C-NS golfers take seventh at state championships

By PHiL BLAckWELL

A championship season for the Cicero-North Syracuse Blue girls golf team concluded with its appearance at last week’s New York State Public High School Athletic Association team tournament near Saratoga Springs. On the links of the Edison Club in Rexford, the Northstars had five golfers in the field, with Isabella Borte and Lindsey Kubala each part of the individual tournament por - tion, too. Borte had a solid two rounds, posting a 90 in the first and a 91 in the second to finish at 181, tying for 44 th place, while Kubala put up rounds of 130 and 115 for a 245.

C-NS Blue’s other three

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golfers finished close to one another, Jessica Ricciardi opening with a 94 and adding a 102 for 196 as Chloe Tice’s 204 included rounds of 109 and 95. Natalie Hacker shot a 206, with rounds of 106 and 100.

In the team competition, the

Northstars finished seventh out of nine squads at 787, with Albany Academy (Section II) on top at 641 as its star player, Kennedy Swedick, repeated her 2022 individual state title with a score of 139 that beat the field by seven strokes.