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40 | October 10, 2019 | the new lenox patriot sports
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Girls Golf
Miron’s moment: Junior wins SWSC Red
title as Knights make it five in a row
STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor
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Lincoln-Way Central’s
Sydney Miron turned in a
solid performance at last
season’s SouthWest Suburban
Red tournament,
finishing fifth.
The Knights were
so loaded, though, that
Miron’s score was also
fifth on her own team and
didn’t even factor into the
team standings.
2019 is a new era for
Central, however, and
Miron had her chance to
shine on Oct. 3. The junior’s
five-over 77 was
four shots better than the
rest of the field as she captured
the SouthWest Suburban
Red individual title
at The Sanctuary.
“It feels really great,”
Miron said. “Honestly, I
wasn’t expecting it. But I
think I’ve put in a lot of
hard work and I’ve improved
a lot with my mental
game. I’m taking it one
shot at a time and I think
that’s one of the reasons I
had success.”
The Knights (334) rolled
to their fifth straight conference
title, finishing 41
shots ahead of runner-up
Lincoln-Way West (375).
Andrew (379), Stagg (432)
and Bradley-Bourbonnais
(477) rounded out the
field.
Central’s Carly Schiene
(3rd, 83), Caitlyn Parrish
(5th, 86), Maddie Pyle
(6th, 88), Claire Dubois
(7th, 89) and Sophie Bruozas
(8th, 93) all earned All-
Conference honors.
Joining them were
West’s Kaitlyn Valiska
(4th, 85), Allison Hullinger
(9th, 93) and Grace
Ruhnke (10th, 94).
Lincoln-Way Central’s girls golf team celebrates with
its SouthWest Suburban Red championship trophy and
banner Oct. 3 at The Sanctuary in New Lenox.
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Central coach Brian
Shannon has seen several
of his players step up to
lead the team at different
times this season. Miron
took her turn this time.
“It’s nice when you
don’t have to just rely
on one or two people,”
Shannon said. “We have
a solid group of kids who
are willing to step up and
say, ‘OK, today it’s me.’
I just hope that continues
because you’re not guaranteed
another tournament
starting with the next one.”
The Knights are set
to compete in the Class
2A Andrew Regional on
Thursday, Oct. 10 at Odyssey
in Tinley Park.
The past two years,
Miron watched teammates
Bri Bolden and Grace Curran
dominate the conference
and contend for state
titles. Bolden is now playing
at Missouri and Curran
at Minnesota.
“I’m really great friends
with them and they were
kind of mentors for me,
great people to look up
to,” Miron said. “So, this
kind of feels cool to follow
in their footsteps and win
this.
“The biggest thing for
me now is having confidence
in my abilities. I was
really consistent and didn’t
have any blowup holes or
anything.”
Schiene, who said she
felt ‘OK’ about her upand-down
round in tough
conditions on a waterlogged
course, is looking
forward to the postseason
as the Knights try to get
back to state after finishing
third last year.
“I feel good about where
we are as a team,” she said.
“I’m excited to see what
the postseason holds and
see how far we can go.”
Valiska is also anxious
to see how West performs
at the Normal Regional on
Thursday, Oct. 10. She was
able to take some positives
away from her conference
performance.
“There was water all
over the holes, the sand
traps were tough, and the
greens were fast,” she said.
“So, it was a challenge. I
didn’t have the best score,
but I did OK. I’m really
excited to go to regionals
with my team and hopefully
we can all do really
well.”
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