A successful 2019 high school golf season came to a close Friday for the boys from Stansbury, Tooele and Grantsville high schools as they competed in their respective state tournaments.
Stansbury finished ninth in Class 4A, and was led by sophomore Braydon Griffith, who finished in a tied for sixth place individually. Senior Peyton Thevenot tied for 17th place, while teammates Cole Clawson, Hunter Luke, Joseph Luke and Brock Shepherd also played well.
Tooele didn’t make the cut at the state tournament, but Luke Begnaud advanced to the second day as an individual and ended up in a tie for 14th place. The Buffaloes were represented by Ashden Morrill, Dallin Callister, Cache Holmes, Jesse Sayers and Kaleb Buell at state.
Grantsville’s boys finished ninth in the Class 3A tournament, led by senior Scott May’s 22nd-place effort. He was joined by teammates Jace Sandberg, Grayson McKeever, Davin Ekins, Hunter Perkins and Gage Anderson.
Francie Aufdemorte is photo editor for the Tooele Transcript-Bulletin. A Tooele County native, she graduated from Tooele High School in 1989, and with a degree in English from the University of Utah in 2001. She next studied filmmaking at the New York Film Academy in 2005, from which she earned a certificate of completion. Her ties to community journalism begin in 2005 when she worked for the Magna Times for two years, handling everything from classified advertising to editing and proofing news stories. While there she also created and maintained a new website for the newspaper. In 2007, she opened a Salt Lake-based studio called Book Cliff Photography. As principle photographer, she worked both editorial and commercial assignments, including portraiture and weddings. As photo editor, Aufdemorte photographs news, features, sports and advertising for the Transcript-Bulletin and supplemental publications, while also managing and assigning the newspaper’s freelance photographers.