Manhattan High Golf: 6A Kansas State High School Golf Championship!

Mother nature threw off everyone's plans for the state championship this year! Our practice round was on Saturday this year instead of the normal Sunday and then at 7am Monday morning we learned that Salina received 3 inches of snow and the tournament was postponed until Tuesday with a noon shotgun start. Yesterday was a picture perfect weather day for golf! Cool and crisp in the am to a warm, sunny afternoon!

The girls did great! They finished in 6th place with a 354 team score. This score was 7 strokes better than last year. Camy McAtee came in with her personal best shooting an 82 to tie for 10th place overall and lead our team! This was the first time Camy broke 90 in a tournament and was her final tournament of her high school career! Be sure to head over to our Facebook page to see the video of when she told coach and her teammates what she shot! It is awesome to see the LOVE they have for each other and how proud they were of her! Senior Elise Jackson had a rough day and shot an 86, but still came in 16th place! Elise was an incredible leader all season for the team and met her goal of breaking 80! Next was Sophomore Andi Siebert with a 92. Her 1st 9 holes was really rough, but she never gave up and came back strong on her 2nd 9. Junior Kami Bussmann also shot a personal best of 94!! We are so proud of Kami! Her hard work this season paid off! Sophomore Rhys Phipps shot a 98 after a really bad first hole, she kept her mental game strong and didn't let that bother her. Sophomore AJ Ryan shot 104. This was not her best round of the season, but she did have an incredible season this year placing in the top 4 of the team at most tournaments!

With the tournament being postponed they were able to have a send off at the high school during the school day. It was wonderful to see so many students come out to wish them well! The freshman JV girls were also able to make it from the 9th grade center! All of the girls also had a great gallery of people following them! Former Coach Chris George came and followed the girls too! I know that every girl also had people following along online watching scores or receiving text updates from parents. The support our Lady Indians had this year was so wonderful! THANK YOU!

Family support at the send off!

The JV girls made it to the send off! This is a great TEAM! So proud of how hard all these girls worked this season and how they improved!

MHS Students!

The girls running to the van!

Ready to head to Salina Municipal Golf Course in Salina, KS!

AJ Ryan receiving some words of advice from her dad.

A good luck hug for Elise from dad!

The girls wishing each other good luck before they get out to their holes.

Andi Siebert first tee shot

Andi Siebert

Rhys Phipps

Andi Siebert

AJ Ryan

Rhys Phipps and Coach McCarthy

AJ Ryan

Elise Jackson sporting her Christmas socks.

Elise Jackson

Kami Bussmann

Camy McAtee

After the Round...

Rhys and Kami after the round excited about their play!

Coach congratulating Camy McAtee!

Our Galleries...

Elise and her parents

Elise and her grandparents

Coach McCarthy's husband Garry and twins and former MHS golfers Kelsie and Kylie!

Elise's friends

The McCarthy girls surprising coach! She didn't know they were coming!

Camy's grandparents

Camy and her parents

Kim McAtee and friend Tracy Gros

AJ's grandparents

AJ's gallery

AJ and her parents

Andi's brothers

Andi's gallery...parents, brothers, grandparents, uncle and friend.

Andi and her brothers after the round.

Camy's playoff for 10th place...

The sun has set.

We are so proud of Camy!

Medals...while Camy was out playing in her playoff they handed out all the medals, literally. Apparently they did not have enough medals to cover the ties at 20th place so Camy and Elise will get theirs in the mail.