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2007 Tournament in Review

MARTINSVILLE TAKES HOME RECORD 10TH TEAM TITLE, BREBEUF JESUIT’S HAYASHI
CLAIMS INDIVIDUAL TITLE ON SECOND PLAYOFF HOLE

Martinsville won a record setting 10th Girl’s Golf State all-time list for low-36-hole team score, likewise Columbus
Championship and Brebeuf Jesuit sophomore, Sophie North’s (644) and Noblesville’s (645) scores were good for
Hayashi, claimed medalist honors on Saturday afternoon at ninth and tied for 10th on the list.
the 35th Annual Girl’s Golf State Finals at The Legends of Martinsville was paced by the Silver sisters, as
Indiana Golf Course in Franklin. senior Chelsea shot 80-72-152 and junior Carleigh fired
a 77-75-152. The
sisters’ scores were
good enough to
earn them a tie for
12th on the leader
board. Also contrib-
uting in the victory
were sophomore
Kelsey Benson,
whose 80-78-158
put her in a tie for
22nd. Rounding
out the scoring for
the Artesians were
seniors Molly Burpo
and Emily Habbel,
as they shot 81-82-
163 and 86-80-166,
respectively.
In the sixth
sudden death play-
off in the 35 years
of the state finals,
Hayashi topped
Savich on the
second hole. On
the par four, 11th
hole, Savich chose
Martinsville began second round play in third place, to take an unplayable lie as her tee shot sailed into a tree.
only five shots behind day one leader Columbus North. Hayashi capitalized and sealed the victory as she sank her
Martinsville head coach Sharon Most’s Artesians set the putt for par besting Savich’s bogey.
mark for the second-best team score in state finals history Hayashi became the fourth sophomore in girl’s golf
with a 305 to run away with the victory. Martinville’s 36-hole state history to win an individual state title. The 2007
total of 623 ranks tied for second on the all-time list. The champion joined an elite club that includes Martha Foyer of
Artesians overwhelmed Hamilton Southeastern (642), Co- Carmel (1979), Castle’s Suzanne Noblett (1982), and Leigh
lumbus North (644), and Noblesville (645) for the team title, Anne Hardin of Martinsville. The three previous champions
while Hayashi earned medalist honors (146) in a playoff all earned at least a second championship in their prep
over senior Milena Savich of Carmel (146). Senior Michele careers.
Nash of Cathedral (149), senior Kelly Short of Yorktown Hayashi began the day tied for sixth place recording
(149), and sophomore Brianna Scheidler of Greensburg a one-over par 73 and matched that with another 73 on
(149) all finished tied for third. Saturday. Both Hayashi and Savich’s 36-hole total of 146 is
The win for Martinsville was a record-setting 10th girls tied for fourteenth all-time. Hayashi finished tied for 12th as
golf state title for the school, all of which have come under a freshman in 2006 helping Brebeuf Jesuit capture the state
head coach Sharon Most. The runner-up Hamilton South- championship. The Braves finished tied for fifth.
eastern Royals’ score of 642 was good for eighth on the

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