The Sacred Heart golf team spent the season coming up with team goals that, if met, would result in coach Leslie Bender having to do something that the team chose.

Another goal was met Wednesday, with Sacred Heart wrapping up a perfect season by cruising to the team title at the Leachman Buick/KHSAA state tournament at Bowling Green Country Club with a team score of 628, 42 shots better than runner-up Shelby County.

Sacred Heart had three golfers finish in the top 10 to win the state title for the fifth time in six years and the 10th time overall.

“They continue to find new things and it is exciting,” Bender said. “They keep it exciting, no matter what. They find a new challenge and when they meet those challenges they celebrate and enjoy that and it is kind of neat.”

Wednesday’s win capped an undefeated season for Sacred Heart, with the Valkyries winning every tournament they competed in this season.

“That was one of our goals,” Bender said. “We had talked about whether we try to split up and have two solid teams or whether we try to go undefeated. They said, ‘We want to win them all,’ and they did. Even on days when we didn’t play our best, it was phenomenal each week to see them grind it out. Some of the margins were huge and some were pretty close, but they never stopped playing.”

Wednesday’s win meant another task for Bender, although she said she wasn’t sure what it would be.

“They haven’t quite told me,” Bender said. “I don’t know what they are going to make me do yet. I am kind of afraid to ask, but I will happily oblige as long as it is legal and not too embarrassing.”

Locally, Barren County finished 10th with a team score of 716 – led by Jill Florence, who tied for 21st with a 162.

“I think we got tired as the round went on,” Barren County coach Duane Withrow said. “I think we were so hyped from yesterday that we just ran out of gas. I couldn’t be more pleased with those five girls. They have really worked hard this year and it paid off. I thought as we started off that maybe we would have a top-5 finish. We didn’t, but I am still proud of them.”

The Trojanettes, who were playing in a third straight state tournament, are hopeful this experience can help going forward with the entire team returning next season.

“We’ve got three girls that have played in three straight state tournaments,” Withrow said. “We have had one girl that has played in two and then we have a freshman that this is her first trip. They keep gaining and gaining experience. They are more familiar with the course. I think the first time they played in the state tournament there was a little scare factor, but now they are comfortable.”

The individual winner was Mason County senior Sarah Fite, who finished with a 1-over 145 to beat Murray’s Sarah McDowell by three shots. Fite began the day in seventh, but zoomed to the top of the leader board with a 1-under 71. She had three birdies,including a near hole-in-one on the par 3 seventh hole, and one bogey.

“It means everything,” Fite said. “It is still sinking in, but I am overwhelmed right now. It’s amazing.”

Fite said she didn’t know she was in the lead until she finished her round, adding it was more nerve-racking to sit around waiting for players chasing her on the leader board to finish than it was to actually play the round.

“In the round I was not nervous one time,” Fite said. “I feel like if I would have been higher (than seventh to start the day) I would have been nervous, but I wasn’t. I was like, ‘I am just going to come out here and do my best and see what happens.”

South Warren eighth grader Faith Martin was the best local finisher, shooting an 81 to finished 16th with a 159.

Martin finished her day with eight bogeys, a double bogey and a birdie.

“It was a little struggle today, but I got through it,” Martin said. “I just wanted to come out and have fun since I made it to the second day. I was pretty proud of that.”

Greenwood junior Sydney Durrant shot an 89 to finish tied for 41st with a 171. Durrant, the region champion, started the day with a 9 on a par 4 first hole and went out to bogey 12 of the final 17 holes.

“(The first hole) mentally affected me,” Durrant said. “It ruined the whole round. Nothing was clicking today. I hope next year is a better year.”

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