Emma Schwartz claimed medalist honors as the Bluffton Tigers completed the season sweep of conference honors by winning the ACAC Golf Tournament Saturday by 37 strokes at Celina Lynx.
Schwartz turned in an outstanding Back Nine of 43 to pull away from South Adams’ Addy Hinton after both girls turned in 48s on the Front Nine. Bluffton teammate Tressa Renner led at the turn with a 44, but struggled on the back and finished in fourth place.
Outside of the expected victory by the Tigers, it was an extremely close team race between the rest of the teams who entered full lineups (Jay County had just three participants).
The Starfires used Hinton’s runner-up finish to take runner-up team honors, capping off an incredible day for the team.
“I wasn’t surprised about Addy’s round, she has been working really hard the past two weeks,” said head coach Chris Toledo. “Asking for help and acknowledging what she needed to work on were two key factors.”
The coach felt that his team deserved a second-place finish and, on a better day, could have challenged for the conference title.
“The team score was honestly a bit high. IÂ wasn’t happy with it but understood why they were high.”
Penalty strokes from the heather and the water added to a team-high 23 double pars.
“Even if we would have shot our normal scores, it would have been hard to beat Bluffton. They played well.”
Team Scores
Bluffton 413
South Adams 450
Heritage 454
Woodlan 462
Adams Central 462
Southern Wells 465
Jay County No Score
Top Individuals
Emma Schwartz-Bluffton 91
Addy Hinton-South Adams 94
Natalie Otte-Heritage 102
Tressa Renner-Bluffton 103
Madelynn Snow-JC 103
Eve Corkwell-Bluffton 103
Sophia Kever-Woodlan 107
Olivia Minnich-Heritage 108
Emilee Hirschy-AC 109
Caroline Ripperger-Southern Wells 110
Julia Arnold-South Adams 110
Paige Wylie-Woodlan 111
Kate Moser-AC 113
Lily Hurst-AC 113
Adams Central
Kate Moser 54-59 113
Emilee Hirschy 51-58 109
Lily Hurst 58-55 113
Sophie Johnson 71-66 137
Lilly Johnson 63-64 127
Bluffton
Emma Schwartz 48-43 91
Eve Corkwell 53-50 103
Tressa Renner 44-59 103
Piper Morgan 60-56 116
Aleeah Grover 66-70 136
Heritage
Natalie Otte 52-50 102
Alexis Bremer 64-66 130
Olivia Minnich 56-52 108
Liz Buuck 59-55 114
Aubrey Stoll 68-67 135
Jay County
Madelynn Snow 53-50 103
Brooklyn Bright 61-63 124
Whitney McIntire 68-68 136
South Adams
Julia Arnold 51-59 110
Addy Hinton 48-46 94
Adison Toland 59-62 121
Megan Yoder 64-61 125
Brooklyn Green 61-67 128
Southern Wells
Caroline Ripperger 53-57 110
Kolbie Beavans 58-65 123
Sophie Meeks 56-63 119
Erika Beavans 59-59 118
Collena Reaves 56-62 118