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Redhawks place sixth at district golf tournament
BY ANDREW MAY, amay@acnpapers.com
As his players made the turn Tuesday, McKinney High boys golf coach Chris Rednour was there to greet them with refreshments and some sage advice. With winds gusting at 40 miles-per-hour, turning straight shots into fades and draws, scores inflated rapidly on the second day of the District 9-4A Championships at Robson Ranch in Denton. Mistake-free rounds out of the equation, Rednour directed his guys to simply beat their playing partners. They heeded his instruction.
The Lions held off hard-charging Centennial down the stretch to pull away by seven strokes to take the title, their first since 2006. The Titans, who landed four players in the top 10, were forced to settle for second. Nevertheless, they secured a regional bid for the fifth year in a row.
“I’m five for five,” CHS head coach Lisa Sadler said. “It helps when you have talent. It makes me look good.”
The Raccoons, the 2009 district champs who entered the tournament with a No. 9 state ranking, struggled mightily on the opening day despite easier pin placements. They were 36 strokes behind McKinney entering the clubhouse after Day 1 and were only able to surge into fourth place Tuesday after shedding nine total strokes.
“It was a lot of different things,” Frisco head coach Mary Black said of her team’s struggles. “We weren’t quite with it.”
After firing an eight-over par 80 in the opening round, Holditch rallied with a 73 in the final round, the best second-day score in the tournament.
“He knew what he had to do and he did it today,” Black said. “He had the don’t-have-anything-to-lose type attitude.”
Playing in the final pairing with eventual overall champion Alex Nelson of McKinney, Lempke, a regional qualifier as a freshman, hung tough and had a shot at the title heading into the final hole. But he wound up double-bogeying the 18th after a one-foot putt slipped past the cup and rolled off the green.
The costly misstep forced Lempke to settle for the bronze, two strokes back of Nelson after rounds of 73 and 78. Wakeland coach Casey Wohlers said it was a disappointing finish to an otherwise great tournament for Lempke.
“He’s very confident in his game. He likes when the conditions are worse; it gets into other kids’ heads, where I don’t think it bothers Jack that much,” she said. “He’s so strong, his ball really cuts through a lot of it.”
Wakeland placed third overall, 22 strokes behind Centennial. Four Titans cracked 160, led by junior Sarosh Adi in fifth (73-80-153). Seniors Kyle Doherty and Sean Speed and junior Bobby Whitecotton also earned all-district honors by markedly improving their scores from the 2009 district tournament.
Adi, Speed and Tim Kosters, who took 13th, will be competing at regionals for the third year in a row.
“Winning district would have been great, but runner-up still gives you a chance to get to state,” Sadler said. “We’re looking at the big picture. We were completely happy with that.”
The extreme winds that persisted throughout Tuesday’s round forced players to make major adjustments. Many abandoned the driver in favor of an iron off the tee, and low punches onto the green replaced soaring flop shots.
“The conditions were just so challenging. It was brutal,” McKinney head coach Chris Rednour said. “Mostly you just have to grind it out. You have to accept bogeys.”
Like Centennial, McKinney landed four players in the top 10. Nelson topped teammate Steven Lauterbach by one stroke for the individual crown, while Jeff Walker and Nick Robert placed eighth and ninth.
The Lions shot 290 on Monday but that score was bumped up 28 strokes just 24 hours later in the face of the windy conditions.
“That tells you how hard Day 2 was,” Sadler said. “Putts were moving all over the place. It was the windiest I’ve ever seen it at Robson.”
District 9-4A boys golf tournament
April 5-6, Robson Ranch
Team standings
Team Day 1 Day 2 Total
1. McKinney Gold 290 318 608
2. Centennial Red 293 322 615
3. Wakeland Orange 305 332 637
4. Frisco Gold 326 317 643
5. Centennial Blue 320 341 661
6. Liberty Red 332 336 668
7. McKinney Blue 349 348 697
8. Sherman 348 350 698
9. Frisco Blue 354 348 702
10. McKinney North 346 358 704
11. Wakeland Blue 356 371 727
12. Denison 374 367 741
13. Liberty Black 369 376 745
Top 10 results
1. Alex Nelson, McKinney Gold, 69-80-149
2. Steven Lauterbach, McKinney Gold, 72-78-150
3. Jack Lempke, Wakeland Orange, 73-78-151
4. Nick Holditch, Frisco Gold, 80-73-153
5. Sarosh Adi, Centennial Red, 73-80-153
6. Kyle Doherty, Centennial Red, 72-81-153
7. Bobby Whitecotton, Centennial Red, 71-82-153
8. Jeff Walker, McKinney Gold, 76-78-154
9. Nick Robert, McKinney Gold, 73-82-155
10. Sean Speed, Centennial Red , 77-81-158
Centennial Red individual results
5. Sarosh Adi, 73-80-153
6. Kyle Doherty, 72-81-153
7. Bobby Whitecotton, 71-82-153
10. Sean Speed, 77-81-158
13. Tim Kosters, 80-80-160
Wakeland Orange individual results
3. Jack Lempke, 73-78-151
12. Harrison Hodson, 81-79-160
17. Michael Upp, 73-89-162
20. Gabe Borg, 78-86-164
35. Corey Funk, 81-90-171
Frisco Gold individual results
4. Nick Holditch, 80-73-153
15. Michael Wiggins, 78-82-160
16. Jordan Allen, 85-76-161
33. Warren Schorr, 83-88-171
37. Chevas Stauffacher, 86-86-172
Centennial Blue individual results
18. Wayde Voss, 84-79-163
21. Hunter Zetsche, 75-89-164
23. Said El-Asha, 81-85-166
30. Collier Harris, 81-89-170
32. Tyler Kastner, 83-88-171
Liberty Red individual results
19. Taylor Harbour, 82-82-164
24. Colin Tinsley, 85-82-167
26. Sean Stubbs, 79-88-167
28. Trevor Harbourm, 86-84-170
41. Logan Naylor, 86-92-178
Frisco Blue individual results
27. Thomas Etherington, 86-83-169
31. Donnie Ott, 90-81-171
43. Josh Barnhouse, 86-93-179
49. Brooks Caton, 92-91-183
62. Zachariah Moss, 102-102-204
Wakeland Blue individual results
38. Taylor Carlat, 90-86-176
44. Alex Jenson, 91-89-180
51. John Shortreed, 87-99-186
53. Davey Hirschfeld, 88-100-188
56. Mitchell Zimmerman, 95-97-192
Liberty Black individual results
42. Roby Robertson, 90-89-179
45. Tyler Hunt, 91-90-181
54. Preston Richardson, 88-101-189
61. Nathan Roach, 100-96-196
66. Evan Breaux, 118-111-229
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