For the 15th time in the last 18 years, the Pensacola Catholic girls golf team are district champions.
The Crusaders brought home their most recent title on Oct. 27 at Eagle Springs Golf Course in DeFuniak Springs. Catholic's top four golfers totaled a 103-over par 391, beating runner-up Freeport by six strokes. Senior Amelia McIntosh was the low individual medalist, shooting an 8-over par 80 to finish first by six strokes over Freeport junior Haley Chapman.
Amelia McIntosh, along with freshman Alexis McIntosh (t-4th, 92), freshman Emerson Elebash (t-14th, 106) and junior Naomi Scurles (20th, 113) made up the Crusaders winning quartet and helped the team qualify for regionals.
Jay senior Presley Hawthorne (7th, 97) also qualified for regionals as one of the two highest finishing golfers not on one of the automatically qualifying teams.
The Region 1-1A girls golf championship will be held Nov. 2 at Eagle Harbor Golf Club in Fleming Island.
Gulf Breeze girls qualify for regionals
The Dolphins are regionals bound for the second straight year after finishing runner-up for South Walton at the District 1-2A championship at Bay Point Resort Golf Club in Panama City Beach on Oct. 27.
Gulf Breeze won the District 1-3A title last year but moved down a class this fall in the most recent reclassification.
The Dolphins top four golfers totaled a 75-over par 367, finishing behind South Walton by 57 strokes. The Seahawks had four golfers finish in the top seven, led by low individual medalist Neely Kight. The junior and Miami commit shot a two-under par 71, beating three golfers, including Gulf Breeze senior Michelle Burt, by five strokes.
Burt, senior Adyson Davidson (6th, 86), freshman Lola Day (14th, 100) and sophomore Ellie Westbrook (19th, 105) made up the Dolphins top four golfers. Gulf Breeze automatically qualified for regionals, as did Pensacola eighth grader Emberley Settle.
Settle shot a 77 to finish fifth and qualify as the top individual not on an automatically qualifying team.
The Region 1-2A girls golf championship will take place Nov. 3 at Quail Heights Country Club in Lake City.
This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Pensacola Catholic girls golf wins District 1-1A, Gulf Breeze 2nd in 2A