Elle Copple and Courtney Crose are teammates and competitors. Many times this season it has come down to the top two golfers from Gallatin in the race for medalist honors at duals, triangulars and quads.
On Monday, however, the two got to put their best shots together — literally.
Copple and Crose combined to shoot an 88 at a scramble-style event at the Albany Best Shot Tournament. The score was good for sixth overall, earning more hardware for Copple and Crose in an already decorated season.
The duo parred a pair of holes on the front nine, working around one triple bogey to card a 45. On the back side, they added two more pars for a 43 to arrive at their final mark.
That final mark of 88 was eight strokes shy of tournament champions Madi Jessen and Gracie Kelsey from East Buchanan, who won with a score of 80. East Atchison’s Kelsea Kirwan and Alex Barnett carded an 81 to finish runner-up and Maysville’s Ali McManus and Hannah Riner and East Buchanan’s Hannah Archdekin and Sidnee Carr each shot scores of 83 to tie for third. An 87 from Worth County’s Bridgette Hightshoe and Eva Engel rounded out the top five, placing right ahead of Gallatin’s top duo.
Behind Crose and Copple, Gallatin got a 95 from Kylie Stagner and Chloey Waterbury. That team combined for a team-high six pars on the day, shooting a 44 on the front nine and a 51 on the back. Gallatin’s team total of 293 was rounded out by a 110 from the duo of Kiley Poindexter and Brianna Filley who had a front-nine 52 and a back-nine mark of 58.
“This tournament is a unique opportunity for the team to play with their teammates,” Gallatin coach Chris Wever said. “I think that takes the pressure off a little and lets them relax a bit. Overall it was a good day of golf and it was good to walk away with a couple of medals.”
At 293, Gallatin was fourth place at the tournament. East Buchanan took the team title with a score of 261, besting runner-up Maysville’s 282 and third-place Worth County’s 284. A total of 12 schools were in action at the event, including Princeton, which wasn’t able to post a team score with just three golfers in action.
PRINCETON
The Tigers’ top score came from Riley Moreno and Labrina Templeton, who combined to shoot a 102. The team collected three pars on the day, shooting a front-nine 55 and a back-nine 47 to reach their final total.
Also in action for Princeton was Cheyenne Dinsmore, who had to play the course by herself. She finished with a 123, shooting a 63 on the front nine and a 60 on the back.
SOUTH HARRISON CLASSIC
Gallatin was in Bethany on Tuesday for the South Harrison Classic, which also included host South Harrison, Worth County, Albany and North Harrison. Gallatin took the team title at the event, shooting a 216 to best Worth County’s runner-up finish of 228 and third-place South Harrison’s total of 246. Albany, with three golfers and North Harrison with one, did not field team scores.
Individually, Crose and Copple each carded scores of 47 to tie for first-place overall. It was Crose, however, who earned medalist honors after winning on a scorecard playoff. Both Crose and Copple parred one hole — hole 3 — on the day.
Behind that duo, Stagner shot a 60 and Waterbury finished at 62 to round out the team total. Filley was also in varsity action, shooting a 63.
In JV action, Hannah Critten shot a 57 and Madison Kirk finished with a 64.
UP NEXT
Gallatin played host to Princeton in a dual at the Daviess County Country Club on Thursday. Both teams will be at the Brookfield Tournament on Thursday, Sept. 30. That event tees off at 9 a.m.