Camryn Luthy and Macy Bert advance to Sectional
By Jim Beers
CHESTER – The Chester High School Girls’ Golf Team competed at the 2023 IHSA Class 1A Regional Golf Tournament Thursday September 28. The event was hosted by Carterville at the Crab Orchard Golf Club.
Camryn Luthy and Macy Bert of the Chester High School Lady Jackets qualified to advance to the 2023 IHSA Class 1A Sectional Golf Tournament. Luthy shot 90 and Bert shot 105 in the Carterville Class 1A Regional to qualify to advance to the Sectional Match. The event will be hosted by Roxana and held at the Belk Park Golf Course in Wood River. Tee time is 9:00 A.M. Monday October 2. Meg Schnoeker Photo
A total of 11 teams and 69 ladies teed-off at Carterville for the event on a rather unseasonably warm, humid, mostly sunny day.
The Lady Jackets from Chester finished 6th out of 11 teams, and produced two golfers to advance to the 2023 IHSA Class 1A Sectional Golf Tournament.
Lady Jacket scores and finishes include:
Camryn Luthy (Sr.) (4th, 90)
Macy Bert (So.) (21st, 105))
Jessica Stumpe (So.) (42nd, 121)
Addy Gottschammer (So.) (44th, 122)
Riley Lochhead (So.) (46th, 126)
Rylie Myers (So.) (50th, 128)
Note: There were a total of 69 competitors at the Regional Tournament.
Class 1A Carterville Regional Team scores and their respective finishes included the following:
Nashville 366
Zeigler-Royalton-Christopher 382
Red Bud 409
Trico 421
Anna-Jonesboro 424
CHESTER 438
Herrin 444
Marissa 450
Murphysboro 481
Pinckneyville 506
Sparta 528
Note: Cobden and DuQuoin also had individuals compete
The Top-3 “teams” advanced to the Sectional Tournament including Nashville, Zeigler-Royalton-Christopher, and Red Bud. Those team members are listed here with their scores.
Nashville (366)
Brynn Stiegman, (So.) 81
Arabella Alfeldt (So.) 93
Karlie Stein (Fr.) 95
Zoe Lopez (Sr.) 97
Shelby Thorson (Sr.) 98
Lily Emge (So.) 110
Zeigler-Royalton-Christopher (382)
Hayley Pasquino (Sr.)
Kynzi Kirk (Jr.) 95
Brylee Martin (Jr.) 96
Ashlyn Stayton (Jr.) 100
Bella Bate (Sr.) 103
Red Bud (409)
Annabeth Ohlau (Jr.) 88
Raeleigh Rosson (Jr.) 106)
MaKayla Liefer (Jr.)
Payton Burmester (Fr.) 108
Olivia Schmidt (Fr.) 118
Olivia Stoeckel (Fr.) 131
In addition to the three teams that will advance to the 2023 IHSA Class 1A Sectional, the Top-10 runners that are NOT a part of those three teams also qualified to advance to the Sectional.
After all of the girls’ names from the Top-3 Teams were taken out of the overall list of 69 finishers, the next Top-10 were selected to advance to the Sectional Tournament. They include two Chester golfers, Camryn Luthy and Macy Bert. That entire list follows:
- Whitney Lovel (Fr.) Trico 79
- CAMRYN LUTHY (Sr.) CHESTER 90
- Autumn Kennedy (Sr.) Trico 91
- Clara Gahagan (Sr.) Murphysboro 93
- Gabby Dethrow (Sr.) Sparta 97
- Josie Stephens (Sr.) Marissa 99
- Presley Bierstedt (So.) Anna-Jonesboro 99
- Torie Ralls (Sr.) Anna-Jonesboro 100
- Ella Holthaus (r.) Herrin 103
- MACY BERT (So.) CHESTER 105
The 2023 IHSA Class 1A Sectional Golf Tournament will be hosted by Roxana at the Belk Park Golf Course in Wood River, Illinois.
Players from the Carterville, Alton, Mt. Sterling, and Auburn Regionals will converge at Wood River to determine who will advance to the 2023 IHSA Class 1A State Golf Tournament. Tee-Off time is 9:00 A.M.
The 2023 IHSA Class 1A State Golf Tournament will be held Friday and Saturday October 6-7, 2023 at the Red Tail Run Golf Course in Decatur, Illinois. The course is managed by the Decatur Park District.