Local Girls Golf Season Tees Off

Pictured from left to right are Batesville golfers Stella Maple, Zoey Ahern, Ava South, Alexis Gallagher, and Grace Saner after taking first place at the Union County Invitational. (Provided Photo)

Batesville girls golf won the eight-team Union County Invitational at Liberty Country Club Tuesday night with a team score of 314.

East Central’s Rowan Pies earned medalist honors with a four under par 66.

Batesville’s Ava South finished second at three under 67.

As a team, East Central came in fourth at 392 while Franklin County was right behind in fifth at 396.

Individual Scoring for Batesville was as follows:

-Ava South (67)
-Zoey Ahern (80)
-Alexis Gallagher (83)
-Stella Maple (84)
-Grace Saner (94)

Team Results:

1. Batesville (314)
2. Richmond (348)
3. Union County (383)
4. East Central (392)
5. Franklin County (396)
6. Connersville (409)
7. Northeastern (419)
8. Rushville (INC)

Meanwhile, Batesville opened the season on Monday with a third place finish at the Bloomington South Invitational.

The Bulldogs as a team carded a 309.

Zoey Ahern led BHS with an even par 71, just one stroke shy of invitational medalist.  She earned 3rd place individually, breaking the three-way tie at 71 thanks to an eagle on the par 5 15th hole.

Individual Scoring for Batesville was as follows:

-Zoey Ahern (71)
-Ava South (73)
-Stella Maple (76)
-Alexis Gallagher (89)
-Adelyne Koehne (97)

Team Standings:

1. Franklin (301)
2. Floyd Central (305)
3. Batesville (309)
4. Center Grove (311)
5. Castle (337)
6. Noblesville (337)
7. Southport (347)
8. Evansville Memorial (349)
9. Bedford North Lawrence (357)
10. Madison (361)
11. Evansville North (366)
12. Seymour (375)
13. Columbus East (429)
14. Bloomington South (451)

(Provided Information)