Golf Team Aces Second Season in a Row
After a successful season, the golf team won BVALs and continued on to CCS.
By Katie Scripoch
After a successful season, the golf team won BVALs and continued on to CCS.
By Katie Scripoch
For the second year in a row, the golf team has won the league championships and moved on to compete at CCS.
The team took their top six players, Andrew Ball, 12, Ryleigh Verner, 12, Christian Chang, 12, Jasper Timmer, 10, Katelyn Chang, 10 and Colby Jones, 9, to CCS where the team placed eighth out of 11 teams with a score of 411 on May 9 at Laguna Seca Golf Ranch in Monterey, California.
“It felt great making it to CCS knowing that we were also good enough to be there and contend. My mind was in a good place but it’s hard to keep composure when not playing to the best of your capability,” said Verner.
Throughout the season the team went 12-1, when Christopher High School defeated them.
“I felt really good about the season. We only lost one match which was just a day where we all had a rough day,” said Timmer.
Even though he was a bit disappointed that the team couldn’t go undefeated two years in a row, Verner is still proud of his team and enjoyed his final season.
“At the beginning of the year we struggled with our scores and that brought some matches closer than they should have been, but we all just hopped on the grind and worked on it and it got better,” said Verner.
While at CCS, many athletes struggled with the wind on the course. Christian Chang shot an 88 and placed 69th out of 84 golfers.
“We were getting gusts that were around 20 mph which had a huge effect on the ball in the air. When it’s windy you have to understand that swinging harder only makes the ball spin more, which when combined with wind makes it unpredictable. You have to be disciplined and control the adrenaline to make calm smooth swings and control the ball,” he said.
Jeff Steinberg has been the golf coach for 17 years and this has been one of his favorite teams to coach.
“These kids, they’re like family, they’re all great kids, they all work hard on their game, they’re all good students, they all get along, they support each other, it’s just a really great group of kids,” said Steinberg. “They worked very hard, and I just love that work ethic of going out there, love to practice, they love the competition. As a coach, I just can’t ask for anything more than that.”
The team took their top six players, Andrew Ball, 12, Ryleigh Verner, 12, Christian Chang, 12, Jasper Timmer, 10, Katelyn Chang, 10 and Colby Jones, 9, to CCS where the team placed eighth out of 11 teams with a score of 411 on May 9 at Laguna Seca Golf Ranch in Monterey, California.
“It felt great making it to CCS knowing that we were also good enough to be there and contend. My mind was in a good place but it’s hard to keep composure when not playing to the best of your capability,” said Verner.
Throughout the season the team went 12-1, when Christopher High School defeated them.
“I felt really good about the season. We only lost one match which was just a day where we all had a rough day,” said Timmer.
Even though he was a bit disappointed that the team couldn’t go undefeated two years in a row, Verner is still proud of his team and enjoyed his final season.
“At the beginning of the year we struggled with our scores and that brought some matches closer than they should have been, but we all just hopped on the grind and worked on it and it got better,” said Verner.
While at CCS, many athletes struggled with the wind on the course. Christian Chang shot an 88 and placed 69th out of 84 golfers.
“We were getting gusts that were around 20 mph which had a huge effect on the ball in the air. When it’s windy you have to understand that swinging harder only makes the ball spin more, which when combined with wind makes it unpredictable. You have to be disciplined and control the adrenaline to make calm smooth swings and control the ball,” he said.
Jeff Steinberg has been the golf coach for 17 years and this has been one of his favorite teams to coach.
“These kids, they’re like family, they’re all great kids, they all work hard on their game, they’re all good students, they all get along, they support each other, it’s just a really great group of kids,” said Steinberg. “They worked very hard, and I just love that work ethic of going out there, love to practice, they love the competition. As a coach, I just can’t ask for anything more than that.”