Austin Packers girls golf team wins Big 9 Conference match with Red Wing 347-377 Tuesday

Coming off a second-place finish in a Big 9 Conference quadrangular at North Links Golf Course in Mankato Monday, the Austin Packers girls golf team was right back into action at the Austin Country Club Tuesday versus conference foe Red Wing, and it was the Packers taking the match by 30 strokes, 347-377.

Two individuals for Austin carded personal best scores Tuesday, led by 8th grader Ailani Thiravong, who fired a round of 73, fellow 8th grader Sydney Lewis finished with a round of 88, sophomore Izzy Sellers and 8th grader Lucy Annis both carded a 93, a personal best for Annis, and sophomore Anna Kossman finished with a round of 101.

The Packers are now off until Saturday, when they will head back to North Links Golf Course in Mankato, where they will play in a seven-team invitational that will also include Mankato East, Faribault, Mankato West, St. Peter, Mounds View and New Ulm, with the teams set to tee off at 11:30 a.m.