Story by Coach Bob Long
    Chillicothe Lady Hornet, Hannah Leamer, traveled to Springfield Monday and Tuesday for state golf competition at the Rivercut Golf Course. Hannah placed 49th out of the field of 88 with a 36 hole score of 191. She placed 51st in 2013 with a score of 201 at the Sedalia Country Club course.
     Mary Institute and St Louis Country Day school took top team honors with scores of 330 and 334, for a two day total of 664. Medalist, Ashley Childers of Mt. Vernon, shot 72 and 73.
     On Monday, Hannah struck the ball as well as I've seen her hit all year. She was a little unlucky with the wet course conditions and the wavy fairways, causing her ball to wind up in a couple of sand bunkers. She recorded a 48 going out and a 49 back in. She played the long par 5's particularly good. Hannah didn't hit a stray drive the entire day.
     On Tuesday, Hannah wasn't able to continue striking the ball as precisely, possibly due to the wet and windy conditions, but her short game more than made up for it. On the two tiered 10th green, she holed a 15 foot double breaking putt to salvage a bogey. On the par 3 sixth hole (with river to the left and unplayable short), Hannah hit the ball 8 feet from the hole.
     On the signature par 3 fifteenth, island green, Hannah for the second day in a row hit her ball about five feet from the hole. Having shot par on the hole Monday, she stepped up and knocked down the birdie putt, a fitting way to cap off the final round of her high school career. Hannah continued to set goals and achieve them.
     Going to state for the second year in a row, shooting less than 200 on the tough course, improving her score on day two, and playing her best nine of the competition (46) to complete her career. Hannah always the level headed competitor was also the nicest person on the course (anticipates meeting a life long friend out of each foursome).