Girls Golf | Illinois Valley
A look at the top girls golfers in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.
L-P senior Sophia Chiu is the 2025 NewsTribune Girls Golfer of the Year after leading the area in average, winning the Ottawa Invitational and qualifying for sectionals.
Seneca junior Piper Stenzel and Dwight senior Isabella Dinelli both advanced to this weekend's state finals out of Monday's Class 1A Pontiac Girls Golf Sectional at Wolf Creek Golf Club.
Manteno's girls golf team had its top four golfers finish in the top 19 of the IHSA Class 1A Dwight Regional on Tuesday, propelling the Panthers to the program's first-ever regional championship.
La Salle-Peru's Mary Craven carded a solid 44, which included a string of seven bogies and a par, to not only earn medalist honors but also help the Cavaliers grab the triangular win over Coal City and Ottawa on Monday at Deer Park Golf Course.
Check out our team-by-team boys and girls golf previews with top returners, newcomers and info on each local team for the 2025 season.
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A look at the girls golf teams in the NewsTribune area for the 2025 season.
The 2024 Times All-Area Girls and Boys Golf Honor Roll, a list filled with postseason advancers and tournament champions.
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Fieldcrest senior Jessica Schultz put together a solid and consistent season this fall, reached her goal of playing in the state finals, and has been selected as the 2024 Times Girls Golfer of the Year.
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La Salle-Peru senior Allie Thome repeated as NewsTribune Girls Golfer of the Year after cutting five strokes off her average, winning every match but one, winning the Interstate 8 Conference Tournament and qualifying for sectional for a third time.
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A look at the top girls golfers in the NewsTribune area from the 2024 season.
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The Ottawa boys golf team — led by individual champion Chandler Creedon — won its sixth straight regional title at Wednesday's Class 2A La Salle-Peru Regional at Senica's Oak Ridge Golf Club. Burlington Central and Mendota also advanced to next week's Kaneland Sectional.
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The Seneca girls golf team, as well as Fieldcrest's Jessica Schultz, St. Bede's Anna Cryocki, and the Princeton trio of Reese Reviglio, Hanna Claiborne and Halli Peterson, all advanced out of Tuesday's Class 1A Seneca Regional at Morris Country Club.
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The Lincoln-Way East girls golf team, led by underclassmen, won the Class 2A La Salle-Peru Regional on Tuesday.
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Area teams from Lincoln-Way East, Lincoln-Way West, Lincoln-Way Central, Joliet Central, Minooka, Streator, La Salle-Peru and Ottawa competed in the Class 2A Regional golf meet on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024 at Senica's Oak Ridge in La Salle.
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Several teams including Sycamore DeKalb co-op, Kaneland, LaSalle-Peru and Ottawa battled the rain storms at the Sycamore Golf Club to compete in the Interstate 8 girls golf tournament.