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Eufaula girls golf team wins District Championship
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April 10, 2024
Eufaula girls golf team wins District Championship
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR,

Lasiter wins high individual

The Eufaula Ironheads placed third in the Lake Eufaula Golf Classic this past Saturday with a score of 361. Tishomingo won the team event with a score of 345 and Stigler placed second with a score of 347.

Kaden Risenhoover was high individual with a score of 76 followed by Brady Norman of Henryetta and Boston Higgins of Tishomingo was third with a score of 80. Gavin Watkins placed 5th overall with a score of 82, Cody Mc-Neill was 15th with 89 and Jax Hickman 17th with 90. Trent Montgomery 21st with 94 and Andrew Robinson 24th with 96.

The Eufaula Lady Ironheads placed third with a team score of 405. Hilldale won the event with a score of 382 followed by Tishomingo with a score of 399.

Individually, Shaleigh Eldridge of Hilldale shot 85, Stella Caskey of Tishomingo second place with a score of 89 and Abigail Hurst of North Rock Creek shot a 92 for third place.

For Eufauia, Gracie-Jane Lasiter placed 6th with 96, Rylee McNeill 9th with 100, Gracie Burke 14th with 103, Jadence Efurd 16th with 106, Rhyatt Dunn 21st with 109, Eula Chapman tied for 24th with 110.

Checotah’s Savanna Brown tied for 24th with 110.

On Saturday, Eufaula won the Class 3A District Championship and Gracie-Jane Lasiter won high individual. Eufaula shot 390 as a team followed by Henryetta with 405. Lasiter shot a 88 to lead the team. McNeill 3rd with 96, Dunn placed 5th, , scoring 100, Efurd 7th with 106 and Burke placed 8th with 108.

The Eufaula boys’ team placed second overall. Trent Montgomery shot 80 for second place and high individual, Cody McNeill 4th with 83, Gavin Watkins placed 10th with a score of 91, Andrew Robinson shot a 95 and Drake Sutherland shot 99.

“It’s hard to believe that we are already at the midpoint of the golf season. It only seems like yesterday that longtime Coach Bill Bumganer made the offer to volunteer and allow the golfers to start early. He, along with volunteer swing coach Richard Belcher, have really allowed the teams to begin the season in stride. In previous years, golf really didn’t get to start until after January. Seniors Trent Montgomery, Andrew Robinson, Gavin Watkins, Gracie Lasiter, and Rhyatt Dunn have set the tone and have a clear view of what both teams want to accomplish this year.

The girls have started the season with three tournament wins. They have had multiple individual top 10 finishes. The girls have a goal of making the state tournament and being in the top six on the second day.

The boys have started strong in two very tough tournaments. They placed 3rd at the Muldrow tournament behind two larger class schools. They placed 4th in a very tough Henryetta Tournament. They have taken home hardware at each tournament with multiple top 10 finishes. As a whole, they have put in an incredible amount of work all offseason with a sole focus of making the state tournament and playing close to home at the Muskogee Country Club,” Eufaula head coach Jerad Efurd said.

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