O’Hearn leads the way as Redmond advances four, plus an alternate, to state

Redmond High School's Keira O'Hearn fired a two-day total of 156 to place third at the Kingco 4A state-qualifying golf tournament earlier this week at Willows Run Golf Course.

Redmond High School’s Keira O’Hearn fired a two-day total of 156 to place third at the Kingco 4A state-qualifying golf tournament earlier this week at Willows Run Golf Course.

O’Hearn, along with three other teammates — Casie Helgeson, Alicia Hooper and Makaela Hayward — claimed automatic spots to the Class 4A state tournament May 24-25 at MeadowWood Golf Course near Spokane.

The top 14, plus two alternates from the two-day tournament advance to state. Redmond’s Allison Hunt earned one of the two alternate berths to state.

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Newport won the team championship with 81.5 points and Redmond finished second with 65. The Knights snapped the Mustangs’ streak of eight straight tournament titles.

O’Hearn fired a 76 on Tuesday and 80 on Wednesday at the par-72 course to finish third with a two-day total of 156. Freshman Marianne Li of Newport won the tournament title with a 74-73-147.

The other Redmond state qualifiers were Helgeson (10th place, 89-83-172), Hooper (12th, 92-88-180) and Hayward (14th, 94-87-181). Hunt grabbed the first state alternate spot with a 89-95-184.