AHS fifth. G-E-T seventh at La Crosse golf meet
Arcadia/Independence junior golfer Ahnna Bautch putts during the team's first golf outing of the year on Friday at the La Crosse Country Club. (Times photograph by Ben Pierce)
Both the Arcadia/Independence and Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau high school girls golf teams got their seasons started on Friday in a seven-team golf meet at the par-72 La Crosse Country Club.
Arcadia took fifth with a 434, and G-E-T placed seventh with a 440.
Tomah, fresh off a fifth place finish at the 2020 alternate fall state golf championship tournament last spring, took the top team honors on Friday with a 345. New Richmond (347) and Onalaska (366) fell just behind them, and Stevens Point scored a 413.
The Raiders were led by senior Hallie Tulip, who finished the round with a 19-over-par score of 91. Junior Whitney Sonsalla scored a 97, and juniors Ahnna Bautch and Ithzel Cossio Sotelo rounded out Arcadia’s scores with a 118 and 128, respectively.
The Red Hawks got a 27-over-par 99 from senior Emily Nelson to pace the team.
Junior Maggie Bistodeau added a 110, followed by sophomore Alexis Murphy (114), senior Bailey Maynard (117) and junior Caydence Kokott (117).
Both schools played in a conference match at Viroqua Hills on Wednesday and are set to play in another conference match on Thursday, Sept. 2 in Nekoosa.
