QHS’s Gold, Geisendorfer allow steady play to carry them to Class 2A state golf tournament

Quincy High School senior Saya Geisendorfer tees off during Monday's Class 2A O'Fallon Sectional at Far Oaks Golf Club. | Photo courtesy Matt Kamp, Edwardsville Intelligencer

O’FALLON, Ill. — Sophia Gold and Saya Geisendorfer couldn’t have asked for a better start to their rounds Monday at the Class 2A O’Fallon Sectional. The steady play that followed allowed the Quincy High School girls golfers to earn spots in the state tournament field. Gold finished eighth individually and Geisendorfer tied for 14th, while…

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Gold, Geisendorfer top regional field, lead QHS girls to sixth straight regional golf championship

The Quincy High School girls golf team won its sixth straight regional championship by shooting a 334 on Thursday at the Class 2A Peoria Richwoods Regional at Newman Golf Course in Peoria, Ill. | Submitted photo

PEORIA, Ill. — The kinship Sophia Gold and Saya Geisendorfer share made the idea of an on-course playoff for the regional championship between the Quincy High School golfers incredibly unappealing. So they asked if they could avoid it. Gold, a sophomore, and Geisendorfer, a senior, topped the field in the Class 2A Peoria Richwoods Regional…

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Seventh heaven: QHS girls golf team wins its seventh straight WB6 championship

The Quincy High School girls golf team celebrates after winning its seventh consecutive Western Big 6 Conference championship, shooting a 323 on Monday at Midland Golf Club in Kewanee, Ill. | Submitted photo

KEWANEE, Ill. — Sunday’s practice round at Midland Golf Club gave the Quincy High School girls team a blueprint for how to manage the course. “They really concentrated and took good notes,” Blue Devils coach HanLynn Vahlkamp said. Every notation led to something significant. Four QHS golfers finished in the top six individually as the…

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Regional championship first step toward main objective for QHS girls golf team

Quincy High School's Sophia Gold hits her tee shot on the 17th hole at Westview Golf Course on Thursday. David Adam

QUINCY — Moments after learning they had won the Class 2A regional championship on Thursday afternoon at Westview Golf Course, the Quincy High School girls golf team was … well, relaxed. They sat on the back deck of the Westview clubhouse, looking at their phones, chatting and eating snacks and petting a couple of dogs.…

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