Powell takes State 1B golf title

Kira Powell brought home her third consecutive State B golf championship last week, finishing just one stroke ahead of Emily Baumgart of DeSales HS and four ahead of Michal Schuster of St. John-Endicott.

According to coach Sam Read, “Kira came through in some tough playing conditions and under a lot of pressure of being the two time returning champion, and terrible weather.”

State B golf was held at Oakbrook Golf and Country Club in Lakewood May 22 and 23. Five Odessa-Harrington golfers participated, but Powell was the only one to make the cut after the first day of play.

Read said that the “O...