Golf goes to league this year

 

GIRLS GOLF:

Whitney Benson, Jennifer Blate, Amber Stephensen, Karras Blate, Danielle Neminski, Lauren Wagner.

 

 Yosemite girls golf will inaugurate this fall as a competitor in the Central Sequoia League by competing for the first time in the league’s history.

Eric Hansen, the girls golf coach, has always encouraged girls to participate even though there was no league. In the past, he has had as many as six girls participating with the boys’ team.

“I’m trying to spur some interest, especially with the freshmen and the sophomores,” says Hansen. “This is a chance for the younger girls to learn the game.

Juniors and seniors are not discouraged if they have some experience, he says.

Members of the team are Whitney Benson, Jennifer Blate, Amber Stephensen, Danielle Ne­minski, Karras Blate, Lauren Wagner, Shan­non Bartoo, Cry­stal Montoya, Mel­lissa Markley and Beth Parrish.