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Washington golf fourth at state
Demons Long leads with fifth-place finish, Fairfield’s Welsh 22nd individually
CEDAR FALLS — The best girls golf teams and individuals in Class 3A gathered at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course on Friday morning to compete for the highest honor in Iowa High School girls’ golf.
After over seven hours of competition and 18 holes of action 10 teams and a plethora of individuals awaited to hear their names called.
Of those teams, was the Demons of Washington. Individually, Fairfield’s Viola Welsh represented the Trojans.
Washington played a great two rounds of golf as its team total of 688 placed it fourth overall.
Welsh capped off her high school career with a 22nd overall finish in the state final.
Gilbert was crowned state champions with a low of 653.
To begin the first round of state action, the Demons were right in the thick of it.
By the time the opening round was complete, Washington sat tied for third with Dubuque Wahlert Catholic. Both squads shot 341.
Wahlert would end as the state runner-up with 672. Clear Lake who was second after round one with 339, took third at 676.
Eventual champion Gilbert held a commanding lead heading into day two with a 332.
For the Demons, Kaylin Long put together a wonderful opening round.
Long finished her round of 18 with a 78. That was good enough to tie her for third heading into day two.
Makenna Conrad carded an 83, good enough for a tie at 10th.
Tied for 24th was both Mallary Johnson and Haley Mitchell. The pair each shot 90 on Day One.
Adalyn Long tied for 47th with a 96 and Maci Williams finished with a 98.
Fairfield’s Welsh was knotted with Johnson and Mitchell at 24th with a 90.
With a solid opportunity to move inside the top three, Washington needed to put together some low scores.
The Demons did just that, but so did the competition.
In day two, the Demons finished six shots higher than the day before tallying a 347.
Meanwhile, the three higher finishers all shot better than their opening day.
Gilbert shot 11 shots lower, 321, Dubuque Wahlert 10 strokes lower, 331, and Clear Lake two shots lower, 331.
Kaylin Long finished her second round of action with a 79, bringing her to 157.
The final total tied her for fourth with Kaylie Kelchen of Lisbon, but Long was dropped to fifth on cardback.
Conrad finished two strokes better than her first day, shooting an 81 for 12th. She totaled 164.
She was in a three-way tie for 10th when competition was complete with Jaya West of Winterset and Mahar Julka of Xavier, but Conrad was bumped down to 12th.
Mitchell shot three strokes higher in the final. She carded an 93 and 183 overall, good enough for 29th.
Johnson finished seven strokes higher on day two, shooting a 97 and 187 overall. That gave her 39th.
Adalyn Long was two shot better in her second round of 18. Long shot a 94 with a total of 190. That was enough for 41st place.
Finishing 52nd was Williams. Williams shot one stroke better in the second go around with a 97. Her total after two days was 195.
Fairfield’s Welsh had a great finish to her state meet.
Welsh shot five strokes better to end the tournament, tallying an 85. The score brought her total to 175.
That was good enough for her 22nd overall finish.
