Academic Magnet’s Annika Bovender won the state championship for girls’ golf. She shot consecutive rounds of 71 and finished with a score of two under par. Annika placed second and third the past two years, and is thrilled that she finally won the championship her senior year.

In more sports news, the girls’ cross country team was victorious at the region meet, defeating Bishop England, North Charleston, Garrett, and Whale Branch. Kristin Fairey placed 1^st, Megan Kolbe finished 2^nd, Carly Hall came in 6^th, Caitlyn Fairey finished 7^th, Caroline Seymour placed 8^th, Cassidy Rindge came in 14^th, and Payton Ritter finished 15^th. The girls’ cross country team travels to the Clemson Research Center in Columbia for the Lower State meet on November 1^st at 11:00.