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Wednesday's Tri-City Girls Championships highlighted the depth of the Richland team.
The Bombers fielded two teams in the tournament, with Richland winning the tournament by one stroke over the Richland Gold team, with Southridge a distant third.
Five of the top six golfers wore green and gold, including medalist Mary McDonald, a sophomore who shot an 8-over 80.
The Bombers will send eight golfers to Monday's CBBN 4A district tournament at Moses Lake Country Club -- the five who will make up the team (McDonald, freshman Kristin Strankman, and seniors Alexa David, Kelsey White and Brittany Zier), as well as wild-card entries Gina Ojeda and Madison Hamm (both juniors) and freshman Hope Neidhold.
All eight can be considered contenders for one of the 10 state berths up for grabs. Seven Bombers finished in the top 15 of the 4A point standings, even though only White played in all five pod matches this season, thanks to the intramural competition for the five coveted team spots all spring.
Tri-City Girls Championships
Columbia Point GC (par 72)
Team scores--Richland 349, Richland Gold 350, Southridge 423, Kamiakin 434, Pasco, Hanford, Kennewick inc.
Top 5--1, Mary McDonald (Ric) 80; 2, Madison Hamm (RG) 85; 3, Lauren Goetz (S) 86; 4, (tie) Brittany Zier (Ric), Kristin Strankman (RG) and Gina Ojeda (RG) 88.
Richland--Kelsey White 89, Alexa David 92. Richland Gold--Ariel Culverhouse 89. Southridge--Kylee Haynes 99, Sarah Green 115, Kaitlin Loomis 123. Kamiakin--Kelsy Bigness 100, Arielle Wilson 102, Katey Spiel 114, Brooke Childers 118.
Pasco--Kelsey Merrill 107, Shelley Johnson 116, Kathryn Ginsberg 122. Hanford--Bri Hadler 90, Erin Fardell 95. Kennewick--Maria Zaback 96, Henia Soto 111, Emily Valerio 114.
NOTES: The Columbia Basin Big Nine boys 4A district meet also is Monday in Walla Walla. Ten state berths are on the line in the 36-hole tournament, to be held at Walla Walla Country Club and Veterans Memorial. ... Eastmont's Brady Parsons won CBBN Player of the Year honors after topping the individual points list after the five pod matches. ... The SCAC district meet is today at Suncadia. Nine girls and 16 boys qualify for state. ... The CWAC districts are Monday for the boys at Black Rock Creek and Tuesday for the girls at Apple Tree. Each qualifies 14 golfers to state.
All-CBBN boys
First team -- Brady Parsons, sr., Eastmont (MVP); Spencer Ellis, jr., Eastmont; Greg Prins, sr., Walla Walla; Scott Kim, soph., Hanford; Josh Harvey, sr., Hanford; Drew Reinland, jr., Walla Walla.
Second team -- Ryan Goude, sr., Walla Walla; Riley Hayfield, soph., Kamiakin; Sam Marney, sr., Eastmont; Alex Cantu, sr., Hanford; Brad Donahue, sr., Eisenhower; Samson Martinez, fr., Pasco; Jake Hanson, soph., Walla Walla.
