other one being on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at Eagle Bend Golf Course in what will be a Lawrence High School hosted event.

The end of the season is quickly approaching for both golf teams. Both schools have three tournaments scheduled before the postseason starts with the regional tournament starting on Monday, Oct. 14.

Free State tennis goes 9-3 in home quad on Thursday

Free State’s tennis team hosted a quad on Thursday and finished 9-3 against Blue Valley West, Olathe Northwest and Olathe East.

Annie Pilakowski led the way with wins in all three of her matches as the No. 2 singles player. Cami Lee, who is the team’s No. 1 singles player, went 2-1 with wins over Blue Valley West’s Maya Mitchell and Olathe East’s Mia Huettenmueller.

The Firebirds’ two doubles teams combined for a 4-2 record. The No. 1 doubles team of Taryn Jones and Zoe Cachiguango-Latta beat their Blue Valley West and Olathe East opponents but lost to the Olathe Northwest doubles team. Sacia Edie and Sofia Bourdo on the No. 2 doubles team beat Blue Valley West and Olathe East but lost to Olathe Northwest.

The quad wrapped up the regular season for the Firebirds, as their next competition will be the Sunflower League meet on Thursday, Oct. 3, at the College Boulevard Activity Center.