Penney’s Cornelius shoots even-par 72 to take Chillicothe title, Trenton’s Gass 6th

Penney High School golfer Sam Cornelius shot a front-nine 37 and back-nine 35 for an even-par score of 72, winning Thursday’s Chillicothe Invitational Golf Tournament at the Green Hills Golf Course.  Finishing a close second to Cornelius, three shots back at 75, was Macon’s Paige Hawkins, with Maryville’s Emily Long shooting 77, good for 3rd place.

The top score for the host Chillicothe Lady Hornets was a fifth-place effort of 84 from Hallie Jones, while Trenton High School junior Werthen Gass shot 85, good for 6th place.

Macon shot 349 as a team, winning the title for the Tigerettes, with Maryville second at 356, and Kirksville third at 381.  Plattsburg was fourth place at 400, with Chillicothe fifth at 402.  Trenton finished in a 9th place tie with Southwest Livingston, both at 450.  Other schools at the event were Moberly, Lawson, Richmond, Marceline, and Cameron.

In addition to the 85 shot by Gass, other Trenton scores were 118 from Oakley Madden, 119 for Maci Henson, and Grace Holcomb at 128.  

Here are the complete standings from the 2017 Chillicothe Invitational:

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS: (PAR 72)

Sam Cornelius – Penney – 72

Paige Hawkins – Macon – 75

Emily Long – Maryville – 77

Abby Boyer – Kirksville – 78

Hallie Jones – Chillicothe – 84

Werthen Gass – Trenton – 85

Jessica Sheil – Maryville – 87

Hannah Hilker and Natlie Burnam – Macon – 88

Laurelle Wickersham – Maryville – 90

Ellie Smith – Lawson – 92

Madi Adkins (Kirksville) and Carson Hall (Moberly) – 93

Alessia Oliver – Moberly – 94

Abby Daffron – Plattsburg – 95

Katie Howerton (Kirksville) and Trynitee Payan (Plattsburg) – 96

Riley Brobst – Chillicothe – 97

Marlana Wood – Macon – 98

Maddie Lamp – Chillicothe – 100

Marley Anderson – Southwest Livingston – 101

Tara Pope – Plattsburg – 102

Kylee Dougan (Maryville), Rylie Mundorf (Maryville), Tresa Marsden (Moberly) – 103

Meredith Oesch – Southwest Livingston – 104

Kassidy Findley – Lawson – 105

Megan Altschul (Plattsburg) and Gracie Marshall (Richmond) – 107

Elizabeth Bartee – Plattsburg – 108

Hannah Haakonstad and Jensen Simmer (Chillicothe) – 109

Kaylin Byland – Maryville – 110

Lexi Hargrove (Chillicothe) and Emma Sheerman (Marceline) – 111

Whitney Sheffield (Marceline), Kennasyn Johnson (Chillicothe), and Sydnie Thudium (Lawson) – 113

Macey Blickhan (Kirksville) and Kate Cupp (Marceline) – 114

Hannah Hurst – Lawson – 115

Kiersten Howell (Cameron), Katie Rooney (Cameron), and Ally Logston (Kirksville) – 116

Alissa Pritchett and Katie Smith (Richmond) – 117

Michelle Short (Cameron), K’Lea Dameron and Madison Gerdes (Marceline), and Oakley Madden (Trenton) – 118

Maci Henson (Trenton) and Marin Tadrus (Moberly) – 119

Hadley Mundorf – Maryville – 120

Lauren Padgitt (Maryville) and Rachel Holt (Southwest Livingston) – 121

Terricka Wallace (Moberly) and Callie Legan (Macon) – 123

Hali Dinwiddie (Penney), and Makenna Campbell and Caroline Warren (Southwest Livingston) – 124

Abby Linhart (Cameron) and Grace Holcomb (Trenton) –  128

TEAM RESULTS:

Macon – 349

Maryville – 356

Kirksville – 381

Plattsburg – 400

Chillicothe – 402

Moberly – 409

Lawson – 423

Richmond – 433

Trenton and Southwest Livingston – 450

Marceline – 456

Maryville JV – 473

Cameron – 478

Penney – NTS

Chillicothe JV – NTS