Wolverine Kowolitz and Lobos Patton share medalist honors
- Written by Golf Coach Jack Riceand Assistant Coach Shawn Hendricks
Update from Wolverine Golf Coach Jack Rice: Lopez Island High School and Friday Harbor High School's golf teams met on the links at the San Juan Golf Club and Country Club Thursday, March 24. Medalist for the match went to Jesse Kowolitz, his third of the season, and Lopez Eric Patton both with 44. Runner up went to two Friday Harbor players, Jess Hargrove and Cole Thomas with 45.
The top six returning letterman played their normal games and almost all of them scored in the 40’s again this week. Keegan Hebert was out of town for this match. I want to tell you a little about the new players on the team. Freshman, Tanner Wilson is starting to bring his game around. He improved 14 strokes from his last match and scored a nice 57. Not bad for only his second match in high school. Eighth-grader, Levi Doenges, has recovered from his illness and came out swinging. He scored a 61 in his first varsity match. Eighth-graders are able to play on the high school team in the 2B League. As a coach, it is a great advantage getting to mold their game one year early.
Another freshman who showed good improvement was Ian Volk, who shot a 64. To round out the remaining freshman, we had Logan Border 71, Peter Kulseth 71 and Nathan Vekved 73. Keep in mind these kids have only been playing golf for three weeks. With all these freshman on the team, I see a bright future for golf at Friday Harbor High School. I had four good players on the injured reserve list this week, Ty Fox, AJ Kurtz, Weston Swirtz and Brandon Payne. We hope to see them back in action as soon as possible. The two Ladies on the team continue to improve their game. Tenley Nelson and Grace Willows. Both ladies made a couple bogies on par fours. We will be working on how to be more consistent and better putters.
We will be traveling to Lopez next Tuesday. Our plan is to take everyone who is healthy to give the players some experience on a different golf course. We are going to need a bus with the size of this team.
Golf Coach Jack Rice
Assistant Coach Shawn Hendricks
Friday Harbor Golf Team (44, 45, 45, 48: 182)
Jesse Kowolitz 44
Jess Hargrove 45
Cole Thomas 45
Dylan Posenjak 48
Joe Stewart 49
Jordan Davis 54
Tanner Wilson 57
Levi Doenges 61
Ian Volk 64
Chris Hallock 69
Peter Kulseth 71
Logan Border 71
Nathan Vekved 73
Adam Bates 74
Ladies:
Tenley Nelson 85
Grace Willows 86
Lopez Golf Team (44, 46, 47, 76: 213)
Eric Patton 44
Tobin Arden 46
Sterling Carfrae 47
Jack Sovelove 76
Ladies:
Anah Kate Drehn 81
Emlie Hobi 83
Kate Combs 84