FINDLAY — Otsego senior golfer Elizabeth Jackson shot an 41-44–85 at the Division II girls district golf tournament at Sycamore Springs Golf Course on Monday to qualify as an individual to the state golf meet.
The two day, 36-hole D-II state meet is scheduled for October 13-14 at the Ohio State University Gray Course.
For Otsego coach Nathan Luce, Jackson is the captain of the team, the only senior, and a three-time Northern Buckeye Conference Player-of-the-Year.
She holds the school record in every individual category except one (low 18-hole average), which is held by her older sister, Olivia Jackson.
Her nine-hole average this season is 41.8. Her low nine-hole score is 37, shot at the sectional tournament, and her 18-hole average this season is 83. Her low eighteen-hole score is 76, also shot at the sectional tournament at Ironwood Golf Course in Wauseon.
“She is an avid golfer, playing all off season and regularly participating in the TJGA (Toledo Junior Golf Association),” said Luce. “She is a top student at Otsego, and she is a great teammate.”
At Sycamore Springs Monday, Jackson placed fifth in the individual scoring behind Joslyn Hunt (Van Buren), 78, Mallory Meister (Milan Edison), 80, Marissa Cline (Hopewell-Loudon), 81, and Lucy Myers (Colonel Crawford), 84.
In the team scores, Otsego placed fifth, one spot from qualifying as a team for state. Van Buren (358) was first, followed by Colonel Crawford (366), Edison (371), Hopewell-Loudon (380), and Otsego (383).
Other Otsego golfers were junior Lizzy Budge (41-47–88), sophomore Carley Etchie (47-50–97), sophomore Ella Kosinski (56-57–113), and freshman Janie Lehsten (62-66–128).
Other team scores were Minster (390), Archbold (390), Bellevue (403), Wauseon (411), Sandusky Perkins (413), Rockford Parkway (423), Napoleon (428), Miller City (430), Huron (431), and St. Henry (457).
Qualifying to districts as an individual, Lake junior Sarah Patrick shot 47-48–95.
In the D-II sectional at Ironwood Golf Course in Wauseon, Jackson was medalist, shooting 39-37–76 to beat second place Archbold junior Aniyah Copeland (40-39–79) by three strokes.
Patrick shot 44-45–89 to tie with Budge (41-48–89) for fifth place. Toledo Central Catholic junior Liv Fineske (45-37–82) and Delta junior Kalleigh Mignon (44-40–84) finished third and fourth.
Other Otsego golfers in the sectional were Etchie (53-52–105), Kosinski (50-62–112) and Lehsten (58-61–119), helping the team advance to the district tournament.
Rossford finished fourth at the sectional, scoring 404, and finishing one spot away from advancing to the district. Archbold (374) was the top team, followed by Otsego (382), Wauseon (388) and Rossford (404).
For the Bulldogs, golfers were senior Haley Hogan (50-49–99), junior Sophia Shinavar (48-51–99), junior Jadyn Durfey (53-53–106), freshman Lucy Rodriguez (51-49–100), and senior Serenidy Wertz (56-56–112).
Lake scored 456 to finish in ninth. Besides Patrick, Lake golfers were senior Addison Schultz (57-65–122), junior Brylee Waggoner (61-67–128), junior Jessie Mickens (67-70–135) and freshman Madison Ankney (57-60–117).
Eastwood finished in 13th with 502 points. Golfers were junior Mia Brown (63-49–112), sophomore Kamryn Sundermeier (62-63–125), freshman Whitney Lubash (62-65–127) and sophomore Kyra Rhodes (69-69–138).
