PINCONNING, MI – Driving through a downpour on the way to the golf course, Bay City Western coach Nicole Freed didn’t like how things looked.

But her first sight at Green Hills told her it was going to be a good day.

“I pulled in at 7:40 this morning and the girls weren’t supposed to get there until 8,” she said. “But Kayla Montcalm was already there, sitting in the parking lot in her car. She said she was super nervous and just wanted to think everything through.

“There was no reason for her to be that nervous. She played her heart out.”

Fronted by a school-record round by Montcalm, the Warriors braved the elements and the five-team field to capture the team title at the 30th annual Bay County Girls Golf Championship.

The Warriors carded a tournament-record total of 361, besting the

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