OHS has sent
Individuals on to Regionals and State competition many times since the
inception of the Golf Team, however today, once again this 2006 team is
setting records. For the first time in the school's history, the
Portager's advance to Regionals as a team! The Portager's had to deal
with mother nature first, after a severe storm flooded the Ram's Horn,
causing the tournament to be played Saturday instead of this past
Thursday. Ram's Horn reported at least 6 inches of rain flooded the
course that stormy night and a few days later the players reported the
course still extremely wet. The golfer's actually felt the spray of
water as they hit the ball and it was hard to strike the ball clearly.
When courses and greens are this wet, the ball's speed is slowed
dramatically and putting can even become quite a chore.
Twelve teams battled it out for the top 6 spots and the right to
go onto Regionals. As individuals, they shot it out for the top 6
medals. Parker Johnson was lowman for Onekama today, shooting 89 for 18
holes. Jake Matthews sunk a 50 foot putt and carded a 91 for his 18
holes, Levi Capper brought in a 93 stroke effort and Jordan Pomeroy shot
95, giving the team a 368 for their bid to regionals. Also shooting was
Drew Griswold who turned in a score of 114.
Muskegon turned in a team effort of 360, Manistee
Catholic a 362, but it was N. Muskegon who ran away with the show, with
their team effort of 324 today. Onekama's bid of 368 placed them in 4th
position, out of the 12 teams participating, and now advance to the |
Regional competition which will be held at Colonial in Hart,
10-12-06. The Portager's have golfed this course last year for
Districts, so no surprises are expected. Now, if Mother Nature will
produce more sun and upper 60's like she did for today's match, it will
be a great day. With just a few strokes separating 2nd through 4th team
placings at today's Districts, anything could happen at Regionals! It's
going to be a nail biter for sure.
Congratulations 2006 Golf Team! Keep setting and
breaking those records...just awesome!
Applaud your Golf team when you see them OHS! They are climbing the
ranks fast!
Gwen In a recently
held, county wide tournament held at the Heathlands, OHS, Manistee High,
MCC and Brethren/Bear Lake let the boys shoot it out in an 18 hole match
for "individual bragging rights." Parker Johnson brought home the
7th place medal after his tie for 6th place with Brethren/Bear
Lake's Patrick Spalding's 81 was broke. The officials used the 18th hole
score for the tie breaker. Patrick had a bogey and Parker shot a double
bogey. Other shooters for Onekama that day were Levi Capper who shot 47
and 40 for a final score of 87, Drew Griswold also with an 87 with his
rounds of 46 and 41, Jake Matthews an 89 shooting 42 and 47 respectively
and Todd Lyman a 107.
Manistee High's shooters took home the first four medals at
this match.
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