Spartan golfers place sixth at state
A change in classification did Murray High’s boys golf team well in postseason.
The Spartans, who had competed in 5A the past few seasons, tied for sixth place as a team at the 4A state championships Oct. 3-4 at Hobble Creek Golf Course in Springville. Murray not only improved its place from the previous two years, but also finished with a better team score (637).
Woods Cross won the 4A championship with a team score of 599, easily outdistancing second-place Highland (609). Timpview and Maple Mountain tied for a distant third at 618.
Cameron Howe tied for ninth place as an individual with a two-day total of 149 (77-72). James Kener shot 157 (82-75), John Paulson 163 (77-86), Niko Roumpos 170 (82-88), Andrew Rietveld 170 (84-86) and Dallas Anderson 174 (86-88). The top four individual scores were counted toward the team’s total each round. Murray shot a collective 318 on the first day and 319 the next, showing its consistency.
Woods Cross’ Peyton Hastings had the top individual score at 137 (67-70).
Murray tied for 15th place (656) at last year’s 5A championships and finished 10th (661) in 2009.
Girls soccer
A rough start to the season proved too much to overcome for Murray, which failed to reach the postseason for the first time in eight years. The Spartans (2-10-3 overall, 2-8-0 region) were winless through their first seven games of the season, lost their final six games and were outscored 39-20.
Murray lost its first two region games 4-3 in overtime to Olympus and 3-0 to Skyline before shutting out Westlake 4-0 and Herriman 1-0. Tara Furlong scored two of her team-high six goals on the season in the game against Westlake. However, the Spartans concluded the season with losses to Hillcrest 2-0, Olympus 3-1, Skyline 4-1, Westlake 3-2, Herriman 5-1 and Hillcrest 4-2.
Lizzy Brown scored three goals this season while Ashley DeMann and Melanie Ririe each had two and Marissa Earley, Maddie Buckner and Megan Gallacher tallied one apiece. Aubrey Andersen-Bakker, Maya Searle and Elizabeth Tyler combined for 3.5 shutouts in the nets.
