Miller shoots 78 at regional, but misses state by 2 strokes

Brown shoots 88 at first regional

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

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Savana Miller ALy Brown

Girls golf

Tippecanoe Valley’s Savana Miller shot a 78, and Aly Brown shot an 88 at the East Noble girls golf regional at Noble Hawk Golf Links in Kendallville Friday, ending their seasons.

DeKalb won the regional with a 320, and Northridge (327) and Carroll (Fort Wayne) (332) also advanced to state.

Wawasee’s Finley Baker (65), Warsaw’s Anya Puthucode (74) and Homestead’s Kamryn Nevins (76) had three three lowest scores among individuals on non-advancing teams, and they also advanced.

Baker was also the medalist, beating the field by nine strokes.

Miller birdied Nos. 12, 15 and 18, but she also had a triple bogey on No. 14 and back-to-back double bogeys on Nos. 9 and 10.

Miller shot a 76 at last year’s regional at Noble Hawk when she did advance to state. Miller shot an 81 at the 2024 regional as a freshman.

Brown did not have a birdie but had six pars.

DeKalb won their second straight regional and advanced to state for the third straight year. Northridge advanced to state for the fourth straight year.

EAST NOBLE GIRLS GOLF REGIONAL

at Noble Hawk Golf Links Friday (par 71)

DeKalb 320, Northridge 327, Carroll (Fort Wayne) 332, East Noble 348, Warsaw 351, Homestead 356, Wawasee 357, Fort Wayne Dwenger 373, Northfield 377, South Adams 391, Bluffton 397, Culver Academy 398, Fort Wayne Concordia 406, Southern Wells 424, Adams Central 428

DEKALB (320): Williams 78, Pfister 78, Tompkins 82, Sparkman 82, (Wright 91)

NORTHRIDGE (327): Kropf 77, Miller 81, Irving 84, Rost 85, (Hartzell 104)

CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (332): GeRue 75, Heller 78, Rao 86, Dimberio 93, (Holder 94)

EAST NOBLE (348): Oburn 77, Demske 86, Caldwell 92, Hiller 93, (Gerard 96)

WARSAW (351): Puthucode 74, Aylor 82, Burner 93, Whalen 102, (Spangle 109)

HOMESTEAD (356): Nevins 76, Diamond 78, Dougal 98, Confer 104, (Frost 118)

WAWASEE (357): Baker 65, Abel 88, Beasley 101, Barger 103, (Swain 103)

FORT WAYNE DWENGER (373): A. Alvarado 89, Coffman 89, Jones 94, E. Alvarado 101, (Hudson 118)

NORTHFIELD (377): Dale 87, Haupert 95, Cartwright 97, Sorg 98, (Dawes 104)

SOUTH ADAMS (391): Smith 83, Minger 95, Green 97, Orr 116, (Bernard 120)

BLUFFTON (397): Kauffman 90, Grover 99, Funk 104, Todd 104, (Morgan 106)

CULVER ACADEMY (398): Zhong 86, Zhang 92, Canales 103, Larson 117, (Chapman 125)

FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA (406): Stuber 98, Roehm 99, I. Johnson 100, E. Johnson 109, (Hedtke 110)

SOUTHERN WELLS (424): Meeks 99, A. Beavens 103, Reynolds 108, Palmer 114, (E. Beavens 116)

ADAMS CENTRAL (428): Hendricks 93, A. Johnson 108, Fruechte 113, L. Johnson 114, (Patterson 116)

Players competing as individuals: Burnau (Norwell) – 87, Huss (Bellmont) – 93, Coble (Fort Wayne Canterbury) – 96, Carlisle (Concord) – 95, Sotebeer (Concord) – 101, Wogoman (Fairfield) – 101, Nussbaum (Leo) – 91, Metcalf (Angola) – 85, Mertz (Fort Wayne Northrop) – 90, Mickley (Huntington North) – 101, Brewer (Wabash) – 89, Johnson (Oak Hill) – 93, Johnson (Plymouth) – 86, SAVANA MILLER (VALLEY) – (39-39) 78, ALY BROWN (VALLEY) – (44-44) 88

Top three individuals on non-advancing teams: 1. Finley Baker (Wawasee) – 65, 2. Anya Puthucode (Warsaw) – 74, 3. Kamryn Nevins (Homestead) – 76

Medalist: Finley Baker (Wawasee) – 65