Girls golf: Avon earns final district berth; Avon Lake's Olivia Tobin and Sarah Quayle advance as individuals

NORTH OLMSTED — There are no trophies awarded at sectional golf tournaments. The only prize is surviving to play another week. Therefore, Avon's fourth-place finish at Tuesday's Division I sectional at Springvale Golf Course was just as good as a win. The Eagles shot 372 to earn the final qualifying spot with senior Aubrie Rush leading the way with an 81. It wasn't as good as the 354 Avon shot last week on the same course while winning the Southwestern Conference tournament and well off the pace of Magnificat, which finished first with 303, but it was enough to send them back to next week's district tournament at Brookledge Golf Club in Cuyahoga Falls. "Coming into today we just wanted to make it out," Rush said. "We knew there was going to be a lot of competition. It means a lot to me to be going to districts with my team in my senior year." The Blue Streaks were led by medalist Cammy Reed, who shot a 2-over 72, and freshman Claire Liu, an Elyria resident, who had a 75. Joining Rush at the district tournament will be teammates Madigan O'Leary, who shot an 89, and Rivya Veena and Allie Day, who 99 and 103, respectively. It will be Rush's fourth trip to districts and the third time in four years Avon has advanced as a team. "I'm going to try to play a couple of practice rounds down there this week," Rush said. "I'm just going to try to not let the nerves get to me. The last couple years I think I let the nerves get to me." Avon coach Aaron Millet was happy with the way his team handled the pressure of sectionals coupled with the cold and wet conditions at the start of play. "I give the girls credit for sticking it out," he said. "When we teed off it was 41 degrees. The ground was soaking wet and you could see your breath and they just battled through all of it. I think we're capable of doing much better next week." Avon Lake finished sixth with a 377, five strokes behind the final qualifying spot, but the season is far from over for the Shoregals, who had a pair of individuals, sophomore Olivia Tobin and junior Sarah Quayle, advance after rounds of 84 and 86. Both are first-time district qualifiers. Brunswick's Aislinn Leffel (86) and St. Joseph Academy's Gianna Reginelli (87) earned the final two individual qualifying position while Strongsville and Medina also advanced as teams. "I was just trying to stay consistent with my drives," Tobin said. "I struggled with my approach shots but I made up for it with my putts. Playing here last week in the SWC Tournament helped a lot. I had a good idea where to hit the ball and where not to hit the ball. I'm happy with my round but I think I could have done better." "My round OK," Quayle said. "There were some putts that I made but there were others I felt I should have made. It was kinda stressful today having to play with some of the better girls from the better teams but everyone was really nice. I didn't do as good as I wanted to do but I played better than I did last week (in the SWC Tournament)." Contact Todd Shapiro at (440) 329-7135 or ctsports@chroniclet.com. Team results (Top four teams advance to the district tournament): Magnificat 303, Strongsville 339, Medina 353, Avon 372, St. Joseph Academy 375, Avon Lake 377, Rocky River 378, Brunswick 389, Olmsted Falls 414, Westlake 429, North Ridgeville 417, Padua 448, Midview 452, Bay 480, Berea-Midpark 514 Medalist: Cammy Reed (Magnificat) 72 Individual qualifiers (Top 4 individuals not on a qualifying team): Olivia Tobin (Avon Lake) 84, Sarah Quayle (Avon Lake) 86, Aislinn Leffel (Brunswick) 86, Gianna Reginelli (St. Joseph Academy) 87* *Won a two-hole playoff for final qualifying position Magnificat (303): Cara Heisterkamp 74, Cammy Reed 72, Maureen O'Leary 82, Claire Liu 75, Isabella Paez 82 Strongsville (339): Natalie Kostalnick 74, Hannah Lee 77, Madison Gilbert 95, Taylor Bass 95, Mridulla Badri 93 Medina (353): Lydia Dorman 93, Camille Christeon 90, Stella Burns 90, Anna Macino 84, Carleigh Johns 353 Avon (372): Aubrie Rush 81, Madigan O'Leary 89, Allie Day 103, Rivya Veena 99, Elly Huron 116 St. Joseph Academy (375): Gianna Reginelli 87, Devon Maxwell 92, Emerson Glending 95, Caroline Neitzel 103, Hannah Caruso 101 Avon Lake (377): Olivia Tobin 84, Ava Lamb 105, Sarah Quayle 86, Paige Machovina 107, Jenna Kennedy 102 Rocky River (378): Chloe Holton 87, Mia Ginnetti 87, Julia Schmid 98, Sophia Loparo 106, Nora Shereidan 111 Brunswick (389): Aislinn Leffel 86, McKenzie Berg 94, Ella Weinhauer 113, Mia Cameron 109, Lindsey Vozar 100 Olmsted Falls (414): Sydney Ott 94, Ava Harb 110, Ella Atkins 105, Natalie Henderson 105, Katie Klammer 112 Amherst (415): Kennedy Rauch 106, Lizzy Iliff 93, Hananiah Smith 115, Shyla Plezia 101 North Ridgeville (417): Aryana Edgell 99, Kamryn Lienerth 103, Gianna Betonte 99, Paige Bell 116, Alyssa Prince 150 Westlake (429): Gabby Pollak 112, Emma Pollak 105, Megan Forshey 107, Kaitlin Zink 105, Ecaterina Lett 117 Padua (448): Jennifer Marchak 119, Morgan Dailey 111, Mary Mangan 120, Hannah Alison 102, Dani Shigary 116 Midview (452): Grace Seymour 115, Taylor Whiting 109, Leah DiFranco 119, Sabrina Crowley 109, Olivia DiFranco 128 Bay (480): Ruthie Bisson 137, Jennifer Fuehrer 118, Charlotte Fox 119, Kathryn McFarland 112, Carly Bird 131 Berea-Midpark (514): Miranda Haneberg 116, Sydney Van Dress 118, Abbigail Roy 149, Kayley McCartin 155, Sofia Vigliante 131 Elyria: Kloe Koepp 98, Zoey Pol 121 North Olmsted: Rose Lane 110, Kayla Weisenberger 108, Kenzie Song 107