High school girls golf: Pine View leads 4A state tourney after Day 1, Dixie’s Annabelle Millard only golfer to shoot under par

Dixie’s Annabelle Millard is the opening round leader of the 4A state golf tournament after shooting an opening-round 71 at Meadowbrook Golf Course on Wednesday. | Provided by Dixie

With a strong opening day at the 4A state tournament on Wednesday, Pine View’s girls golf team put itself in a great position to try to claim its first state title in school history.

The Panthers head into Day 2 at Meadowbrook Golf Course in Taylorsville with an 18-shot lead over region foe Dixie after posting a 332 team score during Day 1. Dixie sits in second with 350 strokes, followed by Juan Diego in third with 356 and Desert Hills in fourth with 357.

Ridgeline is the defending state champ after winning the 2019 state title, and it sits in a tie for fifth place with Green Canyon at 364.

Freshman Alyssa Butterfus led the way for Pine View by shooting a 73, with teammate Hallie Wieland shooting an 80, Kenzi Owen an 84 and Katelyn Leavitt a 92. All four are positioned in the top 20 after the opening round.

Butterfus sat at 3-over after 10 holes on Wednesday, but she birdied Nos. 14 and 15 to move to 1-over for her opening round.

Butterfus is tied with Hurricane’s Ellie Johnson for second place but both are trailing Region 9 medalist Annabelle Millard by two strokes after she was the only golfer to shoot under par in the opening round.

Millard finished in fourth as a freshman, and she’ll have a two-shot lead heading into the final round after closing with back-to-back birdies on the Par 3 17^th and the Par 5 18^th.

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Class 4A state tournament

At Meadowbrook Golf Course

Team scores (Top 10 made cut)

1. Pine View, 332

2. Dixie, 350

3. Juan Diego 356

4. Desert Hills 357

5. Green Canyon, 364

5. Ridgeline, 364

7. Uintah, 385

8. Mountain Crest, 389

9. Stansbury, 391

10. Cedar City, 395

10. Logan, 395

12. Ogden, 398

Individual results

71 — Annabelle Millard, Dixie

73 — Ellie Johnson, Hurricane; Alyssa Butterfus, Pine View

79 — Rylee Payne, Desert Hills

80 — Hallie Wieland, Pine View

82 — Cabria Walters, Juan Diego

84 — Maicee Smuin, Uintah; Grayson Gagnon, Juan Diego;Alyssa Buist, Ridgeline; Kenzi Owen, Pine View

88 — Savannah Ranson, Desert Hills; Karyn Speir, Uintah

89 — Eryn Hendricks, Ridgeline

90 — Breanne Taylor, Dixie; Landree Spackman, Green Canyon

91 — Jayla Spring, Logan

92 — RaeLee Johnson, Cedar City; Katelyn Leavitt, Pine View; Alivia Longhurst, Green Canyon

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