The trick for the golf program is to play about half your season in the fall when the Texas weather is still warm enough to enjoy the game.
Thus far, the Dripping Springs High School golf team has mostly completed the fall part and will take up the sport in the spring to finish up. Unfortunately, Dripping Springs and the other district teams have to contend with perennial state boys champion Westlake High School and girls Lake Travis High School teams.
The boys varsity have played in two tourneys to date and the girls three. The junior varsity boys have completed their fall season and will be covered in the next issue. Jacob Gonzales has been the most consistent as he tied for 12th in the medalist race in the first tourney and tied for first but lost the playoff in the second. The boys play 36-hole tourneys and the girls 18.
Varsity boys:
Lake Travis Shootout (Morris Williams course): Gonzales 7570=145; Makai Guzman 82-70=152; Drew Dickens 76-79=155; Braedon Shirley 77-87=164; Carson Simpson 94-90=184. Team 310-306=616.
Marble Falls (Hidden Falls): Gonzales74- 71=145; Shea Sethre- Brink 72-77=149; Dickens 79-76=155; Simpson 92-92=174. Team 317306=623.
Varsity girls: Austin High (Lions Muny): Ashley Murphy 94; Daryl Dean 98; Sabrina Willingham 98; Jordyn Gaston 99; Paige Rogers 101; Lillian Esacove 117. Team 391.
Lake Travis (Yaupon): Dean 86; Murphy 95; Willingham104; Gaston 108; Rogers 115. Team 393.
Hutto (Star Ranch): Murphy 84; Micaela Contreras 93; Dean 96; Gaston 97; Willingham 110; Rogers 110. Team 370.
Carl Waits
