From Aces boys golf coach John White:

The 2020 high school golf season was definitely the year that was.

With the mysterious Covid virus looming in the air all summer the existence of a fall golf season was in doubt. The last minute decision to allow a season with numerous restrictions was both a relief and a cause of unbeknownst stress. As a 73 year old timer growing up in the 60’s I thought that I had seen it all.

But man was I wrong. The next thing I knew was that with the football season being pushed back 12 footballers decided that they wanted to try their hand at golf.

Most had only played enough golf to know they couldn’t play the game and one didn’t even own a set of clubs.(One month later he won a qualifying round and got to play in a varsity match.)So obviously the old man wondered what he had gotten himself into and now had golf team consisting of 22 players instead of the normal 10.

The results of this unexpected experience has proven to be very much satisfactory as well somewhat successful. The expectations of the 2020 team-had been an average team at best, but with the added competition for a spot on the team it was obvious that everyone was improving every day. Instead of watching boys who couldn’t get home fast enough after practice to play their on-line games, I saw boys staying on the course until dark trying to get better. I’ve had teams like this in the past and it was a great pleasure to watch it happening again. There were times that I didn’t know if I had a golf team that could beat most football teams or a football team that could beat most golf teams. In spite of experiencing a frustrating year of total uncertainty, these players have been a pleasure to coach and I am thankful for getting the chance to meet and get to know these young gentlemen. Now for the Regional results.

1. Oblong 329

2. Carmi 330

3. St Anthony 331

4. Mt Carmel 334

We finished fourth out of 12 teams. In a normal year we would have advanced to Sectionals but only 2 are allowed to advance this year.

Individual scores were:

Jarrett West 79

Max Zimmerman 83

Beau Stipp 86

Gavin Smith 86

Owen Dougherty 91

Andrew Goldman 97

Jarrett West placed 4th individually outside of top 2 teams and will advance to Sectionals next Tuesday at the West Frankfort CC asan individual.