BOWLING GREEN — Ava Metz is wise beyond her golfing years. The Findlay junior knew that not every shot she took Monday at Riverby Hills Golf Club would turn out perfect, but if she could persevere through the bad ones, her best would be good enough.

She was right.

At the Northern Lakes League Tournament, Metz shot 89 to earn first-team honors, and the Trojans upheld their third-place standing from the regular season with a team total of 398.

"I kind of just tell myself that if I hit a bad shot, it's OK," Metz said, advice that most weekend hackers could benefit from. "I try not to set too high of expectations, and then I usually end up playing better when I do that."

Perrysburg ran away with the Buckeye Division crown, shooting 338 as Sydney Deal fired a 1-under par 71 to take individual honors by four shots over Anthony Wayne's Sophia Stanton. Anthony Wayne was second at 374.

Findlay coach Laura Metz was cautiously optimistic Monday morning, with the knowledge that anything could happen bringing three freshmen to a conference meet. The Trojans were also limited to five players because of an injury to Rosalynn Mayle earlier in the season.

"I'm really proud," Laura Metz said. "The girls, they were nervous coming in. They've been nervous all season. They never got a chance to play JV golf before. So coming out here and playing with all these varsity girls that are mostly older than them, they did a great job. They hung in there. There were no tears. Everyone had a good day."

Sophomore Natalie Gutman finished strong on the back nine to shoot 93, while freshmen Josey Weihrauch (99), Lainey Ricker (117) and Abby Kasselmann (120) all stayed near their regular-season averages.

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