1A, 2A golf: Broken wedge can't keep Manila's Schofield from medalist; Beaver girls win back-to-back

WEST BOUNTIFUL — Abby Schofield may have accidentally found herself a new pitching wedge.

Hopefully her father approves.

The Manila High senior broke her wedge on the final hole of the region tournament in Wendover, but borrowed the loaner and shot 83 that included an eagle on the par-5 sixth hole Wednesday to cruise to her second 1A medalist honor in three years at Lakeside Golf Course.

Oh, and Schofield helped lead the rural Utah school that doesn't have a home course to the program's first state title by 16 strokes over second-place Monticello.

"I'm going to be honest: the team title means the most to me," said Schofield, who plans to play college golf in North Carolina after she graduates. "The support I've had from them has been amazing; I couldn't do anything that I've done, or half of it, if I didn't have them. I really have to thank all of my junior golf friends, helping me through the season, keeping me positive and never letting me down."

Manila does't have a home course, and Schofield practices mostly on a golf simulator for much of the year — which can be particularly challenging in the short game, chipping and putting, she says. But the 1A girls golf medalist in 2022 who shot 83 at Glendale hadn't broken a club until that final round of her last region meet.

"I broke my wedge, and thought I wouldn't win state with a broken wedge. But the wedge that my dad gave me, it came in clutch," said Schofield, who added she broke the club in half while hitting from a barbed-wire fence on the 18th hole. "Everything was just clicking. The putts were falling really well."

"I'm going to have to take it forever," she deadpanned, "because that saved me today."

Manila teammate Kallie Bair finished tied for fifth, and Sadie Davis, Janie Christensen and Reagan Browning all finished inside the top 15 for the Mustangs.

1A girls team scores

1. Manila, 392
2. Monticello, 408
3. Valley, 417
4. Milford, 438
5. Rich, 440
6. Wayne, 452
7. Tabiona, 468

1A girls top 10

• Abby Schofield, Manila — 83
• Alise Lewis, Monticello — 94
• Cambree Chamerlain, Monticello — 97
• Rachel Cox, Valley — 99
• Kallie Bair, Manila; Kaylee Brinkerhoff, Valley — 101
• Savannah Williams, Wayne — 102
• Tailyn Ambrose, Milford; Saige Lundgren, Rich; Sadie Davis, Manila; Janie Christensen, Manila; Alli Young, Monticello — 104

1A boys: Rich back on top for first time since 2014

It took a full decade, but Rich's boys golf team climbed the summit and cruised down to Utah's lone high school boys' golf title to be decided in the spring.

Noah Parry shot 84-81 for a two-day total of 23-over-par 165, and teammate Jaden Desch added a top-10 finish to help Rich halt Wayne's bid for a first state title by 14 strokes Wednesday at Lakeside Golf Club.

Paxton Nicolodemos and Jordan Johnson each finished inside the top 25 for the Rebels.

Wendover's Trejin Tangaro shot back-to-back 81s to win medalist honors by three strokes, while Valley's Ivan Spencer and Piute's Swade Olsen (167) and Monticello's Traken Lee rounded out the top five.

1A boys team scores

• Rich, 706
• Wayne, 720
• Valley, 725
• Panguitch, 731
• Monticello, 732

1A boys top 10

• Trejin Tangaro, Wendover — 162
• Noah Parry, Rich — 165
• Ivan Spencer, Valley; Swade Olsen, Piute — 167
• Taken Lee, Monticello — 169
• Ammon Peterson, Wayne — 171
• Jaden Desch, Rich; Camden Englestead, Panguitch — 172
• Keenan Chamberlain, Valley — 175
• Miles Hinkle, Wayne — 176

2A golf: Beaver goes back-to-back for third title

Heid Harris shot 13-over 85 to finish tied for third, and Taisley Marshall and Sunnie Moon each added a top-10 finish as Beaver breezed to consecutive 2A girls golf state titles eight strokes Tuesday at Glendale Golf Club.

The Beavers posted a team score of 371, topping American Heritage's 379 in the 18-hole tournament. Waterford (394), South Sevier (399) and Saint Joseph (418) rounded out the top five behind Beaver's third team title in program history.

Waterford senior Evelyn Azares birdied the 18th hole to secure medalist honors by shooting 9-over 81. American Heritage's Bethany Braddy finished second at 11-over 83, while Millard's Lindsay Starley tied Harris for third.

2A girls team scores

1. Beaver, 371
2. American Heritage, 379
3. Waterford, 394
4. South Sevier, 399
5. Saint Joseph, 418
6. Millard, 428
7. Rowland Hall, 443
8. North Sevier, 447
9. North Summit, 466
10. Grand County, 477
11. Gunnison Valley, 466
12. APA Draper, 497
13. Wasatch Academy, 505
14. San Juan, 541

2A girls top 10

• Evelyn Azares, Waterford — 81
• Bethany Braddy, American Heritage — 83
• Lindsay Starley, Millard; Heidi Harris, Beaver — 85
• Anna Eggertsen, American Heritage — 86
• Taisley Marshall, Beaver — 90
• Sunnie Moon, Beaver — 93
• Emily Nicholson, Wasatch Academy — 95
• Jade Kerby, Grand County — 96
• Kate Weissman, Rowland Hall; Whitley Goble, South Sevier — 97

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