Northwest/ Scouting Class AA girls golf sectionals

Buffalo Grove sectional

Where: Buffalo Grove Golf Club

When: 8:30 a.m. Monday

Teams (with regional qualifying scores): Prospect (308), Highland Park (310), Fremd (330), Crystal Lake Central Co-op (331), Barrington (334), Buffalo Grove (336), Glenbrook South (348), Stevenson (351), Prairie Ridge (362)

Individuals from qualifying teams: Stevenson’s Stephanie Miller (junior), Nikki Marquardt (sophomore), Katie Pepping (senior), Molly Cizek (senior), Mary Beth Popielewski (senior), Anna Kaszuba (senior); Highland Park’s Tina Berardi (junior), Kelli Ono (freshman), Nicole Feierberg (senior), Jane Seder (senior), Jacki Berardi)(senior), Liza Kraff (sophomore); Buffalo Grove’s Grace Kil (junior), Amber Guiao (sophomore), Kelli Zickert (sophomore), Courtney Meyer (sophomore), Colleen Zickert (sophomore), Becca Winter (senior); Crystal Lake Co-op’s Lexi Harkins (sophomore), Amalia Emma (senior), Larisa Luloff (freshman), Ann Bandolik (junior), Bailey Bostler (sophomore), Emily Jean (freshman); Barrington’s Julia Calbi (freshman), Heather Ciskowski (sophomore), Lindsey Martindale (senior), Sammy Carman (senior), Katherine Sodeika (junior), Kelly Umphred (sophomore); Prairie Ridge’s Delainey Peterson (junior), Danielle Roulo (junior), Robin Manarik (junior), Michelle Nalepa (junior), Jessica Stengel (senior), Brooke Johnson (sophomore); Prospect’s Allison Walsh (senior), senior Christine Garmoe, sophomore Noreen Caporusso, sophomore Kiley Walsh, sophomore Emma Menich, sophomore Sarah Scaccia; Fremd junior Angie Kim, senior Madison Zyer, sophomore Jennifer Kim, senior Payton McAbee, senior Christina Kim, sophomore Dorothy Feng; Glenbrook South junior Lin Koop, sophomore Lauren Choi, junior Rachel Kim, junior Tammy Song, junior Dambi Kim, junior Madison Gately

Advancing individuals (golfers who were not members of an advancing team): junior Camilla Ou (Libertyville), junior Paige Skinner (Lake Forest), sophomore Morgan Kukla (Zion Benton), senior Lauren Groody (Vernon Hills), senior Darinka Sutic (Libertyville), senior Erin Walker (Warren), sophomore Gabby Cordova (Warren), sophomore Carrie Traponi (Deerfield), sophomore Allie Hubbard (Lake Forest), freshman Lauren Kelsey, freshman Annette Yandall (Wauconda), sophomore Courtney Fabbri (Mundelein), junior Kaylee Ross (McHenry), junior Rachel Fraher (Carmel), senior Jessica Trunzo (Carmel), junior Isabella Bagshaw (Carmel), junior Taylor Smith (Carmel), junior Holly Gotlund (Mundelein), senior

Nikki Pavlis (Carmel), junior Caroline Thompson (Carmel), senior Nikki Gierman (Hersey), junior Ashley Hong (Glenbrook North), sophomore Dana Gattone (St. Viator), junior Dakota Karson (Glenbrook North), junior Amy Stringfellow (St. Viator), junior Jackie Halden (Conant), senior Molly O’Keeffe (St. Viator), senior

Lauren Cerza (Rolling Meadows), junior Emily Santucci (Schaumburg), freshman Carly Bryeans (Conant).

The course: Buffalo Grove Golf Club is the home course for Buffalo Grove High School. “I think it’s a very fair course,” said Bison coach Matt Myers. “It will definitely allow the girls an opportunity to score well but also kind of play even to all the competition. It’s nice for us being on our home course. I think our girls appreciate that.” The last time the Bison advanced as a team to the sectional was 2005, and they hosted it that year, too.

First-place regional medalists: Prospect senior Allison Walsh shot a 3-over 73 to win the Hoffman Estates regional at the Bridges of Poplar Creek; Stevenson junior Stephanie Miller shot a 5-under par 67 to win the Lake Forest regional at Lake Bluff and Barrington freshman Julia Calbi shot a 3-under par 70 to win the Prairie Ridge regional at Prairie Isle.

Team outlook: Prospect is seeking a second straight sectional crown under coach Jim Hamann after winning at Rockford Guilford by 4 shots last year with a score of 315. Defending Class AA state champ Miller (70) won the individual competition while St. Viator’s Dana Gattone (77) was fourth and Buffalo Grove’s Grace Kil (79) tied for fifth. This year, Prospect has already recorded a school-record 308 twice, once in a dual meet against Loyola at the Mt. Prospect Golf Course and then in the regional at Bridges of Poplar Creek. The four-time defending Mid-Suburban League champs had four girls place in the top 10 in the regional. Allison Walsh’s medalist round of 73 tied the school record with current teammate Christine Garmoe and graduates Karly Grouwinkel and Michelle Caporusso. Barrington has also been scoring well late in the season and coach Jodi Schoeck has steered the Fillies to nine appearances in the state final. Calbi won the MSL and regional individual competition to help her team qualify for the sectional. The third MSL team participating in the sectional is Fremd under coach Christine Vlaming. The Vikes are trying to qualify for the state finals for the first time since 2002 when they won their only regional crown. Vikings junior Angie Kim finished a three-way tie for third with a 78 in the regional while senior teammate Madison Zyer gave them a big boost with her round of 80 for a fifth-place medal. “I played one of my best rounds at the regional, and I’m only hoping to do better at Buffalo Grove on Monday,” Zyer said. “I was so excited that we advanced as a team. We made it a goal to make it as a team to the sectional and as regional quickly approached, we realized how attainable that was.” This marks the first time the Vikings have advanced as a team under Vlaming, who took over the program five years ago. “We were all so excited for each other and for our program,” Zyer said. “It was the cherry on top of our season and making it to the sectional was my personal goal, too.”

St. Ignatius sectional

Where: Cog Hill No. 1 course, Lemont

When: Tuesday

Teams (with regional qualifying scores): New Trier 326, Loyola 329, Wheaton Warrenville South 340, St. Charles North 343, St. Ignatius 344, St. Charles East 351, Glenbard West 357, Maine South 364, Fenwick 368, Oak Park-River Forest 385, Glenbard South 392, Wheaton North 398

Advancing individuals: Maine West’s junior Kayla Hanson, senior Megan Edmondson, sophomore Olenka Kalinowski, and junior Colleen Schloss. Elk Grove’s junior Katie DeMeulenaere and sophomore Marki Kaim.

Outlook: New Trier is the defending state champion and owns the best regional score of any of the 12 teams in this sectional. The Trevians won the Prospect Knights Invite at the Mt. Prospect Golf Course early this season. Veteran Maine West coach John Hauenstein has four individual qualifiers competing while first-year Elk Grove coach Jon Rowley has a pair. Sophomore Marki Kaim is the sister of the 2010 Mid-Suburban League champion Rachel Kaim.

Advancement: The top three teams advance to the Class AA state finals at the Hickory Point Golf Course in Forsyth. The first 10 best scoring players who are not members of qualifying teams also qualify. Ties for the last individual qualifying spot will be broken with an on-course playoff.