The Union County golf team, playing on the Liberty Country Club, its home course, won the sectional on Friday, Sept. 18. Sophomore phenom Hazel Henke won medalist honors with a round of 73 to help lift the Patriots to the title.
Richmond was second with a score of 337 and New Castle placed third. All three teams advanced to the regional round Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Edgewood Golf Club in Lapel.
The top three individuals not on a qualifying team also advanced to the regional. They were Macey Oler from Northeastern with a round of 90, Macie Abshire from Hagerstown with a round of 102 and Makayla Hopkins from Northeastern with a round of 103.
Final team standings: Union County 333 (Henke 73, Audrey Beck 82, Melanie Goecke 84, Brooklyn Beck 94, Addisyn Lathery 97), Richmond 337 (Hannah Stearley 76, Emma French 85, Peyton Walton 87, Kyla Rogan 89, Lillyn Tompkins 94), New Castle 397, Northeastern 415 (Oler 90, Hopkins 103, Baylee White 110, Lauren Boyce 112, Sammi Kircher 123), Hagerstown 450 (Abshire 102, Layla Cool 105, Layla Brown 113, Izzabella Mitchener 130, Kate Carrico 131), Centerville 469 (Raegan Jones 115, Lilian Harvey 117, Hannah Hammerling 118, Raygan Hicks 119, Grace Curts 123). Incomplete teams — Connersville, Cambridge City Lincoln, Randolph Southern, Union (Modoc).
A version of this article appeared in the September 23 2026 print edition of the Western Wayne News.
