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Chipping for the green is senior Jason Fackler.
Fackler carri ed a 2-0 record at the MN / Millard HEADING
South/ Mill ard West Tri-meet. photo by Eric Baht
Senior Bryce Tholen shoots from the rough. Tholen
shot a 73 at th e Burke Invite, where MN went on to
place second by one stroke. photo by Eric Baht FORTHEE
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By: Melissa Beverl y
Working together, devoting time, team grabbed a first place finish at the
and becoming friends were the best parts Shoreline Invitational, which was hosted
of being on the boys golf team. by Central. Varsity golfer, senior Neil
The boys on the team learned Oster won medalist honors at the Central
that they had to use their experience and Invitational with a score of 80. This was
concentrate hard. The golfers got free the first medalist Millard North had in the
use of local golf courses to practice on past five years. Sophomore var-

.. - ~ every day after school. "It was really nice sity golfer Ryan Fitzpatrick took second
place at the Burke Invitational. He scored
to get free use of local golf courses. It
really helped us prepare for upcoming a 73.
meets," junior Ben Neumann said . The team's season long goal was
Even with El Nino, the team de- to qualify for the state tournament, and
voted a lot of its time to make a winning with the scores it believe it should be
team. Because of the weather the team reality .
was forced to hold many practices in- For seniors on the team, some
doors. The places they found themselves plan to go on and play college golf. Senior
practicing on rainy, windy, cold days were Neil Oster will be attending New Mexico
in the gym and at the Golf Zone. State and hopes on being a part of their
The team consisted of eight var- golf team . Jason Fackler will be attending
sity players and seven JV players. a junior college in San Diego.
"We had a very solid year," said With scores to qualify for state,
coach AI Rotella. "Among the highlights the boys golfers ended the season with a
would be claiming the team champion- memorable season.
ships at the Central Invite." Placing The varsity compiled a 6-1 dual
second by one point in the Burke Invite record , and the future for next year's
and finishing fourth in the Metro confer- teams looks bright since the JV squad
ence tournament were highlighted.The finished with a 9-1 record .

Waiting for a player to rehit the ball is senior varsity
golfer Jason Fackler. At th e Central Invite, Fackler shot
an 84. This helped the team to place first in front of 15
other teams. photo by Eric Baht
Senior Jess Knudsen shoots the 9th hole. This shot was
made to keep him at three over par. Knudsen shot an 84
at th e Bellevue East Invitational. This helped MN to
finish third out of 20 teams. photo by Eric Bahl