Strong start for Redbirds Golf
It has been a strong start to the golf season for the Virginia-Triopia-Meredosia-Chambersburg Redbirds. In their first match of the season last Monday...
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BHS Boys’ and Girls’ Golf Teams reload
After a down year number wise last season, the Beardstown High School golf teams have reloaded, and Coach Isaac Riddle believes success will follow. The...
PORTA/A-C Central Golf is in great shape
Despite losing several talented players from last season, according to head coach Neil Gurnsey, the PORTA-AC Central boys golf program is still in great...
BHS Golf sign up info
Any Beardstown High School girl or boy interested in playing golf this season needs to sign up by contacting head coach Isaac Riddle by email at...
Triopia Baseball/Basketball golf outing
Coach Rich Thompson has announced the date for the Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser for the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia high school baseball and basketball teams. The event will be held on Saturday June 22 at the Jacksonville Links Golf Course with a shotgun start at 1:00 p.m. It will be a 4-person scramble format. To reserve a team, purchase a hole sponsorship or for any other questions contact coach Thompson at (217) 370-9086. All proceeds will benefit the Trojan boys’ baseball and basketball programs.
BHS Golf and Volleyball awards
Beardstown golf coach Isaac Riddle and volleyball coach Emily Vermillion recently announced their season award winners at their fall banquet. For the boys’ golf team, Cade Ross received the plaque for Lowest Average. On the girls’ side, Saray Chaparro received the award for Lowest Average and Daisy Gil was named Most Improved. Ross and Chaparro were also named Academic All-Conference for the West Central Conference along with Grady O’Hara, Peri Herzog, and Mary Escobar.
Three area golfers make sectionals
PORTA-AC Central senior golfer Brady Kinney has qualified for the IHSA Class 1A State Finals by shooting an 82 in the Auburn Sectional. Kinney claimed the Auburn Sectional’s final individual spot and will compete in the finals starting on Friday, October 6 at Prairie Vista Golf Course in Bloomington.
PORTA/A-C Golf rolls on
Last week was a busy one for the PORTA-AC Central boys’ golf team as they roll closer to the postseason.
The week started with them hosting the North Mac Panthers on a typically breezy day at Shambolee Golf Course last Tuesday. Both the varsity and JV teams played very well. The Jays took home the win with a team score of 163 on the back nine. PORTA A-C was led by medalist Trace Donnan who shot a two over par 38. He was followed by fellow senior, Brady Kinney, at 39. Keagan Dale fired a 41 and Brody Pettit rounded out the Varsity scoring with a 45. Griffin McClure shot a 48 and Brody Landon shot a 49. North Mac had a team score of 174. In JV action, Nash Donnan and Kolin Johnson led the way with a pair of 48’s. Drew Carter shot 52, Colton Wankel shot 58, Avery Jockisch shot 59, and Dillon Stremsterfer had a 62.
Cade Ross nails hole-in-one for BHS
According to Google, an amateur golfer has a .01 % chance of getting a hole-in-one. Stated another way, the odds of an amateur golfer hitting a hole-in-one are 12,500 to one.
So, when BHS golf coach Isaac Riddle sent in the news that during a meet at Hamilton last Wednesday, Tiger junior Cade Ross had hit “what could be described as the shot of the year…,” he was certainly understating the accomplishment. For nearly all of the millions of golfers in the world, it never occurs, so it was certainly the shot of a lifetime for Cade.
PORTA/A-C Central Golf
On a rainy Monday, the PORTA-AC Central Golf Team headed west to play at Plum Creek Golf Course against the host West Central Cougars and the Brown County Hornets. PORTA-AC came home with two wins that evening after shooting a team score of 167. Brown County finished 2nd with a 181, and the Cougars followed up with 191. The medalist was Rioth Wort from Brown County with an even par 36. The Bluejays were led by Trace Donnan’s 38. He was followed by Keagan Dale at 41, Brody Pettit with a 42, and Brady Kinney with a 46. Griffin McClure posted a 47 and Brody Landon fired a 48. According to Coach Neil Gurnsey “the conditions were very tough today. It rained on the boys all afternoon and that can take a toll on players. I was very proud of them and how they held their composure on the course.”