By Coach Steve Wegman
State Tournament Results and Season Wrap Up
The 2008 golf season came to an end on last Thursday when the storm warning signal went off at Pebble Creek Golf Course in Becker MN. The Boys State Tournament ended and the first day's scores were used to decide the tournament due to some golfers not having finished 9 holes on the 2nd day of the tournament. The Girls Minnesota State Tournament was finished in the morning long before the rains hit. Red Rock Central was represented in both tournaments. Caitlyn DeCock represented us in the girls meet and scored a 220 over the two days by shooting a 110 each day and finishing 52 tied with Katelyn Schwarz of New Ulm Cathedral and Keisha Sollie of Fosston. Blake Walker finished the tournament with a score of 83 and in a tie for 30th place. The others tied for 30th were Drew Jenniges of Wabasso, Zach Ring of Minnesota Valley Lutheran, TJ Searles from Isle, and Damian Zaeska from Atwater/Cosmos/Grove City.
This has been an enjoyable season most of the time. The weather was the only negative point for the Falcon golfers this year. When we were able to play we played well. Until the section 3-A tournament the girls team had not been defeated by a class A school, and then only lost 4 finishing 10-4 on the regular season. They also won the Red Rock Conference meet and the Sub-Section 3-A meet. The teams season came to an end for all but Caitlyn at the Section 3-A meet finishing 3rd with a team low score of 396 for 18 holes. Congratulations to our Girls team on a great Season. We will be losing 2 very strong golfers from the team as Sarah DeCock and Alyse Quade graduated this year. Both of them had great seasons as Sarah won the Conference meet this year and led the team to the team title. Alyse came through the following week by winning the individual championship in the South Sub-Section 3-A tournament and led the team to the Sub Section Championship. We will miss them and wish them luck in their future. Underclassmen on the team Caitlyn DeCock, Alison Kircher and Amanda Arfsten will be returning letter winners next year and we will continue to look for big things from them next year.
The Boys team finished 5-11 this season, but were very strong in the end of season tournaments. The boys finished runner-up to Westbrook/Walnut Grove in the confernce meet and 3rd behind Windom (the eventual state runner-up) and Westbrook/Walnut Grove in the Sub-Section Tournament. We did qualify 3 golfers for the Section tournament. Blake Walker finished tied for 3rd and won a trip to the State meet. Matt Fox and Chris Miller also golfed in the section meet, but failed to qualify for State. Chris missed the qualifying score of 79 by 1 stroke with an 80. Other individual honors for the Falcon boys team were; Blake Walker conference champion and Sub Section Runner up, State 30th place. Matt Fox All Conference and Section Qualifier. Chris Miller was a Section Qualifier and 7th place in the Section. We will have a big hole to fill next year as Blake graduated and we lose our State qualifier. Filling in next year will be Matt Fox, Chris Miller, Jordan Smith, Jordan Vollmer, and George Rogotzke who will be returning letterman. Good Luck to Blake in his future plans, we will miss him next season.
The coaches appreciate all the hard work all of our golfers on the squad 7th - 12th grade put in this season. We look forward to next season and are very proud of all of your accomplishments this season. Also a big thanks to the Farmers Golf and Health Club and Jocko and his staff for their support of our team and the great condition of the course even with the adverse conditions this year. Have a great summer!