Davies Jennifer Marsh captures second straight East Region girls golf title

FARGO-It was a clean sweep for the Fargo Davies girls golf team at the North Dakota East Region golf meet on Monday at Rose Creek Golf Course.

The Eagles won the team championship for the first time since 2013 and their senior standout Jennifer Marsh captured medalist honors for the second year in a row.

Davies won the meet shooting a 354, nine strokes better than runner-up West Fargo Sheyenne.

"I'm excited that we showed up at this meet," Fargo Davies head coach Heather Yarber said. "It was nice to win and have it be a team effort. This year, it has been us, Sheyenne, and Grand Forks Red River that have rotated out (winning tournaments). On any given day it is anybody's meet. It just happened to be our day (Monday)."

Marsh led the way for the Eagles, shooting a 5-over 76. Davies also received sub-100 scores from sophomore Anna Davison (87) and senior Anna Ingersoll (91).

"It gives us more confidence heading into state than what we had last year and it is always exciting to end the East Region season with a team win," Marsh said.

The Class A state meet is set for Oct. 5-6 at Rose Creek.

Marsh bogeyed four of her first nine holes Monday, but shot 1-over par on the back nine to improve her round.

"It's definitely not what I wanted to shoot," Marsh said. "I had hoped to shoot better, but I hung in there and kept at it. It wasn't a great day, but that happens. My tee shots got better. They were not great the whole round, but they did improve."

Fargo North senior Abby Sklebar was tied with Marsh at the turn with a 4-over 40. She shot par on the final four holes to maintain second place-her best finish at East Region meet.

"I played pretty well," said Sklebar, who finished with an 83. "These last few weeks haven't been the best, but I calmed down a little bit. Taking second means a lot going into the next meet and could mean a really good score at state.

Davison tied for third place with Red River's Hilary Wahlen and West Fargo Sheyenne's Maggie Manson.

Team scores: Fargo Davies 354, West Fargo Sheyenne 363, Grand Forks Red River 365, Wahpeton 388, Fargo North 392, Fargo South 393, Fargo Shanley 398, West Fargo 410, Grand Forks Central 431

Note: Top six teams qualify for state tournament

Top 10 individuals

1, Marsh, FD, 76. 2, Sklebar, FN, 83. 3 (tie), Davison, FD, Whalen, GFRR, Manson, WFS, 87. 6 (tie), Koskela, FS, S. DeBeltz, GFRR, 88. 8 (tie), Hetletved, GFRR, Darwin, W, 89. 10. Ellingson, GFC, 90.

Other finishers

Davies: Ingersoll 91, Bettenhausen 100, Klose 102, Allard 104

North: Singelman 98, Berg 101, Jenson 110, England 112, Cody 118

South: Miesen 94, M. Grothmann 104, K. Grothmann 107, Bolgrean 111.

Central: Reitar 109, Good 110, McGee 122, Hanson 123, Blixt 126

Red River: Laframboise 101, Bredemeier 105, K. DeBeltz 107.

Shanley: Kramer 95, Johnson 100, Vig 101, K. Wold 102, J. Wold 104, Hanson 106.

Wahpeton: Garcia 96, Breuer 101, DeVillers 102, Bell 103, Meyer 106.

West Fargo: Price 99, Johnson 99, Lura 105, Peters 107, Wohl 113, Dragt 119.

West Fargo Sheyenne: Froemke 92, Brown 92, Schmidt 92, Ault 97, Peterson 101.

Note: Scores 91 and lower qualified for state meet

All-EDC

(based on regular season scoring averages)

Red River: Samantha DeBeltz, Morgan Hetletved, Hilary Whalen; West Fargo Sheyenne: Maggie Manson, Katie Froemke, Ashley Peterson; Davies: Jennifer Marsh, Anna Davison; North: Abby Sklebar; Wahpeton: Kelsey Darwin

East Region Senior Athlete of the Year

Jennifer Marsh, Fargo Davies

East Region Coach of the Year

Eric Sanders, Grand Forks Red River

1/4: Marcela Hanson of Fargo Shanley chips the ball onto the green during the North Dakota Eastern Dakota Conference girls golf meet at Rose Creek golf course in Fargo, N.D. on Monday, September 28, 2015. Carrie Snyder / The Forum

2/4: Fargo Davies’ Jennifer Marsh sinks a putt during the North Dakota Eastern Dakota Conference girls golf meet at Rose Creek golf course in Fargo, N.D. on Monday, September 28, 2015. Carrie Snyder / The Forum

3/4: Morgan Hetletved of Grand Forks Red River chips the ball onto the green during the North Dakota Eastern Dakota Conference girls golf meet at Rose Creek golf course in Fargo, N.D. on Monday, September 28, 2015. Carrie Snyder / The Forum

4/4: Abby Sklebar of Fargo North High School putts on the 13th hole during the North Dakota Eastern Dakota Conference girls golf meet at Rose Creek golf course in Fargo, N.D. on Monday, September 28, 2015. Carrie Snyder / The Forum