Lady Tigers all shoot top-20 scores in Carthage

Tuesday, September 21, 2021
FROM LEFT: The Nevada High School golf team (head coach Brian Leonard, Libby Barrett, Emree Cameron, Katie Pennington, Riley Severance, and Paige Hertzberg) pose after placing second Monday at the eCarthage.com Invitational.
Photo courtesy of Brian Leonard

Each of the five players on Nevada High School's girls golf team finished in the top-20 — two of whom placed in the top-five, including one who shot a new personal record and another who won the individual championship — Tuesday at the eCarthage.com Invitational.

Freshman Emree Cameron won her third consecutive tournament title, shooting an eagle and three birdies en route to a 1-over-par 72 — three strokes better than the next closest golfer. Cameron, who started on hole no. 10 at the Carthage Golf Course, shot a 35 on the back nine and a 37 on the front.

Junior Riley Severance's 95 (+24) was a new personal best and earned her a fifth-place medal. Starting on hole no. 8, she shot a 46 on the back nine and a 49 on the front.

"Riley had the round of her life," NHS head coach Brian Leonard said. "She was really excited."

Sophomore Paige Hertzberg added a 14th-place finish with her score of 102 (+31), while senior teammates Libby Barrett (108) and Katie Pennington (109) finished tied for 17th and 19th, respectively.

Nevada's combined score of 377 (+93) placed it second overall as a team, six back of host Carthage, which also edged out NHS by one stroke last week in Joplin.

The Lady Tigers will get their next chance to beat Carthage (and a few other schools) at their first home event of the season: the Lady Tiger Invitational Friday at Frank E. Peters Golf Course.

"What they did today, with Carthage having home course advantage, only beating us by six, I know the girls want to beat them," said Leonard, who's never had a girls team win the home tournament in his 17 years of coaching at NHS — but likes its chances this week. "They know we've never won our own tournament. They're just waiting for that first victory."

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