Skyline out shoots Eastlake at districts
October 20, 2009
By Christopher Huber
Li Wang, Eastlake’s standout freshman golfer, played the best of all Sammamish golfers, placing second at the Sea-King 4A District golf tournament Oct. 14. He finished with a 72-shot day-two (146 strokes total) at Snohomish Golf Course, behind Woodinville’s Jarrett Foote.
But the story was Skyline’s stronger-than-expected finish as a team at districts. The Spartans had struggled throughout the regular season, but managed to place third with 36 points, six points in front of Eastlake.
“I’m thrilled,” said Skyline coach Mike Fleming of the strong finish to the season. “We underperformed all season. We were just frustrated.”
Despite dealing with wet and windy conditions, and, at times having to squeegee the greens while putting, three Spartans and Wang finished in the top 12. Skyline’s Nathan Stephenson, Darius Lalier and Jordan Windsor will advance to the state tournament in May, along with Wang.
Stephenson finished sixth with a first-round 81 and second-round 75. Lalier placed ninth in the district with a 76-shot first round and 81-shot round two and teammate Jordan Windsor took 10th with an 84 and 74 in the tournament.
Five Eastside Catholic golfers advanced to the district tournament after finishing in the top 30 players at the Metro 3A medalist tournament Oct. 15. Sean Ballsmith tied for 15th, shooting 82- and 76-stroke rounds and Cutter Boit hit a 159 total (80, 79) to finish 17th. John Holt took 22nd with a 76-shot first round and an 86-shot second and Justin David hit an 87 and an 81 (168 total) to take 28th. Kevin Anderson will be an alternate to districts after shooting a 173 over two rounds.
On the girls side for Eastside Catholic, Ashley Danforth took fourth place in the medalist tournament with a 79 and an 80 over two days. She helped the Crusaders place fourth in the girls’ team results, as well.
Li Wang, Eastlake’s standout freshman golfer, played the best of all Sammamish golfers, placing second at the Sea-King 4A District golf tournament Oct. 14. He finished with a 72-shot day-two (146 strokes total) at Snohomish Golf Course, behind Woodinville’s Jarrett Foote.
But the story was Skyline’s stronger-than-expected finish as a team at districts. The Spartans had struggled throughout the regular season, but managed to place third with 36 points, six points in front of Eastlake.
“I’m thrilled,” said Skyline coach Mike Fleming of the strong finish to the season. “We underperformed all season. We were just frustrated.”
Despite dealing with wet and windy conditions, and, at times having to squeegee the greens while putting, three Spartans and Wang finished in the top 12. Skyline’s Nathan Stephenson, Darius Lalier and Jordan Windsor will advance to the state tournament in May, along with Wang.
Stephenson finished sixth with a first-round 81 and second-round 75. Lalier placed ninth in the district with a 76-shot first round and 81-shot round two and teammate Jordan Windsor took 10th with an 84 and 74 in the tournament.
Five Eastside Catholic golfers advanced to the district tournament after finishing in the top 30 players at the Metro 3A medalist tournament Oct. 15. Sean Ballsmith tied for 15th, shooting 82- and 76-stroke rounds and Cutter Boit hit a 159 total (80, 79) to finish 17th. John Holt took 22nd with a 76-shot first round and an 86-shot second and Justin David hit an 87 and an 81 (168 total) to take 28th. Kevin Anderson will be an alternate to districts after shooting a 173 over two rounds.
On the girls side for Eastside Catholic, Ashley Danforth took fourth place in the medalist tournament with a 79 and an 80 over two days. She helped the Crusaders place fourth in the girls’ team results, as well.
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