Performance of the Week: Troy Athens' Olivia Hemmila
August 25, 2022
Olivia Hemmila ♦ Troy Athens
Golf ♦ Senior
The bar for this season already was set high for Hemmila, who tied for ninth at last season's Lower Peninsula Division 1 Final at The Meadows at Grand Valley State University. She set off quickly to begin reaching it last week, starting her senior campaign by shooting a two-day 146 (72-74) to repeat as individual champion at the Lober Classic at Crystal Mountain. Junior teammate Ava Weeks was third individually, and Troy Athens finished third as a team among a field that included two more top-eight finishers from last season's LPD1 Final, where Athens placed fifth.
Hemmila also played at the LPD1 Final with her team in 2020, missing the individual top 10 by just three strokes, and she was an individual qualifier as a freshman. She was named to the all-state Super Team last season after also making the all-state first team both of her first two seasons. She's committed to sign with Oakland University and intends to study biology or chemistry as she pursues a career as a physician's assistant.
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(Photos courtesy of the Hemmila family.)
Jet's Pizza Team of the Month: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central Girls Golf
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 4, 2026
The Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central girls golf team entered the postseason ranked No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 by the state coaches association, expected to win its first MHSAA Finals championship in this sport.
Making good on those expectations can be a much taller task. But the Rangers showed they were more than up for the challenge Oct. 16-17 at Michigan State's Forest Akers West.
The Jet's Pizza "Team of the Month" for October carded a two-day, 36-hole score of 642, clearing the rest of the field by 45 strokes. That score ranked as the second lowest in MHSAA history at an LPD2 Final, and its 319 on Saturday tied for fourth lowest in LPD2 Finals history for a single round.
Junior Alivia Offer was the individual medalist with 149 strokes, six better than the next closest competitor. Freshman Abigail Offer placed seventh, junior Camille Tierney tied for ninth, senior Caroline Vandervelde tied for 13th and junior Gienna Rinckey tied for 23rd.
(Photo courtesy of the Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central girls golf program.)