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Wakefield senior Katie Yelle shot a 188 at this week's NCHSAA state 4-A golf championships, helping the Lady Wolverines to a sixth-place finish.
Wakefield golfers place sixth at states
In a week or two, the Wakefield girls golf team's sixth-place finish in the NCHSAA state 4-A golf championships will be remembered fondly, explained Lady Wolverines' coach Rick Riggleman.
But Tuesday night — following their second round — the Lady Wolverines weren't celebrating with their finish.
Call it the curse of expectations.
"If they had played well, I think they would have been happy with a sixth-place finish, but there is no way they were pleased because they didn't play as well as they would have liked," Riggleman said. "In a couple days they will realize what a great season they have had."
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Wakefield freshman Morgan Schultz shot an 80 at the 4-A NCHSAA Eastern Regional at Chapel Ridge Golf Course last week, helping the Lady Wolverines' golf team advance to the state championships, scheduled for this week.
Wakefield golf team heads off
to states Monday
Three Wolverines, Leesville's Fuqua
to play in championships
Just one day after playing in last week's 4-A NCHSAA Eastern Regional — and helping the Wakefield girls golf team place second overall — Lady Wolverines Morgan Schultz and Stephanie Pribonic were already doing their homework for Monday's state championship.
After school Wednesday, the duo drove down to Foxfire Village and squeezed in a practice round at the Foxfire Resort (West) Golf Course, site of this year's 4A state championships.
Schultz, the Cap-7 Conference Player of the Year, came away impressed with the course, and noted one striking contrast to the previous day's event at Chapel Ridge.
"It was a lot different at Foxfire because the greens were a lot slower," the freshman pointed it.
The soft-spoken Morgan Schultz, a freshman at Wakefield High, took some time to talk with NorthRaleighSports.com last week before heading off to play in the 4-A state championship at the Foxfire Resort (West) Golf Course this week. Click on her photo to read her Q&A with us.
Check out the award presentation following Tuesday's match at The TPC at Wakefield.
Wakefield golfers crowned champions
Schultz wins Player of the Year honors
Halfway through Tuesday's Cap-7 Conference girls golf season finale at The TPC at Wakefield — her final league match in a stellar four-year career — Wakefield senior Katie Yelle was struggling mightily.
Bogeys filled up her scorecard early, and she couldn't seem to break the trend.
"I was having a rough round to say the least, and I don't know what it was," she shrugged.
But when Yelle turned for a comforting piece of advice from Lady Wolverines' golf coach Rick Riggleman, he offered none to the upperclassmen.
"He actually told me to not be such a freshman," Yelle laughed.
Alli Mossinghoff and the Leesville Road girls golf team are in second place heading into the Cap-7 Conference's finale at The TPC at Wakefield Tuesday, Oct. 6.
Wakefield golf wins again; Pride in battle for second place
Yelle earns low medalist honors
While the Wakefield girls golf team has all but engraved its name on the Cap-7 Conference title — the Lady Wolverines' win at Hedingham Golf Club Tuesday was their sixth consecutive victory — there is plenty of competition to watch at next week's league finale.
Following its second-place finish Tuesday, Leesville Road staked a one-point advantage over Broughton in the team standings heading into Tuesday's match at the TPC at Wakefield.
Although only bragging rights are on the line — there is no playoff or postseason bid on the line — it should be fun to watch.
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Wakefield golfers fight to fifth victory
For the fifth time in five Cap-7 Conference matches, the Wakefield girls golf team's depth proved, well, too deep for its rivals to overcome.
In Wednesday's match at Olde Liberty Golf Club in Franklin County, the Lady Wolverines shot a combined score of 127, defeating second-place finisher Leesville Road by eight strokes and clinching its fifth-straight league victory.
With teammate Kaity Fuqua looking on in the background, Leesville Road's Alli Mossinghoff (left) watches her drive Tuesday afternoon during the Cap-7 Conference's golf match at Wildwood Green Golf Club in Raleigh. The Pride placed second in the match, trailing only Wakefield.
Schultz, Yelle lead Wakefield to another victory
Having already completed her golf round Tuesday afternoon, Wakefield freshman Morgan Schultz waited impatiently outside the Wildwood Green clubhouse for her teammate Stephanie Pribonic to appear.
For the past few minutes, the ninth-grader had done the math in her head, and realized the Lady Wolverines — with a good score from Pribonic —could break its school record for a round for the third time this season.
Behind Schultz's 37 — which gave her medalist honors — and Wolverine teammate Katie Yelle's 38, Wakefield had a great chance to pull off the feat again.
When Pribonic showed up minutes later, the teammates locked eyes immediately, and the first words from both girls were "What did you score?"
Lady Wolverines clinch third golf win
The Wakefield girls golf team continued its early-season roll Wednesday afternoon at Wil-Mar Golf Course in Raleigh, tallying its third consecutive match victory.
The Lady Wolverines' Morgan Schultz (41), Katie Yelle (42) and Stephanie Pribonic (44) combined to shoot a team score of 127, besting Broughton by three strokes.
Wakefield's Morgan Schultz closed out her round of 37 with a birdie at Falls Village Tuesday. Although the birdie putt looked like it might run astray — see Schultz leaning the ball into the hole in the middle photo — the shot found the bottom of the cup.
Wakefield golfers set another record, claim second win
With last spring's graduation of Wakefield golfer Courtney McKim, who ruled the Cap-7 Conference for seemingly four straight years, it was widely believed the league was wide-open.
Anybody's game, really. A chance for a new face to move to the top of the leaderboard.
And it appears that fresh face is that of Wakefield freshman Morgan Schultz.
Only two league matches into her career, the ninth-grader snagged her second straight medalist honors at Falls Village Tuesday, shooting a round of 37.
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Wakefield takes match
The Lady Wolverines won their second Cap-7 Conference match of the season at Falls Village Sept. 8. For photos of the action, click on the picture above.
Wakefield's Morgan Schultz shot a 37 at Heritage Golf Club Tuesday afternoon, becoming the second freshman to ever earn medalist honors in a Cap-7 Conference girls golf match.
Wakefield golf sets school record; Schultz earns medalist honors
Riding in a golf cart back to the Heritage Golf Club clubhouse Tuesday evening, following her first-ever Cap-7 Conference match Tuesday afternoon, Wakefield freshman Morgan Schultz studied her scorecard intently.
While she only missed par by a single stroke, scoring a round of 37, the ninth-grader admitted the extra stroke was nagging her.
When prodded by driver/Wakefield coach Rick Riggleman, Schultz could crack a smile, but her eyes always seemed to draw back to the scorecard.
"She wasn't happy," Riggleman laughed afterward. "She really wanted to make par."
While that goal will have to wait until next week, the freshman should be consoled by the fact she earned medalist honors, recording the lowest round of any player.
Wakefield takes early lead
Click onphotograph above to see pictures from the Cap-7 Conference's girls golf match held Sept. 1 at Heritage Golf Club in Wake Forest.
Hitting the links
Wakefield senior golfer Katie Yelle recently spoke with NorthRaleighSports.com about the upcoming season, playing without Courtney McKim and the Lady Wolverines' fresh faces.
Click here to see what Yelle had to say.
Depth key for Wolverines on links
This doesn't sound right.
And maybe that's because it shouldn't.
But the Wakefield girls golf team lost former state champion Courtney McKim to graduation last spring, and the Lady Wolverines return an even stronger squad this fall.
Hard to imagine, but the numbers to back it up, said Wakefield coach Rick Riggleman.
