last year\u2019s winner<\/a>, recorded a 354. The rest of the top-10 teams continued with Seaholm (357), South Lyon (365), Stoney Creek (373), and finally Troy and Orchard Lake St. Mary\u2019s tied with a 374.<\/p>\nLily Fishtahler, who shot an 88 as a junior at last year\u2019s tourney when the Wolves took sixth, had a team-best 81 on Wednesday, tied with Adams\u2019 Leah Blackmore for sixth individually.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought my round was decent,\u201d Fishtahler said. \u201cThe wind definitely had an impact on it; the weather wasn\u2019t great. I thought my score was fine, but it was still an improvement from last year, so that was a bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n
She spoke about what a close-knit bunch this year\u2019s team is having grown up together, lived in the same neighborhood, and are capable of relying on one another. The bond helps them stick together when they get on the links.<\/p>\n
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Clarkston’s Lily Fishtahler chips a ball onto the green during as a junior at the Oakland County D1 championship on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025 at Fieldstone Golf Club. Fishtahler shot a team-best 81 to help the Wolves win this year’s county meet on Wednesday. (BRYAN EVERSON – MediaNews Group, file)<\/p>\n
\u201cWe try to tell each other every day (you\u2019re eventually going to) have a bad round, but it\u2019s going to be OK (knowing you) have the support from coaches and each other,\u201d Fishtahler continued. \u201cYou just have to remember your next shot is your best shot. But yeah, we know we have to stay relaxed and know that no matter what our team\u2019s gonna be with us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hallman, in her 12th season as head coach, knows the talent is there, and her main responsibility is to manage that mindset of the girls, which has taken a step forward from the previous fall. \u201cI think if they are just more relaxed \u2026 that\u2019s my purpose,\u201d she said. \u201cThey all have swing coaches, and dads or uncles or grandparents that golf. I\u2019m there to talk them off the ledge when they\u2019re having a bad time, make them laugh and loosen up a little bit instead of dwelling on the negative. I said (to them that) the last thing you should be thinking about before you hit the ball is where you want it to go, not, \u2018I hope it goes in the water over there or in the trees,\u2019 that kind of thing. Because then, sure enough, it\u2019s going to go in the water or the trees. Where you want it to go, visualize that and do it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Behind Fishtahler from the Wolves, sophomore Reese Hukka finished with an 83, senior Grace Johnson had an 87, sophomore Braelynn Clancy ended with a 90 and senior Ava Ebling recorded a 94.<\/p>\n
This marks the second time in three seasons Clarkston has captured the county title. They also did it in 2024 when Lily\u2019s older sister Lauren was part of the team and the Wolves also went on to also take first at regionals.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Lily\u2019s) just a really good golfer, and she\u2019s been that way for four years,\u201d Hallman remarked. \u201cShe\u2019s improved immensely, but even when it was her and her sister, they weren\u2019t competing against each other, but they just know golf.\u201d<\/p>\n
A healthy dose of freshman amongst the top of the leaderboard was a sign that competition should remain strong in the coming seasons. Both Mercy\u2019s Carolyn Watson and South Lyon\u2019s Presley Kiehler led the way as individuals with a score of 75. After that, Lakeland sophomore Abigail Ngo, Mercy senior Megan Guerrera and Troy freshman Hannah Kim came in all with scores of 78.<\/p>\n
Following Fishtahler and Blackmore were Lake Orion senior Olivia Connor and South Lyon East junior Eve Laskoff tied for eighth with an 82, then Hukka and Adams junior Saanvi Gupta both at 83.<\/p>\n
The improvement from a chipping and putting perspective \u2014 Hallman had nothing but praise for her team\u2019s driving ability, calling it breathtaking \u2014 also paired with their mental fortitude has the Wolves looking like a strong contender at states this season. They finished ninth in D1 in 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can do it,\u201d Hallman said. \u201cWe have the capability, it\u2019s just that we all need to be on the same mindset so to speak, and play the course, don\u2019t let it play you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fishtahler believes that victory Wednesday gives them a boosted chance, adding, \u201cWe\u2019ve only beat Adams once this year, so knowing we beat them (when we) all didn\u2019t really play to our best potential opened our eyes (to the idea) we can definitely win, and it just gave us a lot and showed us we can do it if we put our minds to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Clarkston, Adams and others will be back for another round on Tuesday at Fieldstone for a competition involving all teams from the OAA Red and White Divisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some positive vibes went a long way for Clarkston\u2019s girls golf team Wednesday afternoon. Expected or not, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[15262,2044,795,143,904,145,144,127],"class_list":["post-474668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-clarkston","tag-high-school-sports","tag-michigan","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-county","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}