Sports Editor
A month ago, Tomah High School girls golf didn’t have enough competitors for a complete team.
Now, it’s possible Tomah could find a way to finish ahead of at least one school in the Mississippi Valley Conference season standings.
Tomah finished just four strokes behind La Crosse Aquinas as the five MVC schools gathered for the league’s second match of the season at La Crosse’s Forest Hills Golf Club.
The Timberwolves can tie Aquinas for fourth place by finishing ahead of the Blugolds in three of the next four matches. If the Timberwolves finish ahead of Aquinas in all four matches, they would grab sole possession of fourth.
Tomah was led by Brianna Francis, whose 9-hole score of 49 tied for fifth place. Nine of the meet’s 27 golfers shot between 49 and 52.
Shelby Hoeft was next with a 54, and freshman Megan McGinnis came through with her best score of the season at 55.
Megan Kennedy-Pierce made her first varsity appearance of the season and shot a 75. She injured her elbow two days before the season began and would have started the season as the Timberwolves’ number-three varsity golfer.
Team scores: Onalaska 179, Holmen 191, La Crosse Central/La Crosse Logan 206, La Crosse Aquinas 229, Tomah 233.
Onalaska sophomore Alli Path was the meet medalist with a 36. Holmen’s Christina DeBoer was next at 39.
The Timberwolves compete at the non-conference Arcadia Invitational Sept. 18.

