Marymount’s Lotta Shoots 70 to Win

Karen Lotta of Marymount High shot two-under-par 70 Tuesday at Mission Lakes Country Club in Desert Hot Springs to win the Southern Section individual golf championship.

Lotta, who birdied two of her first three holes, took advantage of a field depleted by a scheduling conflict with an American Junior Golf Assn. tournament in Orlando.

Junior All-Americans Ina Kim of North Hollywood Harvard-Westlake, Erica Blasberg of Corona, Elena Kurakawa of Redondo Union and Stella Lee of Irvine went to Florida, along with three others who finished in the top 15 in the Southern Section a year ago.

Ten players skipped the Southern Section finals to play in Florida.

Amie Cochran, a freshman from West Torrance, shot 73 and birdied the first hole of a playoff against Carling Cho of Dana Hills and Priscilla Park of Villa Park for second place.