DARLINGTON – Just seven strokes separated first place from last place at the season opening Darlington Girls’ Golf Quadrangular.
    Defending SWAL-SWC champions Southwestern/Cuba City took home team honors shooting a 237 led by senior Bailee Bussan, who carded a 7-over round of 42 to also garner individual medalist honors at the meet.
    Lancaster finished four strokes behind the Wildcats with a 241 to take second, followed closely by Mount Horeb at 243 and the host Lady Redbirds at 244.
    Junior Kennedy Wagner carded a 54 to lead Darlington on the day. Sophomore Allison Thompson tallied a 58 for the ‘Birds with junior Holly Ray shooting a 65 and sophomore Marissa Gould adding a 67 to complete the team scoring for the hosts.
    Darlington hosts the 18-hole Ringen Girls’ Golf Invitational at the Darlington Country Club on Friday, Aug. 18, beginning at 9 a.m.
    The Lady Redbirds match against East Dubuque scheduled at the Lacoma Golf Course on Monday, Aug. 21, has been postponed.
    The Lady Redbirds will head to the Galena Public Golf Course on Tuesday, Aug. 22, to participate in the Southwestern/Cuba City Meet, starting at 9 a.m.

DARLINGTON QUADRANGULAR
Team Scores: Southwestern/Cuba City 237, Lancaster 241, Mount Horeb 243, Darlington 244.

Co-Medalists: Bailee Bussan, SW/CC, 42.

Individual Scores (top 4 scores count in team score): Southwestern/Cuba City– Bailee Bussan 42, Kate Wright 55, Shelby Soja 69, Delany Ryan 81, Haley Wright 71. Lancaster– Lindsay Wolf 51, Sydney Kwallek 62, Morgan Cooley 78, Ambriel Schwab 63, Sarah Farrey 65. Mt Horeb– Kady Peterson 70, Delany Zimmer 55, Ellie Lombardo 58, Ryleigh McMahan 60, Morgan Spencer 74. Darlington– Kennedy Wagner 54, Marissa Gould 67, Allison Thompson 58, Maggie Nordquist 70, Holly Ray 65.

JV Scores: Darlington (inc)– Chloe Muhlstein 78, Jada Glendenning 84, Hannah McCarthy 88. SW/CC (inc)– Mallory Kaiser 80, Carlie Mau 68. Mt Horeb (inc)– Kellie Danz 75.
At Darlington CC, par 35