Libby Green's high school golf record in October speaks for itself.
 
Whether competing in Class 6A, when she helped Mill Valley win a state team championship as a freshman, or last year in 5A, when she earned individual medalist honors as a junior, Green has delivered for the Jaguars when the stakes were highest.
 
So it's little surprise she will enter the 5A regional tournament Tuesday at Kansas City's Painted Hills playing her best golf of the season. In the regular season's final week, Green won the third leg of the Sunflower League championship at Tomahawk Hills, then fired a season-low, 4-under-par 68 two days later to top the field in the Shawnee Mission South Invitational at Sycamore Ridge.
 
"I wasn't getting my drive in the fairway in some earlier tournaments and was missing some greens," said Green, who will play collegiately next year at Central Missouri. "These last couple times out, every single drive was in the fairway."
 
Mill Valley coach Chris Wallace has seen much of that high-caliber play from his senior standout the past few years. Green is a three-time regional runner-up, and at state, her individual performances have helped the Jaguars be a perennial contender for team titles.
 
When Mill Valley captured the 6A title in 2018 at Salina Municipal Golf Course, Green finished third individually, missing a playoff for medalist with eventual winner Julia Misemer of Blue Valley West and Jaguars teammate Sarah Lawson by one shot. As a sophomore, she tied for fifth with teammate Hannah Davie in the first two-day state competition, played in brutally windy conditions at Hutchinson's Carey Park. Mill Valley finished a distant second to Shawnee Mission East in the team competition.
 
Last year, Green took the 18-hole lead with a 69 in the 5A meet at Salina, then shot 74 on the final day to hold off St. James Academy's Beth Grant and Pittsburg's Samantha Maceli by two strokes in the medalist race. Mill Valley finished second to Kapaun Mount Carmel in the team standings.
 
"Consistency is the first thing that comes to mind," Wallace said of Green's game. "And then there's just a tenacity there. I've seen angrier golfers where that tenacity tends to not help their game.
 
"Libby's focus and determination to be successful is a perfect balance of being aggressive and tenacious, but staying calm, cool and collected in the heat of it all."
 
St. James, Pittsburg and last year's 5A third-place finisher, St. Thomas Aquinas, are among the teams Mill Valley will battle in the regional. The top four teams and top six individuals on non-qualifying teams will advance to the 5A state tournament on Oct. 18-19 in Hutchinson.
 
Grant, who has finished sixth, fourth and second in her 5A state appearances, is an example of the strong competition Green has faced throughout her career. Another is Misemer, who is bidding to become Kansas' second four-time state champion in girls golf this postseason, joining Columbus' Jill Simpson, who won 4A titles from 1992-95.
 
"I think that playing better players definitely helps you a lot," Green said. "You can kind of learn a lot from them. And it doesn't necessarily make me insecure about my game. It just makes me want to get better."
 
Green's bid to defend her 5A title will be challenging. Grant is among the competitors who have defeated her this season, and Kapaun Mount Carmel senior Kate Tilma, Topeka Seaman junior Lois Deeter and Maize freshman Kinslea Jones have all won tournaments with scores in the 60s.
 
Green's familiarity with those competitors, her affinity for the state venue, Carey Park, and her recent play give her optimism for the stretch run.
 
"I think she's reaching her peak at the perfect time," Wallace said. "She's been cutting down on some of her little hiccups and it's showing in her scores."
 

• Jones, the granddaughter of former PGA Tour player and retired Wichita State men's coach Grier Jones, leads Maize into the Hays regional at Smoky Hill Country Club. Jones won all eight of her regular-season tournaments, punctuated by an 8-under 64 that boosted the Eagles to the Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail Division I title at Derby Country Club.

 
Host Hays finished fourth at state last season, and is led three-time state placer Taleia McCrae and Katie Dinkel, who also earned a 5A individual medal. The field also includes AVCTL II champion Goddard Eisenhower and Salina South, which is led by top-15 state finisher Zoe Norton.
 

• The Seaman regional at Topeka's Cypress Ridge is stacked with several of the state's top players. Reigning 5A champion Kapaun has dominated tournaments this season, most recently the Greater Wichita Athletic League championship in which the Crusaders shot a four-player score of 287. The Tilma sisters, senior Kate and freshman Meg, lead Kapaun in stroke average at 70.6 and 73. Junior Alexa Garrett (75.2) was the Crusaders' top finisher at state a year ago, while senior Elea Navarro (75.6) has consistently shot in the 70s.

 
Deeter was strong down the stretch for host Seaman, winning the Topeka West Invitational with a 70, then firing a 66 for a 10-shot victory in the Manhattan Invitational at Stagg Hill. Bishop Carroll, which finished second in the GWAL to Kapaun, features a strong anchor in junior Keira Ronsick, who tied for 14^th at state last season. Sophomore Bella Jones is coming off a season-best 75 and fourth-place league finish for the Golden Eagles.