(WIAA) – Divine Savior Holy Angels won its fourth consecutive Division 1 title and Edgerton captured its first Division 2 title at the 2026 WIAA state girls golf championships at University Ridge Golf Course in Madison.
Divine Savior Holy Angels shot a 634 team score to outscore runner-up Bay Port, which finished 11 strokes back with a 645 to match its highest finish in school history from 2020. DeForest was third with a 647 team score. The Dashers were led by Addison Roesch, who was in sixth place overall with a 149. Julia Sortino added a 157, Zoe Gryniewicz shot a 160 and Julia Krueger shot a 169.
Last year’s Division 2 runner-up, Edgerton, cruised to its first state title with a 667 team score. The Crimson Tide were also runner-up in 2009. Edgewood finished second with a 690 team score. St. Croix Central was third with a 720. Edgerton was led by Kenna Cooper, who was fourth individually with a 154. Claudia Jenny carded a 161, Kennedy Kern shot a 172 and Norah Kluck shot a 180.
Individually, McKenna Nelson from Beaver Dam won the Division 1 individual title with a six-under-par 138. Nelson shot a 69 on each day of the event and won the title for the second time in three years, having also shot a 138 as a sophomore in 2024. Nelson finished third as a freshman and a junior.
Nelson held off strong charges from Homestead sophomore Lola Appleby and Waukesha co-op junior Reagan Piacsek, who both were one stroke back with 139 scores. Appleby fired a six-under-par 66 on the second day. She carded two eagles and narrowly missed a third, settling for a birdie on hole 16. Piacsek eagled hole 16 to pull within one stroke of Nelson, but bogeyed the 17th hole before rallying with a birdie on the 18th hole to finish with a 68 on the second day.
In Division 2, Lake Country Lutheran junior Aubrey Molaison tallied a two-day score of 144 for her first individual title after finishing runner-up last season and fourth as a freshman. She held a five-stroke lead after the first day and held off a furious rally from Parkview freshman Taytum Oswald, who shot a two-under-par 70 on the second day and finished one stroke back with a 145. Oswald birdied three of the last five holes to put herself in contention for the title. Sophomore Clara Konshaug of Colfax/Elk Mound was third with a 149.
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