Golfers compete at Tri-District tourney today

Six La Conner High School students will be doing their course work outdoors today.

They will do so while exchanging textbooks for scorecards, having qualified for the May 15 Northwest 2B/1B Tri-District Golf Tournament at Tulalip’s Battle Creek Golf Course.

Seniors Abigail Udlock, Ella Simpson and Hallie Walls will represent La Conner on the girls’ side of the Tri-District tourney.

Senior Sammy Williams, junior Corran Eisen and sophomore Brooks Bushey are the boys Tri-District entries.

All six La Conner golfers qualified for Tulalip tee times based on scores carded earlier this month in Bi-District competition at Loomis Trail Course in Blaine.

Udlock placed seventh among 40 entrants in the girls’ half of the Bi-District competition.

“Her driver has been strong all season,” La Conner assistant coach Galen McKnight said of Udlock. “She’s also been good with her short game, using the 9-iron and pitching wedge.”

The La Conner contingent will be vying for berth to the 2B/1B State Tournament May 21-22 at Tumwater Valley Golf Club south of Olympia.

Williams, McKnight noted, is a two-time state tourney qualifier. He appears poised to do so again.

“Sammy is very consistent,” McKnight said.

The La Conner golf program has been solid the past several years, highlighted by a state title won in 2022 by the Lady Braves’ Emma Worgum, now a standout as a sophomore at Western Washington University.

Worgum finished second at the 2024 Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Women’s Golf Championship, firing a 69 in that tourney’s opening round.