Heart of Texas Championship @ Pecan Valley Sept 10-11, 2021
The Highlander Girls Golf Team travelled to DFW on Sept 10-11 for the Heart of Texas Championship at Pecan Valley.
Many of the state's best 5A and 6A schools were in attendance.
The girls played well and earned a 5th place finish in the highly competitive field.
The Team scores of 311-306-307 were a great start to the season.
Congratulations to Sophmore Highlander Veronika Exposito claimed the individual Championship with fantastic scores of 74-73-71.
Juniors Sofia Bastidas and Leena Stephens aided the teams solid finish while Freshmen Charlotte Stick, Tate Hutcheson and Blythe Bowman had stellar debuts Highlanders!
Awesome job girls!
Lake Creek - Any Girls - April Sound CC Oct 4, 2021
The Highlander Girls Freshman Team travelled to Lake Conroe to compete in the Lake Creek Any Girls event on Monday. The girls performed up to expectations and walked away with the 2nd place team finish.
The teams 375 score was led by tournament champion Claire Smith (83). Teammates Sofia De La Garza (97) and Aly Gonzalez (95) added to the score.
Well done Ladies!!
Oak Ridge HS - Any Girls - Glennloch GC Oct 15-16, 2021
A mixture of The Highlander Girls 2nd and 3rd teams competed in the Oak Ridge Any Girls invitational vs several teams that have plans of playing in the State Championships. The girls played to a 7th place finish with several ladies having personal tournament bests.
Highlander rookie, Junior Valentina Barron led the girls with rounds of 85 and 84. Fellow Junior, Belinda Yu scored 83 and 87.
Sophmore Kamry Ramage's 85 on friday was her personal best, while Juniors Kylie King and Brynn Clark added to the teams score.
Montgomery HS Match Play - Bentwater CC - Miller Course Oct 22+23, 2021
The Girls Top Team wins the Montgomery Match Play!!
The team effort had every player step up and provide valuable team support..
Fridays play of 36 holes saw Sofia Bastidas fire a nice 74 during round 1, while Tate Hutcheson lifted the team up with an impressive 1 under par 71 during round 2.
The Team claimed 1st place during the stroke play portion of the event and played 6 individual matches on Saturday for vs College Park for the championship.
Leena Stephens played fantastic during the match play portion firing a 4 under par for the 13 holes played....defeating her opponent 7+5.
Charlotte Stick also played lights out in her match being 2 under for her 13 hols played, also winning 7+5.
Veronika Exposito played well to claim a 3+2 victory and Sofia Bastidas earned a 2 up win.
The match of the day may have been Freshmen Tate Hutcheson falling 5 down to one of the state's best players. Tate began chipping away at the lead showing the heart of a competitor that all the girls show. She never gave up and continued applying pressure. That pressure was finally relieved when her putt on the final hole of play resulted in a well earned 1/2 point in her match.
Fantastic team win 4.5 to 1.5
Well done Girls!!!