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The team champion in Moore League girls’ golf felt virtually predetermined in campaigns past.
Wilson held an astounding record of 15 outright league championships in 17 seasons entering last year. But in 2024, Millikan earned the honor with an undefeated league season, and that triumph may be indicative of success in the upcoming campaign.
Millikan blitzed to last year’s title with a squad of three returning varsity scorers and no seniors. Naturally, this season’s scoring unit will feature both veterans and underclassmen with varsity experience — all seven of whom received all-league honors in 2024.
Hailey Stoskopf was at the center of last season’s historic championship, and the now-senior is expected to produce crucial scores once again.
Stoskopf was also a top-five finisher in the Moore League individual tournament, alongside teammates in sophomore Janelle Pulido and freshman Jasmine Lim. Fellow freshmen Stella Joco and Kenzie Mann also produced significant scores, both earning all-league second team honors last season.
Millikan head coach Robert Tomlin is expecting those rising sophomores to take a significant leap in 2025.
“They were decent enough to get around the course and hold their own, but they really had a long ways to go,” Tomlin said of last year’s freshman trio. “And they’ve gone quite a ways just in this past year.”
Wilson is also hoping to see growth from its young returners, but unlike Millikan, the Bruins need their contributions to replace a few notable losses. The Bruins graduated a pair of all-league selections from last fall, in addition to co-captain Cate Thompson.
But despite the departures, Wilson head coach Paul Henry believes senior Charlotte White — the other half of last season’s captaincy duo — can steady any potential growing pains.
White is Wilson’s only returning First Team All-Moore Leaguer, though senior Amelia Nulty — a second team selectee last fall — is expected to join White as both a vocal leader and premier scorer.
Nulty is also one of four varsity golfers who play for Wilson’s girls lacrosse team; Lucy Smith, Emerson May, and Layla Rodriguez all do the same. Henry expects the quartet of dual-sport veterans to be integral this year.
“They bring not only a lot of athleticism, but a willingness to work hard,” Henry said. “Having the four of them as upperclassmen this year to set the tone for my underclassmen, is going to have some truly positive results.”
While Long Beach Poly split with Wilson last year, two Jackrabbits in particular earned plaudits for their personal dominance. Freshman Loren Fearence and sophomore Kara Teter finished first and second, respectively, in the individual league championship.
But Fearence — The562’s Freshman of the Year — transferred out of Poly during the offseason.
In her absence, Poly head coach Bill Dodge expects Teter to take the reigns as the team’s leading scorer. Teter also has reasonable odds of winning this year’s individual title. Fellow juniors Gabrielle Gales and Abigail Hall will also try to make first-team all-league bids after both earned second-team distinctions in 2024.
“Kara is a natural athlete,” Dodge said. “[Gabrielle] and Abigail have really worked hard on their short game, and that … has really improved their scores.”
Lakewood is yet another Moore League squad with a bevy of returning talent, with 2024 first-team all-league selectee Sydney Adams being the team captain.
“She’s a really good leader,” Lakewood head coach Spencer McDaniel said. “She’s always been charismatic and always helped the girls.”
Zoey Solorzano will also try to build on her second-team all-league campaign from last fall. A veteran-heavy squad led by Adams and Solorzano naturally makes McDaniel optimistic about the upcoming campaign.
“Knowing that they’re gonna come back and stick with me … excites me the most,” McDaniel said.
Cabrillo girls’ golf continues growing in both quantity and quality under head coach Blake Dorman, who feels the program is in its strongest spot since he took over.
The Jaguars return their entire varsity team from 2024, with senior Dayanara Martinez — a second-team all-league performer last season — once again being at the forefront.
“She’s the best girl we’ve ever had,” said Dorman of Martinez.
Dorman added that he hopes to get Martinez into the top 15 for the final round of the Moore League individual tournament, a feat that no Cabrillo golfer (boys or girls) has ever accomplished.
Fellow senior Erica Rojas joins Martinez to form Cabrillo’s captaincy tandem, and Dorman also expects veteran varsity scorer Kimberly Ramirez Lara to be a substantial contributor.
Outside of the Moore League, St. Anthony head coach Robert Klenk has transformed his program into a powerhouse. The Saints have won four consecutive undefeated Del Rey League championships.
Klenk hopes his team will extend its dominant streak in 2025, though the Saints face an obvious loss in the form of three-time Del Rey League MVP Victoria Valenzuela, who graduated in the spring.
With Valenzuela’s departure, rising senior Jacqueline Hufana will inherit the Saints’ team captain role this year while being one of the team’s lowest scorers.
St. Anthony has maintained its underclassmen talent pipeline as well.
Rising sophomore Jasmyn Munoz joins Hufana as the preseason frontrunners to win the Del Rey League individual championship. Munoz fell just two strokes short of Valenzuela in 2024’s individual tournament. Klenk is also high on incoming freshman Chloe Sakatani, who enters her high school career with Junior PGA Players Tour experience.
“I try to run it like a college program,” Klenk said. “My goal is to get these kids scholarships.”
