Walpole overcomes lackluster season to win back-to-back South sectional golf titles; Feehan's Hanley Correia is medalist
The Timberwolves pulled away from the field on a sunny, warm Tuesday afternoon, winning a second straight sectional crown with a 371 score, besting the Red Hawks (389) and Duxbury (394). Bishop Feehan junior Hanley Correia was the individual medalist with a 2-over-par 74.
'I told them after our last match, we lost to Needham, that the season hadn't gone the way I expected,' said second-year Walpole coach Vivian Kolovos, a Barnstable graduate. 'I'm so pleasantly surprised that this happened today and they all pulled through. It's just amazing.'
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'This year we kind of struggled,' said Walpole junior Tori Adams, who shot a team-best 84, finishing tied for third with Barnstable's Meghan Garthee. 'We didn't know what to expect. Some of the teams here beat us in the league. But I knew the girls would stick together and we played great.'
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Walpole junior Juliet Massey finished tied for 11th after carding a 91.
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In addition to Adams, Walpole received a 91 from junior Juliet Massey, a 97 from junior Gretchen Connolly, and a 99 from freshman Deanna Nosal.
'To be honest, I didn't think we'd [win] it,' Nosal said. 'We had a tough week when we lost a couple of matches and we practiced a lot. Today, we all gave it our all and we did it. It's crazy.'
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The Timberwolves, along with Barnstable and Duxbury, which held off a late surge from Notre Dame (Hingham) for the final spot, will now compete in the state championship June 4 at Sandy Burr in Wayland.
Bellingham, MA- 5/27/25- Adriana Shaughnessy of Walpole lines up her shot on the 18 green during the MIAA South girls' sectional championship at Maplegate Country Club on May 27, 2025. (Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff)
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About five hours before Walpole wrapped up its title, Correia finished her round three strokes ahead of Callie Crean of Hingham (77), who joined her in the first group off the tees.
Correia, who won the sectional title as a freshman, bounced back from a fifth-place finish last year, when a 10 on the par-5 14th hole knocked her out of contention. So when she returned to that hole Tuesday, she took a breath and followed up a strong drive with a pin-high approach shot and putted out for the birdie, a six-shot improvement.
It was Correia's second birdie of the day, following up on a strong drive on the par-4, 235-yard No. 10, where she cleared a row of trees to her right with a hybrid driver, allowing her to finish the back nine at 1-under after a 3-over front nine.
'It wasn't a good day for my approach shots, but luckily my chipping was good and I was able to come back with that,' she said. 'My chipping really saved me today.'
Bishop Feehan junior Hanley Correia (right) accepts her medal for winning the individual title at the South sectional golf championship at Maplegate Country Club in Bellingham.
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Correia has been playing since she was old enough to hold a club, learning the game at MGA Links in Norton (now The Links at Mass Golf), where she played with her older brother Chad, now a freshman at Bryant. Her father, Rod Correia, was a standout baseball player at Dighton-Rehoboth and UMass Dartmouth who went on to play 84 games with the California Angels from 1993-95, and her mother, Martha, was a former professional figure skater.
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When Correia finished her round, some of her competitors were still on the third hole, so she spent her afternoon doing homework at a local Starbucks before returning to find out if her score stood up.
'I knew I was in contention. I didn't know if I'd end up pulling through,' she said. 'I'm happy my work paid off. It's a grind balancing schoolwork and practice every day. After I won it my freshman year I felt I had a reputation to keep up. I just hope I win it again next year.'
Bellingham, MA- 5/27/25- Maddy Eagan of Marshfield watches her shot from the 18 fairway during the MIAA South girls' sectional championship at Maplegate Country Club on May 27, 2025. (Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff)
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Bellingham, MA- 5/27/25- Kaelyn Quinn of Bishop Feehan hits onto the 16 green during the MIAA South girls' sectional championship at Maplegate Country Club on May 27, 2025. (Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff)
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Bellingham, MA- 5/27/25- Hingham golfers watch the play on the 18 green during the MIAA South girls' sectional championship at Maplegate Country Club on May 27, 2025. (Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff)
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Bellingham, MA- 5/27/25- Mary Kate McKenna of Silver Lake sinks her putt on the 18 green during the MIAA South girls' sectional championship at Maplegate Country Club on May 27, 2025. (Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff)
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Bellingham, MA- 5/27/25- Emily Chen of Newton North, right, and Mary Kate McKenna of Silver Lake, left, smile after putting on the 18 green during the MIAA South girls' sectional championship at Maplegate Country Club on May 27, 2025. (Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff)
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