Indiana High School Athletic Association
Phone: 317-846-6601
Fax: 317-575-4244 Website:
www.ihsaa.org
Blake
Ress, Commissioner
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MEDIA
ADVISORY October 4, 2003
Warsaw freshman Emily Johnson and top-ranked
Hamilton Southeastern were the big winners on Saturday capturing their respective
state championships at the 31st Annual IHSAA Girls Golf State Finals
held at The Legends of Indiana Golf Course in Franklin.
For Hamilton Southeastern and coach
Nancy Nuce, it marked the school’s first title in
girls golf and just the second overall. The Royals captured the 1981 title in
Class A football.
Senior Kristine Cook led the Royals as their No.
1 player with a 79-82-161 to finish tied for sixth among all individuals.
Senior Brooke Barriento finished 11th
overall with a 85-79-164 and was followed by senior
Helen Cuffe (84-83-167), junior Tory Sheppard
(88-91-179) and freshman Brittany Kelly (90-89-179).
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger
finished second at 682 followed by defending state champion Penn with 685,
Evansville Memorial (689) and 2002 runner-up Western (694).
Sophomore Angela Gauck
of North Decatur finished as the runner-up medalist tallying a 79-73-152. She
was followed by junior Amber Lindgren of Western (78-77-155), senior Sarah
Hughes of Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger (75-82-157) and
freshman Ellen Mueller of Evansville Memorial (80-80-160).
Penn’s Casey North Named
Mental Attitude Winner
Casey
North of Penn High School was named winner of the 2003 Mental Attitude Award
for Girls Golf on Saturday, October 4 at The Legends of Indiana Golf Course in
Franklin.
Members
of the IHSAA Executive Committee present the award to the outstanding senior
participant during the state finals each year. The recipient of the award, who
was nominated by her principal and coach, must excel in mental attitude,
scholarship, leadership and athletic ability in girls golf.
As
team captain, North helped lead the Kingsmen to the
2002 state championship and finished tied for fifth overall with a 158. On
Saturday, she finished tied for 12th with a 85-80-165 and was named
to the All-State Girls Golf Team by the Indiana High School Golf Coaches
Association as well as the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association. She
also earned an honorable mention to the Academic All-State Team by the ICGSA.
Earlier
this year, she qualified and participated in the 2003 USGA National
Championship for Girls finishing second in her age group and was named First
Team All-American on the Plantation Junior Golf Tour. She also won medalist
honors at last week’s LaPorte Regional competition.
Academically,
she ranks 70th in her class of 646 seniors with a 3.7 GPA. She is a
member of the National Honor Society, has worked with her school’s Freshman
Mentoring Program and been involved with the Episcopal Youth in Christ group at
her church. She will continue her education at Purdue University next fall
having earned a golf scholarship although she is undecided on her area of
study.
Casey
is the daughter of Ned and Beth North of Mishawaka.
Farm
Bureau Insurance, IHSAA corporate partner, presented a scholarship check for
$1,000.00 to Penn High School in the name of Casey North.
Team Posters And Individual Action Photographs Available
Visit 20-20 Photographic, the IHSAA’s photographer and the Midwest’s Leader in Sports
Action Photography, for images captured during Friday and Saturday’s State
Championships! Action photos as well as 20-20’s Ultimate Sports Poster will be
available for purchase later in the week following the state finals.
State Finals Programs
Available
Couldn’t be
at The Legends of Indiana for the state finals? You can still purchase a copy
of the official souvenir program while supplies last! Programs are $2.00 if you
purchase in person at the IHSAA Office (9150 N. Meridian Street in
Indianapolis) or $4.00 by mail (postage included). To order, send a check for
$4.00 made payable to the “IHSAA”, a note with your return address and brief
description of your request and mail to: IHSAA Programs, PO Box 40650,
Indianapolis, IN 46240-0650. Sorry, no credit cards. To further inquire, e-mail
Assistant Sports Information Director Jason Wille at jwille@ihsaa.org