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[STUDENT-INTERN REPORT]

Jade Bahng
Student Reporter / Troy High Golf Team

irls golf is usually a fall sport, with the season
Gbeginning shortly after the start of the new school The CIF Southern Regional Championship for girls golf
year. In a normal school year, the girls would compete was held at Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena on June 15th.
in league tournaments throughout the season, with the Troy High School took the spotlight as the talented team
ultimate goal of being included in the top two teams and of six secured first place with a score of 378—three shots
nine individuals within the league to compete in the ahead of Walnut High School. What's more, four players
regional CIF playoffs. There are two regional playoffs— on Troy's team placed within the top 26 individuals with
one for Southern California and one for Northern Kamille Dimayuga finishing two over with a score of 73,
California—which send the top three teams and 12 Hannah Ulibarri and Gabriella Kano with scores of 75,
individuals from each section to move onto the State and Tessa Lapradez with a score of 76. Senior Kamille
Championships. Dimayuga was also named Freeway League MVP. This
year's CIF Southern Regional Championship was no
This ar's golf season had some significant changes due to doubt an interesting experience, so I asked two wonderful
COVID-19. First off, the girls golf season was postponed golfers, Jacqueline Liu and Gabriella Kano, to share their
to the spring and overlapped with the boys golf season. journey to becoming the CIF Southern Section State
There were also fewer matches with fewer students Champions!
playing per match to follow safety guidelines. The main
difference with CIF was that the matches were cut short Probably the most pressing question for many of my
after the Sectional State Championship Tournament. fellow high school golfers is whether it was more or
Instead of one team being crowned State Champion after less difficult to play at CIF under such unprecedented
the State Championship Tournament, there were two circumstances. Surprisingly, the two teammates had
Sectional State Champion teams. different responses. For Liu, the "cancellation of the final

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