In the Foothill League’s girls’ golf penultimate round, the Wildcats were victorious on Tuesday at The Oaks Club at Valencia with West Ranch’s Zoe Greif snagging medalist honors after posting a total score of 32 (-4).
Through five rounds of play, the West Ranch Wildcats have totaled a team score of 907 and carry an 84-stroke lead going into next week’s final round of the season.
The Wildcats concluded Tuesday’s fifth round with a total team score of 184, the team’s best result at The Oaks Club at Valencia this season.
While Greif secured medalist honors on Tuesday, West Ranch’s Aubrey Lee remained in first in the season-long individual standings after the freshman posted a 1-under par round of 35 (-1) in the fifth round.
Following the fifth round, Lee holds a seven-stroke lead over Greif as both look to fight for the individual Foothill League crown in next week’s final round.
While West Ranch has two golfers in the mix, Valencia’s Kara An, who’s committed to playing women’s collegiate golf at Clemson University, ended Tuesday’s fifth round with a total score of 34 (-2).
In the season-long standings, An remained in third place following Tuesday with a season score of 180 and is eight strokes behind first.
An led all Valencia golfers following Tuesday’s round as the Vikings finished with a total team score of 211.
As for the rest of the Foothill League, the Saugus Centurions wrapped up the fifth round with a total team score of 240 and in third place for Tuesday’s results.
Saugus’ Jessie Roberts led all Centurions with the lowest score of the day with a 43 (+7). Following five rounds of play, Saugus’ Ruby Johnson remains 10th in the individual standings and is the only golfer in the top 10 who is not of Valencia or West Ranch.
Johnson ended the fifth round with a 44 (+8).
In fourth place after Tuesday’s round, the Golden Valley Grizzlies ended the day with a total team score of 283. Golden Valley’s Izabella Pauley led all Grizzlies as she shot a total of 52 (+16).
The Castaic Coyotes, who ended Tuesday’s round 16 strokes behind Golden Valley, ended Tuesday’s round in fifth place with a total score of 299.
Castaic’s Savannah Fry led all Coyotes with the lowest score on her team after she posted a score of 51 (+15).
As for Canyon and Hart, neither team reported official team scores for the fifth round.
Canyon’s Delilah Zeno led all Cowboys in Tuesday’s round as she finished the day with a score of 65 (+29). And for Hart, Elise Craig-Forcum led the Hawks with the lowest score on the team as she finished the day with a score of 48 (+12) on the scorecard.
The Foothill League will return to the Vista Valencia golf course on Tuesday for the final round of the season with teams set to tee off at 1 p.m.
