Girls golf: Hunt comes back to lead Sailors to win

SANTA ANA HEIGHTS - The Newport Harbor High girls golf team’s

279-285 win over El Dorado spelled redemption for Sailors’ junior Kelly

Hunt on Wednesday.

She scored her worse round of the season, 56, Tuesday in a loss to

Woodbridge. But, Hunt went for a 3 over par-39 at the Santa Ana Country

Club to earn the medalist title. The match was the second half of the

preliminary that began at Western Hills Golf & Country Club.

Hunt’s total was an 84, while teammates Shelly Roberts put in a 94 and

Lindsay Galbraith helped the win with a 101.

Hunt birdied three times on the day, twice on par-3 holes and once on

a par-5 hole.

The Sailors will now prepare for its own 15-team tournament that

begins on Monday at Newport Beach Golf Course, which will include Palm

Desert, Santa Monica, Wilson of Hacienda Heights and Redondo Beach.