Nebraska high school girls golf state title race is open [Video]

Their time has come.

Many in the next wave of contenders in Class A girls golf watched Nicole Kolbas of Lincoln Pius X win three consecutive state titles and choose Indiana over a host of other Division I scholarship offers.

So who will follow her as state champion?

Among those with title aspirations are Elly Honnens of Lincoln East, Lauryn Ball and Eden Larson of Lincoln Southwest and Madison Murnan of Omaha Marian.

Honnens made the semifinals of the Nebraska girls match play championship, which was won by middle-schooler Naryn Kim of Lincoln. Honnens tied for second in Class A last year, three behind Kolbas. She’s committed to UNO.

Ball, a senior, and Larson, a sophomore, led Southwest to a repeat Class A team title and their return favors a three-peat for the Silver Hawks. Larson also made the girls match play semifinals.

Murnan posted a rare victory over Kolbas last year as a sophomore, shooting 69 at the Pius X Shootout. …