Boys’ golf team tees off for
spring 2002 season
Boys' golf has begun its 2002 season. Sixteen players make
up the boys' golf roster, including one senior, two juniors, two sophomores and
ten freshmen. The senior is David Osborne. The leading players, according to
the coach, include junior Dan Montag and sophomore Andy Medley.
Coach Eric Hansen is happy about this year's team including
the large number of talented freshmen. The number of freshmen is, according to
Hansen, the largest ever. Coach Hansen's hopes for a championship may not be
realistic with the age of the main portion of the team.
In two years, when the freshmen of today are more
experienced, championship hopes will be raised greatly.
Tournaments before daylights savings time are nine holes and
after daylights savings time, they are the standard 18 holes. Tournaments
include five to six schools. Matches
are just two schools with six players per school. Boys' golf plays against the
league schools, including Kingsburg, San Joaquin Memorial and Selma. Boys' golf has gotten a lot of seconds to
SJM over the years, as well as a few firsts. They have never been "at the
bottom," says Hansen.
Practices are every day at Rivercreek Country Club.
Practices run during seventh period and last until 5 p.m. Practice encompasses
the entire golf course, including the putting green, as well as the driving
range. Coach Hansen tries to have them get in at least nine holes per practice.
The players are expected to have their own equipment including clubs and bags.
When asked about Sierra High, Coach Hansen says it is hard
to tell if his team is better than Sierra because of the new group of freshmen
and the fact that they had not played Sierra yet at the time of this interview.