Kentwood High golfer Catherina Li was named an honorable mention Rolex Junior All-American by the American Junior Golf Association this week. Here’s the press release:

BRASELTON, Ga. – Catherina Li of Kent, Wash., has been named an honorable mention Rolex Junior All-American by the American Junior Golf Association, establishing herself among the top tier of current and former junior golfers from around the world.

Li, a sophomore at Kentwood High School, earned Rolex Junior All-America honors for the first time in her career behind her first AJGA victory at the AJGA Junior at Centennial. Ranked No. 43 in the Polo Golf Rankings, she notched runner-up finishes at the AJGA Stonehenge Junior Open and the W. Duncan MacMillan Classic at Rush Creek.
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Four Pierce County golf courses will host state tournaments in the spring, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association announced this week.

Here are the sites:

1B/2B Boys & Girls: Meadow Park Golf Course, Lakewood

1A Boys & Girls: The Home Course, Dupont

2A Boys: The Classic Golf Course, Spanaway
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Bellarmine Prep’s James Feutz is tied for the lead after the first round at the Class 4A boys golf state tournament. Feutz and Jarrett Foote of Woodinville each shot 69 at Canyon Lakes Golf Course in Kennewick today. Beamer’s Broc Johnson is right behind with 70.

Staff writer Todd Milles talked to Feutz this afternoon and we’ll have a story recapping all of the state golf action in tomorrow’s paper.

In other tournaments, Bellarmine Prep’s Jordan Ferreira is second by one stroke in the 4A girls tourney after shooting 69.
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A fifth-grader has won the Louisiana Class 3A state golf title. Brooke Dillon shot a 1-under par 143 in the two-day tournament. In the second round, she had an eagle and two birdies, helping Episcopal of Baton Rouge to its third straight team title.

You can read about Dillon here.

This will never happen in Washington. WIAA rules say only kids in grades 9-12 can compete in varsity sports, except in Class 1B, which allows eighth graders to compete.

What to watch today

Spokane is the epicenter of Washington volleyball this weekend as 64 teams will converge on four sites in the city for the highly-competitive 2009 Crossover Classic. Among those competing South Sound squads Graham-Kapowsin, Tahoma and Auburn Riverside.

Thursday’s highlights

Third-ranked Olympia escaped Bellarmine Prep with a 3-2 victory. Lisa Chulich, Lauren Herseth and Jennifer Liedes all tallied double-digit kills for the Bears. Victoria Fisher’s 14 kills and 14 digs led the Lions.

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Thursday’s highlights

Emerald Ridge toppled Beamer 3-1 in a meeting of the SPSL South’s top girls soccer squads. Kimmie Stueckle, Courtney Craft and Audrey Sullivan scored for the Jaguars. Tiarra Fentress had the Titans’ goal.

Shayli Housman scored three goals for Curtis as the Vikings defeated Graham-Kapowsin 4-0. Kelsey Payne and Taylor Floyd combined on the shutout.

Spanaway Lake goalkeeper Fallon Stanley turned in a shutout and Vanessa Allison scored two goals, lifting the Sentinels to a 2-0 win over Bethel.

Hailey Cannon scored twice and Hillary Colbert scored once for Bonney Lake in the Jaguars’ 3-1 win at Franklin …

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