Silver Lake Girls Golf Finish Runner-Up at 3-2-1 State Tournament

The Silver Lake girls golf team earned a runner-up finish at the Class 3-2-1A State Golf Tournament at Tallgrass Golf Club in Wichita.

The Eagles opened the tournament Monday with a 12-stroke lead, but Colgan made up ground in Tuesday’s final round, posting the lowest team score of the day. Both teams finished with a two-day total of 724, forcing a tiebreaker that ultimately crowned Colgan the state champion and Silver Lake the runner-up.

Silver Lake was led by Zara Nilsson, who finished second individually after carding an 80 in Monday’s opening round and a 77 on Tuesday. Savanah Wende also turned in a strong performance, tying for seventh place with consecutive rounds of 88.

Rossville finished eighth in the team standings, led by Elley Sanders, who placed in the top 30 with rounds of 92 and 104.

Other area standouts included Silver Lake’s Avenley Head, who tied for 12th after shooting rounds of 87 and 94. Holton’s Bree Barrow finished 18th with rounds of 99 and 89, while Hiawatha’s Hannah Simmer tied for 32nd after posting scores of 100 and 104.

Complete tournament results can be found here.