The York girls golf team continued its impressive ways by winning the recent Class 2A Glenbard West Regional title at Glendale Lakes Golf Club in Glendale Heights.
York finished with a 331 team score, 17 strokes better than second-place Wheaton North.
Freshman Madison Cotey was the meet medalist for York. She finished with a 70. Sophomore Maya Patel was fifth with a 79, while senior Briley O’Brien finished with an 85 and tied for seventh. Junior Bella Cortez and senior Olivia Gumino finished tied for 21st with 97s.
York played earlier this week in the Class 2A Prospect Sectional at Mount Prospect Golf Club, where berths in this weekend’s state meet were on the line.
The regional title was York’s first since 2018 and second in program history.
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The York boys golf team also brought home postseason hardware by winning the Class 3A Elk Grove Regional title at Fox Run Golf Links in Elk Grove Village.
The Dukes finished with a team score of 302. Host Elk Grove was second with a 311.
York’s Grant Hickman was 6-over par after seven holes and finished one under on his last 11 holes to shoot a 75. Sophomores Henry Cecil and Brian Huber also shot 75s and senior Will Huber shot a 77.
“We had another great day on the golf course in very tough playing conditions with constant rain, cold and borderline unplayable greens, but our kids persevered and won a regional with some very good scores,” York coach Jim Borel said.
Hickman, Cecil and Brian Huber all tied for second with 75s, one stroke off the individual regional title score of 74. Will Huber tied for ninth with his 77, while Gage Jacobs fired a 78, but did not count in York’s final team score. Jacobs tied for 11th. Sophomore Colin Pittman shot an 83.
“I was proud of how we kept composure all day and battled to the end,” Borel said.
York played earlier this week in a Class 3A sectional at Heritage Oaks Golf Club in Northbrook, where berths in the state finals meet were on the line.
“We are looking forward to the opportunity to compete with some of the best teams in the state,” Borel said late last week.
Earlier, York was second out of 24 teams at the Lake Park Invitational. York shot a 309 with Pittman leading the way with a 74. Cecil and Brian Huber shot 78, while Hickman shot a 79 and Will Huber shot 82.
York also scored a 149-155 non-conference win over Lake Park at Oak Brook Golf Club. Donovan O’Connor shot even-par 36, while Hickman and Brian Huber each shot 37 and Cecil and William Buhrfiend each shot 39.
York won its sixth regional title since 2015.
