Elliot, Streeter lead Tiger golfers to open season

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

The Mountain Home Tigers finished fourth in both the girls and boys competition in a four-way golf match at Desert Canyon Golf Course in Mountain Home on March 3.

Bishop Kelly won the girls competition, shooting a 203 team total.

Columbia came in second with 217, Nampa was third with 239, and Mountain Home was fourth with 247.

Shayla Streeter led the Mountain Home girls, shooting a 55, which was good for seventh place. Brandie Riggs shot a 58, Hannah Zamora and Shelby Stevens both carded a 67, and Julie Voight came in with a 70.

Bishop Kelly also won the boys varsity competition, shooting a 166, besting second place Nampa by 22 strokes. Columbia came in with a 190, and Mountain Home shot a 192.

Stephen Elliot led Mountain Home shot a 44, which tied him for fifth place. Travis Goldsby shot a 48, Brad Yagues carded a 49, Destry Royce was two shots back of Yagues, and Michael Heinen shot a 54.

Bishop Kelly also won the J.V. competition, coming in with a 184, some 40 shots better than Mountain Home. Columbia was third with a 225 total, and Nampa shot a 229.

Zach Pomerantz led the Tiger J.V. with a 45. Tyler Bennett shot a 55, Evan Hiddleston came in with a 60, Chris Knudson shot a 64, and John Wagner shot a 67.

Tiger golf coach Scott Mederios thought the first match of the season went well for his golfers.

"It doesn't look too bad. My number one, (Brad) Yagues, is my most experienced golfer, and he didn't play well today -- a case of the nerves, and he's playing with the number ones and that kind of thing -- but in practice he looks really good, and that score will come way down.

"The rest of the guys, everybody in the 40s, and that's about where they're going to be, and coming out of our first match, shooting in the 40s, I'm happy with that."

Coach Mederios indicated this year's turnout for golf was quite high, but that has its drawbacks.

"We have the most girls we've ever had. We have abut 15 girls and probably 25 boys, I think so that's good, I'm happy with that. The only thing is we've got a lack of experience, which happens in high school golf. People just find out about it and get interested at the high school age.

"It's not like little league and that kind of thing where they grow up with it, so you're just teaching them the game and they come out as freshmen, and if they stick with it, by seniors, they're decent players."

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