Boudreau’s career-low round helps QND girls golf team capture third consecutive regional crown

Quincy Notre Dame golfer Hana Knuffman sizes up her putt on the 15th hole Thursday at Arrowhead Heights Golf Course in Camp Point, Ill., during the Class 1A Central Regional. | Matt Schuckman photo

CAMP POINT, Ill. — Hana Knuffman understands the Quincy Notre Dame girls golf team doesn’t have to rely on the same golfers day in and day out to post competitive scores.  It’s the kind of depth that makes postseason success possible. “We have really good chemistry with each other, which makes it that we know…

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Knuffman, Eftink enjoy season’s final round with solid scores at state tournament

Quincy Notre Dame girls golf coach Jason Knuffman talks with Raiders junior Blair Eftink during Saturday’s second round of the Class 1A state tournament at Red Tail Run Golf Course in Decatur, Ill. Photo courtesy Douglas Cottle/PhotoNews

DECATUR, Ill. — Hana Knuffman and Blair Eftink said adios to the pressure and hello to the simple beauty of golf. Tee it up. Drive it. Find the green. Roll it in the cup. Then do it 17 more times without worrying about the score, the leaderboard or the end result. That’s how the two…

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Eftink’s series of pars, Knuffman’s steady play key to making cut at state golf tourney

Quincy Notre Dame’s Blair Eftink tees off during the first round of the Class 1A girls state golf tournament Friday at Red Tail Run Golf Course in Decatur, Ill. Photo courtesy Douglas Cottle/PhotoNews

DECATUR, Ill. — Blair Eftink’s double bogey on the first hole after making the turn Friday put her chances of surviving to play the second round of the Class 1A state golf tournament in limbo. A series of pars changed everything. Eftink rolled in par putts on six of her final eight holes, including four…

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Raiders use in-season experience to prep them for fight to reach state tournament

Quincy Notre Dame senior golfer Hana Knuffman Submitted photo

AUBURN, Ill. — There’s a benefit to playing a schedule chock full of talented opponents. The Quincy Notre Dame girls golfers are realizing that. The regular-season setbacks suffered against Quincy High School and Macomb — teams that won regional championships and are sending golfers to their respective state tournaments — prepped the Raiders to be…

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