Brown County Athletics

The girls golf season is probably the most compact of all the high school sports seasons. Our first practice generally comes on the last Friday of July or the first Friday of August and often usually concludes with the sectional which is contested late in September. We would dearly like to extend our season by earning a berth in the IHSAA Regional, but we have only been able to pull that off once since girls golf has been a varsity sport at Brown County High School. Although our performance in the recent sectional was nowhere near where it needed to be for us to have a chance of moving on, we still had a very successful season. Our six golfers, four of whom had never played the game at all until this past summer, compiled a record of 11 wins and 3 losses in dual and tri-matches and an overall record of 15 wins and 16 losses (includes the WIC and IHSAA Sectional). A handful of victories did come over schools that were unable to field a complete team. Considering how raw and inexperienced this team was, a win over any team was very gratifying. Senior Chloe Poling was our leader throughout the season and was our team medalist every event. Additionally, she took medalist honors in six events and earned all-conference honors for the third consecutive season. Junior Caitlynn Lookebill also played her way onto the all-conference team and had the second best nine hole scoring average on the team. The four newcomers, juniors Cami Keaton, Maggie Gredy, and Nevaeh Caito, and sophomore Jazmyn Kolacz, all contributed and improved steadily throughout the season. What the group lacked in playing experience and knowledge of the game, they made up for with character, cohesiveness, and camaraderie. They were fun to be around, took instruction well, and always strived to do their best. Coach VanNess and I were ecstatic that we were able to field a team this season, and our team performed to the best of its ability. However, we have a long way to go if we are to be competitive enough to put us in the hunt for someday getting back to the IHSAA Regional. With no feeder system in place and trying to teach the basic skills of a very technical game in a short season, the task will always be very challenging.