Bailey’s 77 helps Rochester take 3rd at Warsaw Invite

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Ava Thomas

Girls golf

The Rochester girls golf team fired a 344 and finished in third place out of 16 teams at the Warsaw Invitational at Stonehenge Golf Club in Winona Lake Saturday.

Olivia Bailey shot a 77 and tied for fourth out of 96 individuals. Molly Moore tied for 12th with an 85, Ava Thomas tied for 14th with an 86, Lexi Haughs added a 96, and Laynie Migonis shot a 106.

Bailey had three birdies on the back nine – Nos. 10, 13 and 18. Thomas birdied the par-3 seventh hole. Moore birdied No. 1.

Homestead won with a 324, and Carroll (Fort Wayne) was second with a 342.

Homestead’s Bree Noll was the medalist with a 72.

Rochester has finished no worse than fourth in any of its 18-hole tournaments this season.

Rochester dropped from No. 16 to No. 17 in this week’s state coaches poll. Carroll is No. 8, and Homestead is No. 13.

Warsaw Invitational

at Stonehenge Golf Club, Winona Lake, Saturday (par 71)

Homestead 324, Carroll (Fort Wayne) 342, Rochester 344, Lake Central 347, Warsaw “Black” 359, Chesterton 371, Crown Point 386, NorthWood 390, Warsaw “Orange” 398, LaPorte 410, Concord 420, Andrean 428, Elkhart 430, Peru 435, Bellmont 458, Columbia City 489

ROCHESTER (344): Olivia Bailey 77, Molly Moore 85, Ava Thomas 86, Lexi Haughs 96, (Laynie Migonis 106)