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Junior Golf Participants Are National Champions Participants in the Palm Beach County Parks & Recreation Department’s junior golf program were among the champions crowned at the second annual LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Team Championship on June 12 at the Kiawah Island Club in Charleston, S.C. Mary Janiga of Wellington and Megan Turnquest of Loxahatchee, both 16, won the Bell-McIntyre division. The duo scored a 69 and a 71 for a two-day total of 140, 10 strokes better than their nearest competitors on the challenging River Course. Hannah Foster, 12, of Hobe Sound and Haylie Turnquest, 10, of Loxahatchee, won the Sandy LaBauve division with a two-day total of 145. Megan Turnquest, her sister Haylie, and Mary Janiga are longtime participants in the county’s junior golf program at the Okeeheelee Golf Course. The course offers 27 holes of championship golf and is an official LPGA-USGA site. Golf Professional Services Inc. and the Junior Golf Foundation of America, under the direction of Mary-Lee Cobick, provide junior golf programs in partnership with the Palm Beach County Parks &
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Palm Beach County’s Junior Golf national champions. Recreation Department at the Okeeheelee and Park Ridge golf courses, and the John Prince Golf Learning Center. Independent junior programs are also available at the Osprey Point and Southwinds golf courses. The mission of the junior golf program is to provide all youth the opportunity to learn and play golf. Palm Beach County is committed to growing the game and removing the barriers to junior golf by offering reduced greens fees, use of junior clubs and the junior golf card program, which provides substantial benefits at discounted prices. For more info., visit www.pbcgolf.com.
Wellington Wild Silver Fast Pitch Softball Team Takes State Title
The Wellington Wild Silver fastpitch softball team recently won the Independent Softball Association state championship in the 10 and under division. The two-day tournament concluded in Tamarac on June 23. The Wellington team also won two other regional tournaments this summer and will compete for the national title at the USSSA World Series, which begins July 20. The team went undefeated in the ISA state tournament. The Wild gave the Palm City Cruisers a tough loss in the first elimination game. They defeated the Cruisers 2-1 in a defensive battle, during which Alexis Mobilia allowed only two hits and struck out 12 batters. The game was decided by a long home run by Isabella Marshall, which scored two runs in the fourth inning. “These girls love this game,” Team Manager Ron Mobilia said. “We practice hard, and it shows when they go out on the field. This group of girls has bonded so well that I know they will all be friends for a long time to come. Ultimately, the friendships that they develop and the experiences that they share
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Wellington Wild Silver — Front row: Carolina Vallejo, Bree Hockett, Jordyn Maybrown, Nicole Gumula and Mia Corcoran; middle row: Alexis Mobilia, Abby Klan, Ashley Mobilia, Danielle Deaton and Isabella Marshall; back row: coaches Charlie Gumula, John Vallejo, Ron Mobilia, Rick Klan and Brett Maybrown. Photo courtesy Adam Marshall