Nashua AM Update (May 19): N-P girls golf team heading to State, track team members compete today

Good morning, it’s Thursday, May 19, 2023.

WEATHER FORECAST

Today: A 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a southwest wind 14 to 16 mph.

Tonight: A 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 a.m. Patchy smoke after 8 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. West wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 18 mph.

Source: National Weather Service

*The N-P girls golf team members hold their State qualifier banner on Wednesday after placing 2nd at Class 1A Region 4 final in Colesburg. (Photo courtesy of the golf team)*. For more photos from the season, click here.

N-P girls golf team qualifies for State

Led by Paige Franzen, who shot 80 over 18 holes Wednesday, the Nashua-Plainfield girls golf team placed second at the Class 1A Region 4 final in Colesburg and qualified for the State Golf Tournament next week in Boone.

Franzen was Wednesday’s meet’s medalist, while North Butler’s Reagan Mulder took second with an 89.

Easton Valley won the regional championship followed by N-P (2nd, 412), Don Bosco (3rd, 419), East Buchanan (4th, 426), North Butler (5th, 427), Saint Ansgar (6th, 468) and Wapsie Valley (7th, 499).

Faith Franzen was N-P’s next best scorer with 109, followed by Natalie Sinnwell (110), Autumn Nelson (113), Payton Howland (145) and Ellie Woodman (159).

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