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FHS golfers statebound after regional runner-up finish

  Mylie Jacob has enjoyed athletic success on the golf course and the tennis courts over her three-year career at Frankenmuth High School.

  In golf, she has been captain three consecutive years and has collected All-Tri-Valley Conference honors, while in tennis it has been the same with league honor, except for going to the state finals as a netter over the seasons.

  That changed Monday afternoon as the senior and her Lady Eagle varsity team traveled to Lost Lake Woods Club, an isolated golf course near Lincoln in northern Michigan. With a Sunday afternoon practice round under their belts, the FHS golfers tackled the par-71, 5.137-yard well-bunkered, wooded, and with two-tier greens with much undulation.

 When the final putts dropped, Frankenmuth was runner-up at the 14-school MHSAA Division 3 Regional No. 16 with a team score of 402 strokes. Fellow TVC school Freeland won the regional with 370 strokes, with Haslett taking with a distant 440 strokes. The top three schools move on to the MHSAA Division 3 State Finals, set for Bedford Valley Golf Course near Battle Creek, Friday and Saturday, October 18-19. A total of 18 schools across six regions are in the midst of qualifying this week for the state finals.....

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