Photo Gallery: Lady Viking Invitational golf tournament
Published 9:20 am Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Warren Central golfer Kathryn Wong lines up a putt during the Lady Viking Invitational at Clear Creek Golf Course. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
St. Aloysius golfer Lydia Nettles tees off on the second hole Monday during the Lady Viking Invitational at Clear Creek Golf Course. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
St. Aloysius golf coach Mike Jones, right, gives pointers to St. Al's Gracie Griggs and Starkville's McCarty Overby during the Lady Viking Invitational at Clear Creek Golf Course on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central golfer Addi Keller prepares to hit a tee shot during the Lady Viking Invitational at Clear Creek Golf Course. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Pearl golfer Kirsten Davis hits a shot during the Lady Viking Invitational at Clear Creek Golf Course on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central golfer Mary Makenna Wooten putts during the Lady Viking Invitational at Clear Creek Golf Course. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central's Mary Makenna Wooten, left, and Madison Central's Lauren Heffington walk toward the 12th hole during the Lady Viking Invitational at Clear Creek Golf Course. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
More than 40 golfers from nine high school teams descended on Clear Creek Golf Course on Monday for the 2022 Lady Viking Invitational.
The participating teams included tournament host Warren Central, St. Aloysius, Clinton, Germantown, Northwest Rankin, Pearl, Brandon, Madison Central and Starkville.
Northwest Rankin’s Callie Mobley shot a 72 to earn medalist honors, and Pearl’s Allie Myers was second with a 79. Clinton’s Maddie McNeece and Germantown’s Kaylee Gatlin tied for third after shooting 85.
Northwest Rankin also took the team title, with a score of 158. Germantown was second, at 174, and Pearl third 1t 188.
Warren Central finished eighth, with a score of 236. Mary Makenna Wooten was its top golfer, with a score of 117.
St. Aloysius totaled 248 to finish ninth.
It was the second of four high school tournaments on Warren County’s golf courses this season. The boys teams for St. Al and Warren Central, among others, will play in the St. Aloysius Invitational Thursday at Vicksburg Country Club. The boys and girls teams from both schools will also play in the Warren Central Invitational April 12 at Vicksburg Country Club.
About Ernest Bowker
Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.
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