McDonald County’s Samantha Dowd is well-known for her speed on the track, but she made a name for herself on the links last fall as well.
Dowd was the lone Mustang to reach the state tournament last year after her top-10 finish in the Class 3 District 3 tournament. Dowd placed higher than any other Joplin-area golfer in that tournament at Silo Ridge Country Club in Bolivar.
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