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YOUNGSVILLE – Cassidy Lambert of Academy of the Sacred Heart had the day’s low round and then survived a playoff with first-day leader Liza Lepeyre of Isidore Newman to claim the individual title in the girls’ Division II segment of the Allstate Sugar Bowl LHSAA State Golf Championships.
Lambert, last year’s fifth-place individual finisher, turned in a two-under-par 72 Tuesday over the 5,679-yard par-74 Les Vieux Chenes course. She had entered the final round trailing Lepeyre by four shots but made up that deficit in the final round with the two tying at three-over 151.
In the playoff at the par-four first hole, Lambert holed a three-foot par putt while Lepeyre missed her 16-footer for par to give Lambert (79-72) the title. Lepeyre’s Monday 75 had been good enough for a two-stroke lead over the field entering the final round.
Lacassine’s Carly Whittington and Daphney Tilton finished third and fourth in the individual standings, and those finishes were good enough to give the Cardinals an easy nine-stroke win in the race for the team title. Lacassine finished at 12-over 308 to defend the title the same two players had won last year, with this year’s score a 19-stroke improvement over the Cardinals’ winning 327 score last year.
Whittington (77-76) and Tilton (81-74) helped Lacassine stay ahead of Sacred Heart’s 317 score as runners-up for the second straight year. Isidore Newman finished third at 332 and Episcopal fourth at 337.
The four top individual finishers were the only ones to break 80 in the final round. Riely Heaslip led Episcopal’s effort and finished fifth individually at 81-80-161, while Shrayon Thibodeaux of Catholic High-New Iberia was sixth at 80-82-162.
TEAM STANDINGS
Lacassine 158-150 – 308
Academy of the Sacred Heart 163-154 – 317
Isidore Newman 163-169 – 332
Episcopal 169-168 – 337
Parkview Baptist 209-203 – 412
University 202-220 – 422
Oberlin 218-215 – 433
St. Mary’s 231-217 – 448
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
Cassidy Lambert, Acad. Sacred Heart 79-72 – 151**
Liza Lepeyre, Isidore Newman 75-76 – 151
Carly Whittington, Lacassine 77-76 – 153
Daphney Tilton, Lacassine 81-74 – 155
Riely Heaslip, Episcopal 81-80 – 161
Shrayon Thibodeaux, Cath.-New Iberia 80-82 – 162
Grace Jin, Acad. Sacred Heart 84-82 – 166
Marcelle Holmes, Acad. Sacred Heart 86-85 – 171
Caroline Glynn, Episcopal 88-88 – 176
Chelsey Shaheen, DeQuincy 90-87 – 177
Abby Rowland, Isidore Newman 88-93 – 181
Fiona Marks, Isidore Newman 89-95 – 184
Isabella LoBue, St. John 92-93 – 185
Dara Hatch, Delhi Charter 97-99 – 196
Brooke Riley, Parkview Baptist 105-94 – 199
Anna Claire Westbrook, University 97-103 – 200
Chloe Knox, Parkview Baptist 104-109 – 213
Abigail Ramian, St. Mary’s 109-104 – 213
Angel Battise, Oberlin 105-111 – 216
Taylor Shaw, Oberlin 113-104 – 217
Lora Peace, Negreet 107-112 – 219
Mary Sutton Sotile, University 105-117 – 222
Hannah Smith, Parkview Baptist 122-103 – 225
Olivia Wier, St. Frederick’s 113-113 – 226
Renea Cunningham, St. Mary’s 122-113 – 235
Natalie Clemmons, Lacassine 113-123 – 236
Ellen Rea, Episcopal 116-126 – 242
Gracie Chasteen, St. Mary’s NS-118
Mallory Lee, St. Mary’s WD