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Oswego co-op’s Alli Wiertel reflects on third straight trip to state golf tourney · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  As we go co-op's Ally Vertil reflects on third straight trip to
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  State Golf Tourney. Written by Skylar Casellus. This article is being read
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  by an automated voice, brought to you by Everlet. On paper, Ali
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  Vertel delivered again on High School Golf's Biggest Stage. The Oswego Co
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  op Junior shot a 140 to take third place in last weekend's
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  Class II AISA State Girls Golf Tournament at Hickory Point Golf Course
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  in Forsyth. But Viertel, who won the Class IIA title last year
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  as a sophomore, felt she underperformed in her bid to defend that
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  crown. It was a little bit of a disappointment, knowing that I'm
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  able to go and compete and win as I did last year,
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  and not being able to perform the way that I wanted, Vertel
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  said. Overall it
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  is what it is, and I'll continue to try to get better
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  and improve. The Alabama commit finished three strokes behind champion Taylor Miller
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  one hundred and thirty seven of Plainfield East, another Southwest Prairie Conference
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  standout, and one behind runner up Ally Surah of Edwardsville. Honestly, I
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  think it is a tremendous accomplishment for her Azwego co-op coach Steve
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  Tubman said. I know she wanted to defend her title, but we
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  have to give a lot of credit to Taylor Miller from Plainfield
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  East. She had an exceptional tournament and played extremely well. But at
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  the end of the day, I know what Allie's expectations were for
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  the tournament. And even though, in her eyes, there might have been
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  some disappointment in not defending her crown, getting a third place finish
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  is still an amazing accomplishment. Despite scrambling through Friday's first round, Vertal
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  shot a three under Parr sixty nine to sit in second after
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  day one, behind Miller's sixty six. Even par, threw ten holes, Vertal
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  birdie number eleven, then eagled number fifteen. That was definitely a turning
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  point, Wiertel said. Kept me in the field for the next day.
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  It wasn't a bad score, but it felt worse than what the
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  number was. She she entered Day two in position to challenge Miller
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  for the title. A double bogey on number thirteen dropped her back
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  to even par, but she answered with a birdie on number fifteen
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  to finish at one under seventy one. I just wasn't able to
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  make it happen, to be honest, Vertel said. I just didn't make
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  enough putts own the stretch or in general throughout the tournament. Her
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  teammate, sophomore Giselle Ricendez, shot a personal best 35 on the front
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  9 on day 2 and finished tied for 31st. She performed absolutely
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  incredible, Tubman said. First day she was kind of up and down
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  through her round, came out day two off to a slow start,
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  and the just turned it on for the last fourteen holes to
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  finish with a seventy four. Though Virtel fell short of her own
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  expectations, she found plenty of positives in her third straight trip to
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  state. I enjoyed my pairings, I'm friends with Taylor, and some of
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  the girls I got to play with. It was enjoyable, Vertel said.
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  I played No fifteen well throughout the two days of them tournament,
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  so that was a good hole for me, and just the par
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  fives attacking those. I roomed with Giselle. We went together to state
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  and we roomed together so that was fun too, just making some
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  memories. Viertel and Rizendez are both set to return next season with
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  a combined five state appearances between them. They are going to be
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  the leaders of our program, Tubman said. They were the leaders this
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  year as well. I have very high expectations for both of them
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  to reach the state tournament once again.