Captain Salata leads Whitmore Lake (AnnArbor.com)

May 22, 2012

Emma Salata twice has been named all-league and her golf team's Most Valuable Player, and holds the school's 9 and 18-hole records. And she's done all of that playing each spring for the boys team at Whitmore Lake, which does not have a girls golf team.

AnnArbor.com's Matt Durr tells how Salata got started playing the game with her grandparents, and then became a star of the spring after playing her first season of high school golf during the fall with the Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard girls. Salata has signed to play next season for the Western Michigan University women's team. 

Whitmore Lake girls golfer earns college scholarship by playing with the boys (AnnArbor.com)

Today in the MHSAA: 8/20/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 20, 2025

1. GIRLS GOLF Dexter carded a 322 to win its Dexter Invitational by 70 strokes – Chelsea Sun Times News

2. CROSS COUNTRY The Remus Chippewa Hills girls and Shepherd boys were victorious at Chippewa Hills’ Early-Season Warrior Invitational – Cadillac News

3. BOYS SOCCER Grand Haven edged reigning Division 4 champion Muskegon Western Michigan Christian 1-0 – Grand Haven Tribune

4. GIRLS GOLF Brighton was first and Grand Rapids Catholic Central second after the first day of the annual Bob Lober Classic – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. CROSS COUNTRY The Cheboygan girls and Mackinaw City boys were among winners at Upper Peninsula invitationals – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

6. BOYS SOCCER Henry Juneau scored three goal to help Harbor Springs past Charlevoix 5-1 – Petoskey News-Review

7. BOYS SOCCER Bay City Western scored all of its goals during the second half of a 5-3 win over Cadillac – Bay City Times

8. CROSS COUNTRY The host Three Rivers boys and Bronson girls won the Hill Climb Invitational – Niles Daily Star

9. BOYS SOCCER Temperance Bedford gave coach Brendan Wyatt his first varsity win with the program, 5-3 over Monroe – Monroe News

10. BOYS SOCCER Fruitport opened with a 3-0 shutout of Ludington – Local Sports Journal