The Alpena girls golf team took second behind defending state champion Traverse City West in the Alpena Invitational at River’s Edge Golf Club on Tuesday.

Led by Senior Lizzy Heath, who placed fourth overall with a career best 85, the Wildcats carded a team score of 386.

Junior Maddie Parr (95) and Sophomore Brynna Smith (112) also achieved career best scores for Alpena.

Annika Dy of Traverse City West earned low medalists with a 76. Courtney Nunneley joined Heath earning top ten medalist honors. Harbor Springs came in third by one stroke with a 403.

The Wildcats scored their best total score in recent memory.

In addition, the Alpena JV team earned third place led by Faith Pausits (top five JV medalist) along with Meghan Cosbitt and Mikayla Williams. West also took the top spot in the JV competition followed by Traverse City Central.

“We decided at the beginning of the season that we weren’t going to try and compete with TC West. They are 80 to 100 strokes better than every team in the North and are the defending state champs. Our big goal this year was to beat every other team at a tournament and we achieved that goal,” Alpena coach Mike Nunneley said. “When you consider that a year ago, Lizzy and Brynna had never competed in a golf tournament of any kind -it’s amazing where we are as a team today. As a result of this tournament, we have to redefine our goals for the rest of the year. If we play to our full potential we have an opportunity make some noise at Regionals in October.”

The Wildcats return to action next week in Harbor Springs.

VOLLEYBALL

Onaway 3,

Inland Lakes 0

INDIAN RIVER-The Onaway volleyball team was tested Tuesday, but remained perfect in Ski Valley Conference play after sweeping Inland Lakes 25-12, 26-24 and 25-21.

“It was a tale of three sets and they were all kind of different,” Onaway coach Steve Watson said.

The fourth-ranked Cardinals (15-4-1, 2-0 Ski Valley) were tested in the first set and rebounded to win the second set after trailing 15-6 early.

Taylor Ehrke led the Cardinals in all categories with 11 kills, 13 assists, six aces and 13 digs; Jaclyn Nash had five kills, eight assists, five aces and eight digs; Vydailya Letts had five kills, two aces and two digs; Maddie McLean had four kills, four aces and 10 digs; Daria Domke had four digs and Kaitlyn Boettger had three digs.

Onaway plays at Cheboygan today.

Hillman 3, Posen 0

POSEN-The Hillman volleyball team took three straight sets from Posen on Tuesday, beating the Vikings 25-14, 25-23 and 25-14.

Kristen Kenyon led Hillman with 14 kills, Allison Samp had 17 assists and Cheyenne Stewart had 12 digs.

“”We were a little shaky (to start), but we attacked the ball hard again and finished strong,” Hillman coach Amy Moir said.

Hillman plays at Whittemore-Prescott on Thursday.