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Freshman Emily Joers won the WIAA state girls golf tournament. |
 | By Art Kabelowsky  Special to OnMilwaukee.com E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Art Kabelowsky |
| Published Oct. 14, 2009 at 12:41 p.m. |
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The first Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association tournament of the fall is in the books, and Waukesha South/North/West freshman Emily Joers stole the show.
Fighting blustery conditions at University Ridge Golf Course outside Madison -- the final round of the two-day state girls golf tournament had to be delayed three hours due to frost -- Joers shot a 1-under-par 71 on Tuesday. That gave her a two-day total of 150 and a two-stroke victory over Madison East's Alex Douglas.
According to research by the WIAA staff, Joers is the first freshman to win the Division 1 individual championship.
According to a story by Rob Reischel, freelancing for the Journal Sentinel, Joers had 43 putts in her Monday round but needed only 31 in the second.
"It was a lot windier out there than (Monday), so I was really happy with that score," Joers told the paper.
In the team race, Middleton won its first state title with a two-day total of 683. The Cardinals finished one stroke ahead of runner-up Oregon.
Here are links to Division 1 team scoring and individual results.
The real news came, once again, in the Division 2 tournament. That's where Madison Edgewood beat everyone -- including Mother Nature -- to win its ninth consecutive state championship.The Crusaders took an amazing 61-shot lead after the first round, then braved the wind and cold on Tuesday to finish with a total score of 628 and a 110-stroke margin of victory over runner-up Edgerton.
Edgewood coach Peggy Gierhart told the Wisconsin State Journal's Rob Schultz that "it doesn't get old" for the Crusaders, the Wisconsin prep golf equivalent of the John Wooden-era UCLA basketball program. The last seven of Edgewood's titles came in Division 2; the others came in a single-division format.
Osceola's Casey Danielson won the individual Division 2 title with a two-day total of 146, followed by Edgewood senior Meghan Martine, who shot a 1-under 71 on Tuesday to finish at 148. Three other Edgewood players finished in the top seven.
Notably, not only did Edgewood's winning score beat Division 1 champ Middleton's by 55 strokes, Danielson's individual winning score was four strokes better than Joers'.
Here are links to Division 2 team results and individual scoring.
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