Five straight pars to open Round 2 propelled Francie Tomp to the top of the 5A leaderboard Tuesday afternoon at the OSAA / OnPoint Community Credit Union Girls Golf State Championships.
The North Eugene senior played steadily throughout – making three birdies and three bogeys for an even-par round of 72 -- and overcame a two-stroke deficit to Wilsonville junior Layla Sidhu after Day 1 to capture her fourth consecutive 5A individual state title, by three strokes over Wilsonville junior Evie Dunn.
Tomp joins Summit’s Madison Odiorne as the only two girls in OSAA history to win four consecutive titles. Odiorne won her last state title 10 years ago.
“Francie was calm all day,” said North Eugene coach Shawn Brandt. “She got off to good start, hit the ball down the fairway and hit lots of greens.”
Brandt said that Tomp focused on herself and not her competition, something that has been a Tomp trademark all season long.
“She wanted to play her hardest and best and see where she stood at the end,” Brandt explained. “She was comfortable with whatever was going to happen so long as she put her best foot forward.”
With Sidhu faltering from the start of Round 2, Tomp’s five opening pars, followed by successive birdies, saw her surge to the lead. She led Sidhu by five at the turn and appeared in complete command until Dunn stepped up to challenge her. Dunn, who tied for fourth last year, made birdies on 9, 10 and 15 to pare Tomp’s comfortable lead to just two with five holes remaining.
In yesterday’s opening round, Tomp also led, but was foiled by the closing stretch, where she went 5-over par over the final six holes, to fall two behind Sidhu. On Tuesday, staring down the same stretch with everything on the line, Tomp proved unflappable. She parred the final four holes, while Dunn was playing them in 1-over, to clinch victory by three shots.
The 18th hole could as easily have been Tomp’s Waterloo. Playing one group in front, Dunn had a putt for birdie, while Tomp blocked her drive into the trees and had to pitch out. Tomp did not know that Dunn three-putted for bogey and hit a perfect hybrid from 200 yards just past the pin and two-putted for the clinching par.
Tomp won on three courses during her four years, the first and last at Emerald Valley Golf Club in Creswell.
“It’s historic!” Brandt exclaimed. “Anything could have happened that could make it not happen. To do it four times in a row is pretty amazing. It’s a memory of a lifetime.”
Dunn, who shot 80 on Day 1, matched Tomp on Tuesday with an even par 72. Sidhu finished third, with Redmond’s Payton Richardson, who was seventh last year, placing fourth.
Melinee Udom and Vishaka Priyan won the 6A and 4A/3A/2A/1A individual titles, respectively.
Udom, a Westview sophomore who tied for second a year ago, shot a sizzling five-under 31 on the back nine Tuesday to hold off Lakeview freshman Hannah Wendorf by two strokes. Udom was tied for the lead, with Mountainside sophomore Kristine Shin, at even par 72 after the first round, but trailed Wendorf by a stroke after nine holes on Tuesday. Both Udom and Wendorf were exceptional on the back nine – Wendorf shot two-under 34 – but Udom was a little better and completed the two-stroke win, shooting five-under 139 for the tournament.
Priyan, a Catlin Gabel junior, ran away from the 4A/3A/2A/1A field to win by 11 strokes at par-71 Trysting Tree Golf Club in Corvallis. Priyan followed up her opening round of four-under 67 on Monday with a two-under 69 today to distance herself from the rest of the field. Priyan was second at state a year ago.
Priyan becomes Catlin Gabel’s second state champion in three years. Ava Austria tied for first on the same course back in 2023.
On the team side, all of last year’s champions, Lake Oswego in 6A, Wilsonville in 5A and Salem Academy in 4A/3A/2A/1A, repeated as state champions, the first time all three classifications had repeat champions since West Linn, Summit and Molalla did it in 2010 and 2011.
Lake Oswego, which defeated Sunset by 14 strokes last year to win for the first time in 47 years, edged the Apollos by just two strokes in 2025. The margin also was two back in 2023, when Jesuit defeated the Lakers for the 6A title.
“The course was tough but fair,” said LO head coach Micah Frey. “It did what a championship course is supposed to do, as it brought out both the best and the worst parts of the game for the golfers who played it.”
Lake Oswego, which led Sunset by six strokes after Day 1 at Emerald Valley, was tied with the Apollos heading to the 437-yard, par-5 closing hole. The Lakers played the hole collectively in 1-over par, while Sunset shot 3-over, which accounted for LO’s two-shot margin of victory. Ansley Kang made a clutch par putt to seal the win.
“The girls held on to win when they didn’t have their best game going,” Frey said. “To me, that speaks to how resilient this group is. When it counted most, they figured out a way to get it done and came out champions. This is a special group of players that will go down as the best collective girls golf team in school history.”
Hailey Lim shot 73 on Tuesday to pace the Laker showing. She finished fourth overall, three strokes behind Roseburg freshman Lana Silvestri, who closed with a 4-under 68. Kang (80), Olivia Mygrant (81) and Alexis Zou (81) also contributed to Lake Oswego’s win.
Sunset’s effort was spearheaded by senior Erika Kobayashi, who shot a Day 2 72; and junior Shrayva Kumar, who shot 76, including going 1-under over the final three holes.
Sunset put together a spectacular effort and was equally deserving,” Frey said. “Coach Angela Fishback has a special group of golfers at Sunset High and I applaud them for pushing us to the brink.”
Jesuit, Mountainside and West Linn rounded out the top five 6A teams. Jesuit, which had won four of the previous five 6A team titles, finished 16 strokes behind this year’s champions. Jesuit senior Kate Lee, last year’s individual champion, finished tied for 10th overall at +9 with Shin, Monday’s co-leader.
Wilsonville ran away with the 5A title. The Wildcats, who bested Summit last year by 36 strokes to win for the second time in three years; prevailed by a much larger margin in 2025. Wilsonville extended its 42-stroke lead over North Eugene after Round 1 to a whopping 69 strokes over Summit, with North Eugene one stroke further back, after the front nine on Tuesday. The Wildcats ended up winning by 79 strokes over North Eugene, with Summit finishing nine strokes further back. Dunn, Sidhu, Madeline Downey and Sophia Raschko all placed among the top six individually for the victors.
North Eugene, which had only Tomp as a girl golfer three years ago, placed second as a team for the first time.
Salem Academy won the 4A/3A/2A/1A team title by 30 strokes over St. Mary’s of Medford. The Crusaders led by 16 strokes after the first day and shot eight strokes better collectively on Day 2 to win going away.
Sophomores Chloe Johnston, Ellie Gladow and Sloane James shot 76, 77 and 80, respectively, on Tuesday to pave the way for the Crusaders’ easy team win. Johnston finished second overall to Priyan and Gladow was third. James finished 16th overall, improving 13 strokes from her opening-round 93.
Banks junior Jade Jenecek and Emma Wheelock of St. Mary’s tied for fourth, 16 strokes behind the medalist. North Valley senior London Kilborn was sixth.
Scappoose, North Bend and last year’s state runner up, Crook County, rounded out the top five teams. Crook County, which was just 14 strokes behind Salem Academy last year, lost by 8 strokes to the Crusaders this year, despite collectively shooting 38 strokes better as a team.
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