NORWAY — Newberry started the season as only the third or even fourth-best team in its own conference.

But once it started winning meets, it hasn’t stopped, and that included Friday’s Division 2 U.P. Finals.

Newberry edged runner-up Stephenson by three strokes, 465-468, for the U.P. title at Oak Crest Golf Course in Norway.

“I’ve got three or four freshmen that continued to get better,” Newberry coach Kenn Depew said.

Things turned around for the team about halfway through the year when Newberry won an event. Newberry later won the Eastern U.P. Conference tournament, a part of a streak of five first-place finishes to end the season.

“A fantastic year for the girls,” Depew said.

Freshman Blair Maki led Newberry with a score of 105, good for third place overall. Her season went a lot l

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