Girls golf Finals: South Lyon second in D2, Country Day's Heineman wins D3 medal, Troy's Kim ties for second

Detroit Country Day senior Halle Heineman won the Division 3 individual championship, South Lyon took second as a team in Division 2 and Troy freshman Hannah Kim tied for second in Division 1 at the MHSAA Lower Peninsula girls golf Finals, played Friday and Saturday, Oct. 16-17.

Here is how Oakland County teams and golfers did, division by division.

Division 3: Heineman wins by four

Heineman shot 76-82—158 at Katke Golf Course at Ferris State and finished four strokes ahead of Ionia senior Lila Redder, according to MHSAA.com. She tied for seventh at last year's Finals.

"I've dreamt about winning as a team, but individually not really," Heineman told MHSAA.com.

Country Day finished fourth as a team at 369-400—769, one spot lower than last year, according to MHSAA.com and the MHSAA results. Junior Bella Papsin was sixth individually at 81-90—171. Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian repeated as champion at 721, winning by 37 strokes. Montague was second and Lansing Catholic third.

Pontiac Notre Dame Prep finished sixth at 787. Wixom St. Catherine's Jillian Harden shot 192.

Division 2: South Lyon runner-up

South Lyon shot 340-347—687 at Forest Akers West at Michigan State and finished second, 45 strokes behind Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central, according to MHSAA.com and WTVB. Forest Hills Central won its first Finals title at 642. Its Alivia Offer was medalist at 72-77—149.

South Lyon coach Kurt Bernas told MHSAA.com he rotated his 26 golfers through the lineup during the season. "I tried to give them a little bit of a rest," he said.

South Lyon won the Division 2 title in 2020, when the Final was cut to a single round because of COVID-19, according to MHSAA.com.

Other Oakland County teams in the Division 2 standings, according to the MHSAA results:

• 3. Cranbrook Kingswood, 713
• 6. Farmington Hills Mercy, 737
• 12. Birmingham Seaholm, 761
• 14. Bloomfield Hills Marian, 785
• 15. Orchard Lake St. Mary's, 794

Oakland County golfers near the top of the individual standings:

• T3. Megan Guerrera, Mercy (senior), 79-78—157
• 5. Presley Kiehler, South Lyon (freshman), 75-83—158
• 6. Josie Vandenhaute, Cranbrook (senior), 82-78—160
• 8. Savannah Peters, Holly (senior), 79-84—163
• T9. Lily Swegles, South Lyon (senior), 82-82—164

Walled Lake Central's Allyson Adams shot 192.

Division 1: Kim ties for second, Adams fifth

Kim shot 76-72—148 at Bedford Valley Golf Course in Battle Creek and tied for second with Okemos' Saisha Patil, according to MHSAA.com. Her Saturday round was an even-par 72. "It's not easy to play well here," Kim told MHSAA.com.

Portage Central's Olivia Griswold won the medal at 67-74—141.

Northville, from Wayne County, won its third straight team title at 631. Macomb Dakota was second at 649, Portage Central third at 666 and Okemos fourth at 672. Rochester Adams was fifth at 333-342—675, according to MHSAA.com.

Clarkston, which qualified as a regional champion, the Clarkston News reported, finished sixth at 344-340—684. Novi was seventh at 686 and Troy 13th at 740, according to the MHSAA results.

Other Oakland County golfers in Division 1, according to the MHSAA results:

• T5. Bomin Jung, Novi (sophomore), 77-75—152
• T16. Leah Blackmore, Rochester Adams (junior), 80-80—160
• T20. Abigail Ngo, White Lake Lakeland (sophomore), 79-83—162

Bloomfield Hills' Natalie Bugajewski shot 169, Oxford's Avery Yankee and Troy Athens' Aanya Bansal each shot 174, Rochester's Isha Chauhan shot 182 and Lake Orion's Ava Pawlosky shot 206.

Division 4

Bath swept the team and individual titles. Clawson senior Joslynn Ramirez tied for fifth at 84-87—171, according to the MHSAA results. Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart finished 11th as a team at 830, and Royal Oak Shrine's Mary Brush shot 207 to tie for 43rd.

This story uses the MHSAA's official Finals results and reporting from MHSAA.com, WTVB and the Clarkston News.