Bucs second in regional, Purgahn ties for third place

American Press

30-04-2025

Barbe's Cassidy Scroggins shot an 82 on Tuesday at the Division I, Region 1 golf tournament at Mallard Golf Club. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
The Barbe High girls golf team didn't get the regional title they wanted, but they kept their hopes for a state championship alive after placing second at the Division I, Region I tournament on Tuesday at Mallard Cove Golf Club.
'I think they will play better next week because they know what is on the line now,' Barbe coach Bob Corley said.
Blustery conditions led to no under-par rounds. Barbe finished with a 160, eight shots behind regional champion and defending state champion Benton.
Corley said his players did well against the windy conditions.
'This course usually plays pretty tough because the wind blows so much,' he said. 'They play on it some, but not a ton.
'If you get yourself in bad positions, your score can go up really quick. They didn't have any real big blowups. Couple of them had some doubles, but they held it together. They can play better. They just wanted a chance to play next week.'
Mattie Purgahn led the Bucs with a 78 to finish tied for third with Ruston's Kate Boersma. After bogies on Nos. 10 and 12, Purgahn finished her round with six consecutive pars.
Maggie Dressler and Cassidy Scroggins finished tied for fifth place with Tioga's Morgan Goudeau at 82.
Benton had the top two medalists in Abigail McWilliams, who had the low round of the day at 2-over 74, and Grace Goodwin (77).
The state tournament tees off Monday and Tuesday at Les Vieux Chenes in Lafayette.
Sam Houston's Emmi Marceaux and South Beauregard's Brielle Grant qualified for the state tournament as individuals. Grant shot a 91, while Marceaux finished with a 92.
Division II, Region I
Southwest Louisiana had a one-two finish at Frenchman's Bend in Sterlington.
Westlake won its second consecutive regional team title and beat runner-up St. Louis Catholic 172-180. St. Louis' Reese Crooks edged Westlake's Ali Evans for individual medalist honors by one stroke with a 9-over-par 81.
Boys
At Links on the Bayou in Alexandria on Monday, Sam Houston's Collin Dibbley qualified for state by winning a playoff for the final individual spot in the Division I, Region I tournament. He shot a 1-under 71.
Girls
Division I, Region 1
At Mallard Golf Club
Team scoring
1, Benton, 152; 2, Barbe, 160; 3, Southside, 168; 4, Ruston, 176; 5, Tioga, 178; 6, South Beauregard, 193; 7, St. Thomas More, 197; , C.E. Byrd, 198; 9, Haughton, 221; 10, Airline, 234; 11, Natchitoches Central, 236; 12, Teurlings Catholic, 237; 13, Pineville, 247; 14, Acadiana Renaissance, 254.
Top 15 individual
1, Abigail McWilliams, Benton, 74; 2, Grace Goodwin, Benton, 77; 3, Mattie Purgahn, Barbe, 78; 3, Kate Boersma, Ruston, 78; 5, Maggie Dressler, Barbe, 82; 5, Cassidy Scroggins, Barbe, 82; 5, Morgan Goudeau, Tioga, 82; 8, Rhyan Marcellissen, Southside, 84; 8, Caroline Endsley, Southside, 84; 10, Brielle Grant, 91; 11, Tymber Joubert, St. Thomas More, 92; 11, Emmi Marceaux, Sam Houston, 92; 13, Laila Badger, David Thibodaux, 93, 14, Grace Cooper, C.E. Byrd, 94; 15, Maci Sanders, Tioga, 96.
Division II, Region 1
at Frenchman's Bend GC in Sterlington
Team scoring
1, Westlake, 172; 2, St. Louis Catholic, 180; 3, Loyola Prep, 181; 4, St. Mary's, 191; 5, St. Frederick, 203; 6, Many, 212; 7, Elton, 215; 8, Anacoco, 236; 9, Calvary Baptist, 238; 10, Basile, 239; 11, Glenbrook, 247; 12, Hicks, 258; 13, Castor, 266.
Individual leaders
1, Reese Crooks, St. Louis Catholic, 81; 2, Ali Evans, Westlake, 82; 3, Kathryn Jackson, Loyola Prep, 86; 4, Isabel Taylor, Beau Chene, 87; 5t, Audrey Perry, St. Frederick, 90; 5t, Emma Penfield, Many, 90; 5t, Elle Rodriguez, Westlake 91; 8, Lily Osbon, Evangel, 91; 9, Charlotte Campbell, Loyola Prep, 95; 9, Lacey Boyd, St. Mary's, 95; 11, Lilly Boyd, St. Mary's, 96; 12, Rowyn Thomas, Lacasssine, 97;13, Alyson Gagliano, St. Louis Catholic, 99.