Warsaw Rolls Despite Hole-In-One
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Thursday night was the last time Mallory Hepler and Jessica Sadler played at Stonehenge Golf Course in the regular season as members of the Tiger golf team.
When Hepler and Sadler finished up the sixth hole, Hepler's home hole, they took a picture with Warsaw Athletic Director Dave Fulkerson.
The real Kodak moment of the evening took place on the following hole. Manchester's Stephanie King stepped up to the par 3 seventh hole and lined up with her pitching wedge. The ball sailed through the late summer breeze, landed softly on the quick Stonehenge greens, and gently rolled in without touching the flagstick for a rare hole-in-one, King's first.
King finished the evening with a team-low and personal best 47 for the Squires.
It's been a long year for the Squires and coach Greg Carter, but the chance to play at Stonehenge and the play of King may have salvaged the season.
"(King) has been on the course at 6 a.m., working on her game over the past few weeks. And it shows that hard work pays off. That's been our most uplifting point of the year. It's been a long season but we've seen a lot of good golf with a lot of bad golf and hopefully this weekend we place third at the (TRC championships)," said Carter.
It helps to play on a course like Stonehenge.
"I love playing here. This is an opportunity that our kids never have. I'd love for us to play here all the time."
Warsaw has benefited from playing at Stonehenge and more or less tamed the course.
"The play has been so consistent. We had a 173 again. We've been right at 171, 173 all year. That's what you want as a coach," said Warsaw coach Chris LaLonde.
LaLonde let Hepler and Sadler decide how they wanted to play their final regular season home match. The two seniors chose to play in a foursome with King and Samantha Budnik.
"It was fun to watch Mallory and Jessica play together. The camaraderie was there. They don't get to play together all that often so they talked and had fun playing together. That was neat to see," said LaLonde.
Hepler finished with a 44 while Sadler ended with a 42. Emily Johnson was the low scorer for the Tigers with a 37.
Warsaw, 13-0, travel to Black Squirrel Golf Club Saturday for the NLC championships. The Squires, 1-11, will compete in the TRC championships Saturday.
WARSAW 173, MANCHESTER 245
Warsaw scores - Mallory Hepler 44, Jessica Sadler 42, Emily Johnson 37, Jenny Manning 50, Laura Manning 50
Manhcester scores -ÊStephanie King 47, Samantha Budnik 73, Audrey Siebrase 60, Jessica Harms 73, Abbey Keffaber 65 [[In-content Ad]]
Thursday night was the last time Mallory Hepler and Jessica Sadler played at Stonehenge Golf Course in the regular season as members of the Tiger golf team.
When Hepler and Sadler finished up the sixth hole, Hepler's home hole, they took a picture with Warsaw Athletic Director Dave Fulkerson.
The real Kodak moment of the evening took place on the following hole. Manchester's Stephanie King stepped up to the par 3 seventh hole and lined up with her pitching wedge. The ball sailed through the late summer breeze, landed softly on the quick Stonehenge greens, and gently rolled in without touching the flagstick for a rare hole-in-one, King's first.
King finished the evening with a team-low and personal best 47 for the Squires.
It's been a long year for the Squires and coach Greg Carter, but the chance to play at Stonehenge and the play of King may have salvaged the season.
"(King) has been on the course at 6 a.m., working on her game over the past few weeks. And it shows that hard work pays off. That's been our most uplifting point of the year. It's been a long season but we've seen a lot of good golf with a lot of bad golf and hopefully this weekend we place third at the (TRC championships)," said Carter.
It helps to play on a course like Stonehenge.
"I love playing here. This is an opportunity that our kids never have. I'd love for us to play here all the time."
Warsaw has benefited from playing at Stonehenge and more or less tamed the course.
"The play has been so consistent. We had a 173 again. We've been right at 171, 173 all year. That's what you want as a coach," said Warsaw coach Chris LaLonde.
LaLonde let Hepler and Sadler decide how they wanted to play their final regular season home match. The two seniors chose to play in a foursome with King and Samantha Budnik.
"It was fun to watch Mallory and Jessica play together. The camaraderie was there. They don't get to play together all that often so they talked and had fun playing together. That was neat to see," said LaLonde.
Hepler finished with a 44 while Sadler ended with a 42. Emily Johnson was the low scorer for the Tigers with a 37.
Warsaw, 13-0, travel to Black Squirrel Golf Club Saturday for the NLC championships. The Squires, 1-11, will compete in the TRC championships Saturday.
WARSAW 173, MANCHESTER 245
Warsaw scores - Mallory Hepler 44, Jessica Sadler 42, Emily Johnson 37, Jenny Manning 50, Laura Manning 50
Manhcester scores -ÊStephanie King 47, Samantha Budnik 73, Audrey Siebrase 60, Jessica Harms 73, Abbey Keffaber 65 [[In-content Ad]]