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Thornapple Kellogg senior Ailana
Leos fires a shot from the fairway
on number six at Bedford Valley
Tuesday during the MHSAA L.P.
Division 2 Regional Tournament
hosted by Gull Lake. Leos placed
third to qualify for the state finals for
the second year in a row. Photo by
Brett BremerBrett Bremer
Sports Editor
There was a pre-regional tournament
last week and an extra practice round
for Thornapple Kellogg senior Ailana
Leos at Bedford Valley Golf Club over
the weekend.
She kept detailed notes on each hole
and strategies overall. But maybe best
of all, she knew when to ignore them.
Leos qualified for the MHSAA
Lower Peninsula Division 2 Girls’
Golf Finals for the second year in a
row by shooting an 80 that put her in
third place individually at the Division
2 Regional Tournament at Bedford
Valley Tuesday.
The top three teams and top three
golfers not on those teams at the 13-
team regional earned spots in the Oct.
18-18 state finals which will be held at
The Meadows on the campus of Grand
Valley State University. Leos was
comfortably in state qualifying posi-
tion throughout her 18-hole regional
round, but she has talked with head
Leos earns another shot at State Finals
TK senior Rae Borrink sends a shot flying from the fairway on number seven
at Bedford Valley Tuesday during the MHSAA L.P. Division 2 Regional hosted
by Gull Lake. Photo by Brett Bremercoach Bob Kaminski about the need to
take some risks here and there to shoot
scores good enough to really compete
with the very best golfers in the state.
On the par-5, 419-yard number
seven, her 15th hole of the round, Leos
blasted her drive close to 275 yards into
a valley below the green safely away
from the pond to her right on the west
side of the fairway.
“I was like 145 out, but I will say, in
my notes from my two practice rounds
here, I kid you not, in all CAPS it says
do not go for green in two. Lay up, get
a wedge in your hand and two putt for
par. I even looked at dad afterwards
and I said, I have to go for it. I am 150
out. I have a seven-iron in my hand. I
can’t not go for it right now.”
Her seven-iron flew to the back side
of the green, giving her a chance at a
long eagle putt. The risk didn’t quite
pay off. Her eagle putt rolled close to
the hole, but then she missed a birdie
putt she would have liked to have had
another shot at. She tapped in a par putt
and went on to close out her round witha pair of bogies on eight and nine and
then finally another par on number ten.
She said a two putt on nine got her
back on track and then she knew a par
on 10 would pretty much seal her return
to the state finals.
Leos missed out on a trip to the state
finals as a sophomore, coming up short
in a three-person playoff for two state
qualifying spots on the Trojans’ home
course at Yankee Springs Golf Course.
She qualified for the finals for the first
time last fall, as a junior and placed
12th just two strokes back of a spot in
the top ten.
“This was my goal, come here,
qualify, get to states and then states is
where I would really like to medal and
do well, because I think I really can,”
Leos said. “That is the bigger goal. just
states, go out there and dominate, two
days, just play good.”
The Thornapple Kellogg varsity
girls’ golf team gave the top teams a
run early on at the regional and eventu-
ally placed sixth in a field of 13 teams.
Gull Lake won its first regional titleever and Mattawan senior Charlotte
Stenger won the individual regional
title with a score of 77. The regional
champs were led by a 78 from junior
Charlotte Boudeman.
St. Joseph qualified for the state
finals with a team score of 358 and so
did Plainwell with a 372. Stevensville
Lakeshore was fourth with a score of
393 followed by Mattawan 408, Thor-
napple Kellogg 416, Zeeland East 426,
Portage Northern 439, Allendale 442
and Zeeland West 450 in the top ten.
The Trojan team got a 106 from se-
nior Rae Borrink. The rest of the TK
line-up was made up of sophomores.
Vivian Hansson shot a 109, Jordan
Price scored a 121 and Sydney Martin
a 124. They were all among the day’s
top 50 scorers.
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