Corner Canyon High junior Ashlyn Cline tied for eighth place individually at the 6A state golf tournament at Meadow Brook Golf Course May 19-20 in leading the Chargers to a third-place finish as a team.

“It was a great season,” said head coach Cody Nesbit of his Region 2 champion team. “Ashlyn has been a workhorse for us this entire season. She had really been playing well heading into the state tournament and had two great days at state.”

Cline shot a 75 on Day One where, despite a slow start, she rallied with a two-under finish on the back 9. On Day 2, “steady play” with a round of 77 helped Cline to a top-10 showing.

Freshman Megan Matsuura finished 16th with scores of 80 and 81. “She also had a great two days at state,” Nesbit said. “That has been Megan all year, just a great steady player for us. Both she and Ashlyn never get too high or too low and they are a joy to play golf with and coach.”

Three juniors and a senior rounded out the scoring for Corner Canyon at state. Sophie Tripp tied for 40th with rounds of 88 and 89; Kate Broadbent tied for 43rd with an 87 and 93; Meredith Laitinen tied for 46th with an 89 and 94; and Rylee Reinbold was 48th with a 96 and 88. “I was excited to have Kate, Sophie and Meredith get the state experience and hopefully it will pay dividends for them next year as they compete in state again,” Nesbit said.

Also on the CCHS squad this season were senior Becca Rogness; juniors Kelley Dunn, Lilly Fullmer and Charli Short; sophomores Charlotte Archer and Sam Rogness; and freshmen Julia Erickson, Izzy Laitinen, Grace Nesbit, Navy Stringham, Abbie Tripp and Avery Young.

Nesbit was assisted by Courtney Merrill on the coaching staff.

“For a first-time coach of girls golf I couldn’t have asked for a better group of girls,” Nesbit said. “They are amazing golfers, students and young women. I very much enjoyed all the work they put in and the much support from their amazing parents.”λ