Auburn Qualifies Team for State Girls Golf Tournament

Last season, Auburn golfers Lucy Hayes and Jamisyn Kirkpatrick competed at the NSAA Class C State Girls Golf Championships. Both juniors at the time, Hayes finished in the 50th spot, with Kirkpatrick, who also qualified as a sophomore, coming in 23rd. This year the duo will be heading back to state, but they’ll have a full team with them. The Bulldog girls golf team posted a score of 418 at the district C-1 golf meet in Lincoln earn second place and qualify for state as a team.

Kirkpatrick earned a third place individual finish with a score of 83 to send herself to state for the third consecutive year. Hayes also punched her ticket for the second straight year with a score of 88, landing her in fifth place. Bulldogs Aca Andrew, Delaney Stahl, and Hunter Stevenson also added to the second place finish and will represent Auburn at state.

The 2023 NSAA Class C State Girls Golf Championships will consist of two rounds, both starting at 9 a.m. at Lake Mahoney Golf Course in North Platte from Monday, October 9 to Tuesday, October 10. Live updates on the state golf championships will be available online at https:// nsaahome.org/girls-golf/.

Auburn Individual Finishers

3rd Jamisyn Kirkpatrick- 83 5th Lucy Hayes- 88 27th Aca Andrew- 117 44th Delaney Stahl- 130 51st Hunter Stevenson- 144 Team Scores

1st Lincoln Christian- 396 2nd Auburn- 418

3rd Platteview- 429 4th Lincoln Lutheran- 432 5th Sutton- 442 6th Exeter-Milligan/Friend 7th As.-Greenwood- 446 8th Elm.-Murdock- 459 No team score: Palmyra, Superior, Tri County, Heartland, Fairbury, HTRS, Johnson County Central, and Syracuse.