Jackson County Well Represented in MIGCA Awards

Columbia Central High School golfer Logan Bentley was named to the Super Team as voted by members of the Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association.

 

Photo, story by Jeff Steers

JTV Sports

Jackson golfers have always been well represented in the state of Michigan.

This year’s high school female players were no exception.

Four players earned all-state honors for their play on the course, several others earned academic and golf honors, and a pair of coaches were named as regional coaches of the year.

Columbia Central High School golfer Logan Bentley was named to the Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association Super Team – considered the best nine players in the state of Michigan.

Bentley finished runner-up at the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 4 state tournament for a third consecutive year.

Teammates Kelsey Fausz and Marrisa Berro also earned MIGCA awards for CCHS.

Anna McCubbins of Napoleon was named first-team all-state in Division 4 for a second consecutive season.

Here are the awards as voted on by members of the coaches association.

Super Team

Logan Bentley, Columbia Central, senior

Division 4 All-State

Kelsey Fausz, Columbia Central, junior

Anna McCubbins, Napoleon, junior

Division 4 All-State Honorable Mention

Marrisa Berro, Columbia Central, senior

Academic All-State (seniors only)

Division 2 Academic All-State – Avery White, Jackson

Division 2 Academic All-State Honorable Mention – Brynn Griffith, Jackson

Division 4 Academic All-State – Mariah Kerley, East Jackson

Division 4 Academic All-State – Hannah Stimer, Concord

Division 4 Academic All-State – McKenna Worthing, East Jackson

Division 4 Academic All-State – Ashley Yang, Columbia Central

Academic All-State Team

Division 4 Columbia Central 3.62 (Logan Bentley, Marrisa Berro, Kelsey Fausz, Aubry Koch, and Ashley Yang).

Regional Coaches of the Year

Mike Bauman, Concord, D-4 Region 22

Ray Hill, East Jackson, D-4 Region 23