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Despite being the defending 5A state girls golf champions, Woods Cross wasn\u2019t feeling pressure heading into the deciding day of the state tournament.<\/p>

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After Skyline won the Region 6 championship, with the Wildcats finishing in third place, the Eagles were the favorites entering the state tournament, making the defending champions feel like the underdogs.<\/p>

Of course, Woods Cross had a target on its back to open the season, but as the campaign went along and Skyline emerged as the team to beat, the Wildcats were able to embrace that underdog role and let it fuel them.<\/p>

\u201cJust kind of believing that we weren\u2019t expected to win. We were kind of the underdogs and like it\u2019s Skyline\u2019s title to lose and it\u2019s our title to win. So we just needed to make an impact and decide that we wanted it more than they did,\u201d said Tess Poulsen, who led Woods Cross with a 1-under performance over the two-day championship.<\/p>

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Poulsen tied with Brighton\u2019s Catherine Cook for second-place individual honors and two of her teammates, Vivian Oaks (6-over) and Makenzie Pearson (21-over) finished in the top 10. Two others, Rachel Wright (29-over) and Esme Cahoon (34-over) placed in the top 30, with Poulsen, Oaks, Pearson and Wright counting towards Woods Cross\u2019 55-over team score.<\/p>

\u201cOur one through three all year long were consistent. They were the ones that would show up, they would give us the scoring. The depth that you\u2019re talking about. Our players \u2014 really, like, three through 10 \u2014 we kind of were relying on many of them throughout the season,\u201d said Woods Cross head coach Brandon Pearson.<\/p>

Entering the final day of the championship, it was a tight race between the Wildcats and Eagles. Woods Cross held a narrow two-stroke lead after a 314 opening round, and throughout Tuesday, the two leading teams were neck and neck. A strong back-nine performance by the Wildcats lifted them to a 10-stroke win over the Eagles.<\/p>

\u201cOn the first day, I thought I was about to pass out when when I walked up and I saw the scoreboard. But, second day when we walked in, I knew we were only two strokes apart and so anything could change on a dime and so it was just a fun day,\u201d Poulsen said. \u201cI guess it was close. I didn\u2019t really know where we were at the whole time so it was just play good, I guess.\u201d<\/p>

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Pearson\u2019s message to the group before the pivotal second day was simple \u2014 don\u2019t let your nerves get the best of you.<\/p>

\u201cThis morning, the message was, \u2018our role is the underdog.\u2019 Skyline had beaten us quite a bit throughout our regular region play all year long and we knew that they had the talent, the skill, the depth there to pull this off,\u201d Pearson said. \u201cAnd so for us it was, \u2018let\u2019s let them feel the pressure by being the quote unquote favorites and let\u2019s come in and just play golf and stick to our game plan.\u2019\u201d<\/p>

After winning its first-ever girls golf state championship a season ago, the Wildcats stayed on top with a great Tuesday round.<\/p>

The individual medal race was close, coming down to the final hole.<\/p>

Brighton\u2019s Claire Olafsson overcame a double bogey on No. 11, birdieing No. 14 and No. 18 to edge out Poulsen and teammate Cook for the top spot. Poulsen had the lead heading onto No. 18 after birdieing No. 16 and No. 17, but shot a bogey on the final hole.<\/p>

Olafsson shot four birdies during Tuesday\u2019s round, and her 170-yard drive on the final hole ended up making all the difference.<\/p>

\u201cI think just being able to forget what happened in the past, forget my four-putt and all the bad things, just focus on my next shot. As for 18, that was probably the two scariest shots of my life and I was just trying to swing my swing and do what I knew was right,\u201d Olafsson said.<\/p>

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5A State Tournament<\/h4>

At Riverbend Golf Course, Riverton<\/b><\/p>

Final Team Scores<\/b><\/p>

  • 631 \u2014 Woods Cross (314-317)<\/li>
  • 641 \u2014 Skyline (316-325)<\/li>
  • 647 \u2014 Brighton (326-321)<\/li>
  • 654 \u2014 Bonneville (331-323)<\/li>
  • 712 \u2014 Box Elder (357-355)<\/li>
  • 716 \u2014 Springville (369-347)<\/li>
  • 727 \u2014 Wasatch (358-369)<\/li>
  • 732 \u2014 Maple Mountain (369-363)<\/li>
  • 738 \u2014 West Field (367-371)<\/li>
  • 773 \u2014 Cyprus (378-395)<\/li><\/ul>

    Top Individual Scores (Par-72)<\/h4>
    • 142 (-2) \u2014 Claire Olafsson, Brighton<\/li>
    • 143 (-1) \u2014 Tess Poulsen, Woods Cross; Catherine Cook, Brighton<\/li>
    • 146 \u2014 Whitni Johnson, Bonneville<\/li>
    • 150 \u2014 Vivian Oaks, Woods Cross<\/li>
    • 151 \u2014 Anushka Rajeev, Skyline<\/li>
    • 152 \u2014 Navy Hubbs, Salem Hills<\/li>
    • 155 \u2014 Tristyn Green, Skyline<\/li>
    • 160 \u2014 Cambria Ohlson, Bountiful<\/li>
    • 165 \u2014 Makenzie Pearson, Woods Cross; India Colarusso, Skyline<\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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