Lakota East girls golf capped a Greater Miami Conference championship season with a sixth-place finish at the OHSAA Division I state tournament Oct. 12–13, 2026.
The Thunderhawks shot 323 and 321 for a two-day total of 644 at NCR Country Club’s North Course in Kettering. They finished 10 strokes ahead of seventh-place Sycamore, according to OHSAA’s final team results.
Junior Jenna Schmidt led East with rounds of 72 and 74 for a 146, tying for ninth individually. The other Thunderhawks’ totals were Sydney Phan, 160; MacKenzie Blankenship, 166; Emily Gruber, 172; and Tyler Loving, 184. Rocky River Magnificat won the team championship at 593.
Conference title starts postseason run
East captured its third GMC title in program history Sept. 8–9 at Walden Ponds Golf Course in Hamilton, ending Sycamore’s four-year championship run, according to Lakota East Athletics’ season recap.
Schmidt earned GMC Golfer of the Year honors after winning conference medalist honors with a 145. She also won sectional medalist honors with a 70, while Phan shot 75 to place fourth.
The school said East finished runner-up at both sectionals and districts and made its first state appearance since 2019.
District runner-up finish earns state berth
At Heatherwoode Golf Club on Oct. 6, East shot 329 to finish six strokes behind district champion Sycamore and nine ahead of third-place Anderson. The top three teams advanced.
Schmidt’s 72 placed second, one stroke behind Sycamore’s Savanna Blackmore. Loving added 85, Phan and Blankenship each shot 86, and Gruber posted 91, according to the school’s district recap.
The berth was the program’s fourth state appearance. Coach Brady Webb’s team had narrowly missed qualifying in a playoff the previous season, the school said.
