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Lady Eagle golf team tackles an aggressive 2026 schedule

  The Frankenmuth varsity girls’ golf program has entered its 19^th season this year, with practice beginning Monday, August 10, and four matches being played this week.

  A total of 18 Lady Eagles are on the roster for Coaches Matt Koch and Scott Wenzel, as they look to improve on five years as the Tri-Valley Conference Red Division runner up and continue their stellar play at the MHSAA Division 3 Regional and State Finals levels, where ‘Muth was regional runner up and at the State Finals held at East Lansing’s Forest Akers West Course the squad took eighth place.

  The team graduated a few key seniors, including captain and No. 1 or 2 player Alyson Peterson, who played with a medical golf cart exemption due to a knee injury suffered in the varsity girls’ basketball postseason.

  The team returns five seniors, including three who were among the top 5-6 golfers last season. Maxie Schmidt and Ainsley Roberts are back and named captains for the season. They, along with fellow senior Charlyze Jones, played in nearly all 16 events scheduled.

  The coaches are also looking to seniors Gwen Partridge and Adelynn Agans to step in and perform.

  Mady Goodwin is the lone junior on the team and has been among the top 5-6 golfers since her freshman season. In 2025, Peterson and Schmidt landed on the All-TVC Red first team, and Roberts and Goodwin were second-team selections.

  The Lady Eagles performed well in fall 2025, winning the Freeland Invitational held later in the season at Vassar Golf & Country Club, while taking home runner-up trophies at the Alma Panther Classic, Dick’s Sporting Goods – Perry Invitational, and the Larry Judson Golf Team, the later two tourneys held at Glenbrier Golf Course in Perry.

  “Our first week of practice was exciting for our returning players as well as the many new sophomores and freshmen. Based on what we saw, this is shaping up to be a very promising season,” Wenzel said.

   The TVC Red schools include Alma, Bay City John Glenn, Essexville Garber, Freeland, Frankenmuth, and Swan Valley......

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