July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
JCHS perfect at home
JCHS girls golf
JCHS perfect at home
Although their stay was brief, the Patriots did everything they could at Portland Golf Club.
Jay County High School's girls golf team opened with five invitationals on the road. Since then they have played four consecutive dual meets at home in a span of eight days with just one invitational, at Connersville, in between.
The Patriots closed that run with a season-best score Tuesday, defeating the South Adams Starfires 195-230. The win pushed their record to 4-0 and an impressive 26-2 in duals since the start of the 2007 season.
JCHS, which played the back nine at PGC against the Starfires, will have six duals and the OAC tournament on the road before the Sept. 19 sectional at Timber Ridge Golf Club in Bluffton.
"It's a good thing. I wish it wasn't starting with four of them at home and never coming back," said JCHS coach Butch Gray, whose team won its four home matches by an average of 23 strokes. "But it's nice to do that and get them to think that we can do it and get them in the right frame of mind.
"Being 195 and that being the first time we've played a match on that side - and we just practiced it last night - I'm happy."
The Patriots almost always play Portland Golf Club's front nine, but that didn't slow down juniors Abby Denney and Cara Garringer Tuesday.
Both got off to outstanding starts, with Denney smacking her opening drive over the creek on the 289-yard, par-4 10th hole. She put her second shot from the left rough onto the green and two-putted for a par.
Denney also parred the 11th hole, a 260-yard, par-4, after landing the ball just in front of the green on her second shot. She chipped up to the middle of the green, and her putt back down to the hole caught the right side of the cup, curled around the back of the hole and dropped in.
Garringer also opened with consecutive pars on holes 10 and 11 and continued to score well through the first six holes. After her pars she added bogeys through the 15th hole to sit a 4-over-par with three holes to play.
Denney bogeyed the 465-yard, par-5 14th hole and then came up with her third par of the day on the 125-yard, par-3 15th. She added another bogey as she shot 45 for medalist honors as Jay County shot its best dual-match score by 10 strokes.
"She's very consistent," said Gray of Denney, who has shot 47, 45 and 45 in her last three rounds at PGC. "She had one bad hole (a double bogey on No. 12), and that really should have been a bogey ... but otherwise when she's staying bogeys and double bogeys and pars she's pretty consistent there."
Tricia Crider was the top scorer for South Adams with a 51. Jansen Yoder shot 57 followed by Kristen Lehman (60), Kaytlyn Pierce (62) and Grace Dobler (67).
After her hot start, Garringer struggled with a couple of penalty strokes on the 16th hole. But she bounced back to close her round with a bogey and finish with a 47.
"She can hit the driver a bunch," said Gray, adding that he felt the back nine suits Garringer better than the front. "A lot of times on the front side you can get yourself in trouble with the driver, or hook it out of bounds. ... on the front side holes four and seven really hurt her because you can't put the driver in her hand. ... But if you've got a course where you can put the driver in her hand, her scoring is better."
Macey Gerber, also a junior, had a difficult opening hole Tuesday, but bounced back and had nothing worse than double-bogey the rest of the way. She nearly matched Denney's par on the 11th hole only to have her par putt come up just short as she tapped in for a bogey.
She recorded her lone par of the day on the 101-yard, par-3 13th hole and added three more bogeys for a 50.
Sophomore Brittany Stevens matched her career-best nine-hole score with bogeys on the 13th and 15th holes for a 53.
"She has been solid for us at No. 4," said Gray of Stevens. "She's just got a great attitude for a golf because a bad shot usually doesn't bother her."
Junior varsity
South Adams held off Jay County to win 268-271 led by Keri Sank's round of 65.
Katy Goodwin followed at 66, Sarah Muselman shot 67 and Abbie Fisher came in at 70.
Alysia Fennig had the best individual score, leading Jay County at 60. Whitney Gray parred the 18th hole for a 66, Emily Morris shot 72 and Cortney Myers had a 73.[[In-content Ad]]
Jay County High School's girls golf team opened with five invitationals on the road. Since then they have played four consecutive dual meets at home in a span of eight days with just one invitational, at Connersville, in between.
The Patriots closed that run with a season-best score Tuesday, defeating the South Adams Starfires 195-230. The win pushed their record to 4-0 and an impressive 26-2 in duals since the start of the 2007 season.
JCHS, which played the back nine at PGC against the Starfires, will have six duals and the OAC tournament on the road before the Sept. 19 sectional at Timber Ridge Golf Club in Bluffton.
"It's a good thing. I wish it wasn't starting with four of them at home and never coming back," said JCHS coach Butch Gray, whose team won its four home matches by an average of 23 strokes. "But it's nice to do that and get them to think that we can do it and get them in the right frame of mind.
"Being 195 and that being the first time we've played a match on that side - and we just practiced it last night - I'm happy."
The Patriots almost always play Portland Golf Club's front nine, but that didn't slow down juniors Abby Denney and Cara Garringer Tuesday.
Both got off to outstanding starts, with Denney smacking her opening drive over the creek on the 289-yard, par-4 10th hole. She put her second shot from the left rough onto the green and two-putted for a par.
Denney also parred the 11th hole, a 260-yard, par-4, after landing the ball just in front of the green on her second shot. She chipped up to the middle of the green, and her putt back down to the hole caught the right side of the cup, curled around the back of the hole and dropped in.
Garringer also opened with consecutive pars on holes 10 and 11 and continued to score well through the first six holes. After her pars she added bogeys through the 15th hole to sit a 4-over-par with three holes to play.
Denney bogeyed the 465-yard, par-5 14th hole and then came up with her third par of the day on the 125-yard, par-3 15th. She added another bogey as she shot 45 for medalist honors as Jay County shot its best dual-match score by 10 strokes.
"She's very consistent," said Gray of Denney, who has shot 47, 45 and 45 in her last three rounds at PGC. "She had one bad hole (a double bogey on No. 12), and that really should have been a bogey ... but otherwise when she's staying bogeys and double bogeys and pars she's pretty consistent there."
Tricia Crider was the top scorer for South Adams with a 51. Jansen Yoder shot 57 followed by Kristen Lehman (60), Kaytlyn Pierce (62) and Grace Dobler (67).
After her hot start, Garringer struggled with a couple of penalty strokes on the 16th hole. But she bounced back to close her round with a bogey and finish with a 47.
"She can hit the driver a bunch," said Gray, adding that he felt the back nine suits Garringer better than the front. "A lot of times on the front side you can get yourself in trouble with the driver, or hook it out of bounds. ... on the front side holes four and seven really hurt her because you can't put the driver in her hand. ... But if you've got a course where you can put the driver in her hand, her scoring is better."
Macey Gerber, also a junior, had a difficult opening hole Tuesday, but bounced back and had nothing worse than double-bogey the rest of the way. She nearly matched Denney's par on the 11th hole only to have her par putt come up just short as she tapped in for a bogey.
She recorded her lone par of the day on the 101-yard, par-3 13th hole and added three more bogeys for a 50.
Sophomore Brittany Stevens matched her career-best nine-hole score with bogeys on the 13th and 15th holes for a 53.
"She has been solid for us at No. 4," said Gray of Stevens. "She's just got a great attitude for a golf because a bad shot usually doesn't bother her."
Junior varsity
South Adams held off Jay County to win 268-271 led by Keri Sank's round of 65.
Katy Goodwin followed at 66, Sarah Muselman shot 67 and Abbie Fisher came in at 70.
Alysia Fennig had the best individual score, leading Jay County at 60. Whitney Gray parred the 18th hole for a 66, Emily Morris shot 72 and Cortney Myers had a 73.[[In-content Ad]]
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