HARRISBURG, S.D. — A strong showing across the entire Mitchell High School girls golf team proved to be the winning formula in the team’s season-opening meet on Thursday.
The Kernels edged Eastern South Dakota Conference rival Aberdeen Central by one stroke to secure the team championship at the Harrisburg Invitational at Spring Creek Country Club. Mitchell posted a cumulative score of 315 while the Golden Eagles finished at 316.
Maddie Childs finished with the Kernels’ low round of the day, finishing in second place after carding a 3-over-74 with a pair of birdies on her second nine. Anna Eliason secured a top-10 finish after her round of 7-over-78 was good for a sixth-place result.
The team title was decided on Mitchell’s final hole of the day, with Londyn Hajek needing to score better than a triple bogey on the par-5 No. 16 hole. She closed out her round with a double bogey to finish with an 82, finishing in 12th place and securing the team championship.
Other Kernel performances include Mia Larson’s round of 81 to finish in 10th. Ava Eliason fired an 83 to secure a 13th-place finish and Presley Meyerink came home with a score of 107. In all, 81 golfers participated in the tournament, representing 14 schools.
Aberdeen’s Olivia Braun was the only golfer to break par around the par-71 layout at Spring Creek, securing the individual championship with a 3-under-68, finishing with six birdies. Pierre’s Hadley Hart came in third place behind Childs after shooting a 4-over-75. Sioux Fall O’Gorman’s Erin Hurd (76) and Braun’s teammate Emma Dohrer (78) completed the top-five.
The Kernels and Golden Eagles gapped third-place O’Gorman by 35 strokes, as the Knights finished with a team score of 351. Yankton (361) placed in fourth and Sioux Falls Lincoln (362) came in fifth.
Mitchell will tee it up next in the Sioux Falls Washington quadrangular along with Harrisburg and Yankton at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, at Bakker Crossing Golf Course.
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