CGA golfers reclaim sectional crown Rounding out Culver’s team scoring were sophomore Hannah Brumback (New Albany, Ohio) with a 91, and seniors Makenna Morsches (Kansas City, Mo.) with a 95 and Olivia Hirschy (Fort Wayne, Ind.) with a 109. The team advanced to the Lafayette Regional at the Battle Ground Golf Club on Sept. 27.
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The CGA golf team captured its second straight sectional title at the Beechwood Golf Course in LaPorte, Ind., on Sept. 19. CGA won by 28 strokes with a team total of 360. Junior Lauren Read (Bremen, Ind.) finished second overall with an 86 on the par-72 course. Senior Mackenzie Toth (Ann Arbor, Mich.) was third with an 88 for 18 holes.
CMA soccer reaches goals When the season started, the CMA soccer team set the following goals: win 12 games, which hasn’t been accomplished in eight years; score in every game; and score a team total of 48 goals. By the end of the season, each goal was accomplished. It took until the final regular season game against Portage, a 1-0 victory, to reach the first goal. The team reached 49 goals, including shoot-outs, during the sectional. The Eagles dropped a heartbreaker to Warsaw in the sectional, losing 2-1 on penalty kicks. Team leaders were Nick Bissonnette (Waterloo, Ontario) with 10 goals and six assists; Adrian Juraidini (Naucalpan, Mexico) seven goals, two shootout goals; and Nicholas Cefalu (South Lake Tahoe, Calif.), six goals, one shoot-out goal. Goalie Michael Wright had 90 saves, allowing 14 goals, with eight shutouts. Oscar Algria had nine saves, allowing two goals, with his biggest saves coming off the bench to seal wins over South Bend Adams and Portage.
CGA soccer wins title Staying dry while waiting to begin play are CGA golfers, left to right, Makenna Morsches, Mackenzie Toth, and Lauren Read.
Sailors compete at Coast Guard regatta The highlight for the sailing team was participating in the Lawrence A. White Trophy, a national invitational regatta hosted by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, on Oct. 18-19. It was the third time Culver has received an invitation. Representing the Academies were the four captains Wyatt Clark (Chaska, Minn.), Elaina Lambright (Mattawan, Mich.), Boyao Yu (Shanghai, China), James Jamieson (Culver), and skipper Muriel Weathers (Galveston, Texas).
Serving as the hosts on Lake Maxinkuckee, Culver’s white team finished second in the Banks Blackwell Invitational and the maroon team took 13th in the field of 23. The white team then finished 12th at the Chicago Autumn Classic. Then the maroon team finished in 14th spot at the Midwest Interscholastic Sailing Association’s Halloween Spectacular. The sailors finished 10th and 19th at the Kickoff Classic and 11th and 12th in the Red Hat Regatta hosted by Detroit Country Day.
CGA won the Northern Indiana Soccer Conference with a 4-0 record and finished the season at 11-6-0. It was the sixth conference title for the Eagles. Eight players earned postseason honors as four were named to the All-NISC first team and another quartet was named to the second team. Receiving first team honors were Riley Taets (Decatur, Ill.), Victoria Styers (Plymouth, Ind.), Bridget McConville (Mishawaka, Ind.), and Anne Marie Wright (South Bend, Ind.). Named to the second team were Anna Tompos (Culver), Erin Lopez Vine (Tucson, Ariz.), Jordan Blackburne (Plymouth, Ind.), and Natasha Wanless (Madison, Wis.). The Eagles defeated Plymouth, 1-0, in the sectional after losing to the Pilgrims, 2-0, in the regular season. CGA’s season ended with a tough 2-1 loss to Warsaw in the sectional championship. CULVER ALUMNI MAGAZINE
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