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Womochil, Baxter think J-Hawks can turn it around

The Jefferson J-Hawks are talking about winning some football games this season.

They're talking about making the playoffs.

More than anything, they're talking about pride in themselves and pride in the program.

"One of my goals - and for a lot of the guys - is not necessarily measured in the wins and losses," senior quarterback Alex Baxter said. "We want to win some respect back from the other schools. That's one of the biggest things."

The J-Hawks lost all nine of their games last season by an average margin of 44-8. They've lost 13 straight games, matching the second-longest losing streak in Class 4A, and they've dropped 19 of their last 20 games overall.

"We'll see how we compare to some other teams, but I know at this point and time we're better than we were last year," Coach Jim Womochil said Tuesday on the second day of practice.

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Megan Furnish 71st at PGA Junior event

Megan FurnishFORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Megan Furnish shot a 21-over-par 93 Wednesday in the second round of the 36th Junior PGA Championship at Sycamore Hills Country Club.

Furnish has posted rounds of 92 and 93 for a 36-hole today of 185, which is 41 strokes over par.

Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand has fired rounds of 69 and 68 for a 36-hole score of 7-under 137 in the four-day tournament.

Furnish stands in 71st place out of 78 golfers in the event, which is for players under 19 from around the world. Furnish will be a senior at Cedar Rapids Jefferson this year.

Furnish shoots 92 at Junior PGA

Megan FurnishFORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Megan Furnish of Cedar Rapids struggled Tuesday and shot a 20-over-par 92 in the opening  round of the 36th Junior PGA Championship at Sycamore Hills Golf Club.

Furnish is tied for 74th place in a field of 78 golfers. She is 24 strokes behind the leader. Casey Danielson of Osceola, Wis., fired a 4-under-par 68 in the first round.

The 72-hole tournament continues through Friday.

Furnish will be a senior at Cedar Rapids Jefferson this year.

Furnish misses qualifying for match play at U.S. Juniors

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. -- Megan Furnish shot an 8-over par 80 Tuesday in the second round of the 63rd U.S. Girls Junior Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club.

Furnish finished stroke play at 15-over par. She missed making the match play portion of the event by five strokes.

Furnish played the back nine first on Tuesday and had three bogeys, a double-bogey and triple-bogey. She came back and played the front nine in even par, recording her only birdie to go along with seven pars and a bogey. She had played the back nine in 2-over par Monday when she shot a 79.

Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand was low scorer in stroke play, finishing at 4-under par.

Furnish is a senior-to-be at Cedar Rapids Jefferson. Her next tournament is the 36th PGA Junior National Championship that will be held Aug. 2-5 at the Sycamore Hills Golf Club in Fort Wayne, Ind.