FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: IT FITS HER TO A TEE
Miford Mill's DeVonne Richardson was a consistent placewinner over the course of three golfing events. |
| DigitalSports Female Athlete of the Week
DeVonne Richardson, Milford Mill, golf
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the span of five days, Richardson played some of her best golf ever,
having placed high in each of her final two tournaments of the fall
golfing season.
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In the Oct. 9 Baltimore County District Six
qualifying round for the state championships, which will be held next
week in College Park, Richardson finished in first place ahead of
Dulaney's two-time county champion, Carolyn Chandler.
The junior
shot an 83, but was a little surprised that was enough to edge
Chandler's 84 after having finished three spots behind Chandler at
counties.
"Coming in, I didn't think that 83 would be good enough for first
place," Richardson said at the time. "I just wanted to make it to the
state tournament."
On Saturday, Richardson participated in the inagural girls' golf challenge, sponsored by the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association.
In that event, held at the Forest Park Golf Course in Baltimore, Richardson
finished second after shooting a 79-- all in all an amazing achievement for a girl who
finished back in the pack at the county tournament on Sept. 26.
The
county tournament was won by Chandler with a 68. Finishing in the
second-through-fourth spots behind Chandler in that event were Perry
Hall's Amanda Lee, Carver's Gabriella Biondo and Richardson.
The county tournament was played on Gunpowder's 18 hole golf course on a hard and fast surface due to the hot, dry conditions.
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Milford Mill's DeVonne Richardson finished
fourth, first, and second, respectively, in consecutive tournaments
starting on Sept. 26.
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