𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘 𝗜𝗟𝗘, 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵. – Led by three top-10 individual finishes, the Father Gabriel Richard Girls Golf team captured the MHSAA Division 3 Regional 17 championship on Tuesday (Oct. 6) at West Shore Country Club, securing the first regional title in program history. The Irish posted a team score of 390 to top runner-up Detroit Country Day (393) by three strokes, while Pinckney finished third at 397. 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘀𝘂𝗺 ’𝟮𝟴 led FGR with an 88 to finish third individually. 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝗳𝗮 ’𝟮𝟳 and 𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗼 ’𝟮𝟴 each carded rounds of 97 to tie for eighth, giving the Irish three golfers among the top 10. Woodsum highlighted her round with four consecutive pars on holes No. 9-12, including the par-3 12th hole, where she was one of only three golfers in the 53-player field to make par. Savarino posted a career-best round on her birthday, while seniors Gusfa and 𝗚𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗳𝗼 ’𝟮𝟳 provided leadership and delivered key shots throughout the day. Munafo finished 20th with a 108, while 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 ’𝟮𝟴 rounded out the FGR lineup with a 113 to place 30th. “I am incredibly proud of this team,” head coach 𝗝𝗼𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗵 said. “All season we have talked about playing smart and not letting one-shot mistakes turn into two- and three-shot mistakes. Today we won because these girls committed and trusted in their abilities.” With the regional championship, FGR advances to the MHSAA Division 3 State Final, set for Friday-Saturday, Oct. 16-17, at Katke Golf Course on the campus of Ferris State University in Big Rapids. 𝗠𝗛𝗦𝗔𝗔 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟯 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝟭𝟳 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲: Grosse Ile, Mich. 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲: West Shore Country Club 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵: 1st (390) 𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲: FGR (390), Detroit Country Day (393), Pinckney (397) 𝗙𝗚𝗥 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀: Josie Woodsum (88, 3rd), Greysen Gusfa (97, T-8th), Sophia Savarino (97, T-8th), Gia Munafo (108, 20th), Maggie Allen (113, 30th) 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁: Fri.-Sat., Oct. 16-17 – MHSAA Division 3 State Final (Big Rapids, Mich.) 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘏𝘚𝘈𝘈 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵: https://www.mhsaa.com/sports/girls-golf