Chesapeake, Fairland advance to district in girls golf; South Point's Bradburn qualifies individually

GALLIPOLIS — Golf is a team sport as well as an individual sport. And being an individual sport is good news for Samiya Bradburn.

The South Point Lady Pointers' junior golfer couldn’t qualify for the district tournament as a team with just two teammates, so she qualified as an individual and she did it in high fashion by claiming the Division 2 sectional tournament medalist honors.

Bradburn shot rounds of 44 and 43 for an 87 total to edge Trimble’s Braylee Richards who had an 88 on rounds of 41 and 47.

Both golfers qualified for the district Thursday at Crown Hill Golf Course in Circleville. The top two teams and individuals will advance to the state tournament.

The Lady Pointers had only three golfers this season that included Felicity Fry and Kota Copley along with Bradburn.

Fry shot 65-63 for a 128 and Copley was 81-77 for 158.

Two local teams qualified for the district as the Chesapeake Lady Panthers were third and the Fairland Lady Dragons were fourth. The Symmes Valley Lady Vikings just missed qualifying as they finished 4 shots Fairland.

The top four teams and four individuals not on a qualifying team advance to the district tournament Thursday at Crown Hill Golf Course in Circleville.

Chesapeake was third with a 490 team total as Emma White shot a 115 with rounds of 56 and 59.

Chloe Thompson had a 121 as she carded rounds of 63 and 58, Temperance Reaves shot 124 with 63-61 scores, Cadence Soper was at 130 with rounds of 71 and 59 while Siena Bozick shot 62-78 for a 140 total.

The Lady Dragons finished fourth with a 515 team score led by Madeline Schneider with a 100 on a pair of 50 rounds. Her score was the third best overall among the individual golfers.

Emily Ferguson shot 60-67- for 127, Taegan Leep was 69-60 for a 129 score and Yardley Gorby shot 86-73 for a 159 total.

Symmes Valley was fifth as a team at 519 led by Pozee Holland who shot 55-53 for a 108 total. Holland’s score qualified her for the district as an individual.

Evan Sells shot 66-68 for a 134, Lexi Newman had a 137 on rounds of 77-60 and Willow Dial shot 62-78 for a 140 score.

Wellston won the tournament with a 465 followed by Alexander with a 490 score to match Chesapeake, but the Lady Spartans won runner-up on the tiebreaker.

Federal Hocking was sixth at 540 followed by Waterford at 552, Miller 583, Nelsonville-York 597 and River Valley 598.