Boys golf team dominates at district
April 14, 2010
Filed under Golf, Sports, Top Stories
The Lufkin boys golf team took first place at the district tournament by 25 strokes over the second place team. Back row left to right: Coach Danny Leatherman, Michael Phillips and Will Griffin. Front left to right are Josh Lewis, Tyler Dunbar and Sam Fidone.
After giving up a 4 shot lead last year and losing to The Woodlands by one shot from becoming district champs, Lufkin High School golf team had a dominating performance to capture the District 14-5A championship last week at Raven Nest Golf Club in Huntsville. Opening the first day with a 288 and a hard fought 315 the next, Lufkin won with a 25-shot lead over second place College Park\.
After advancing to the state tournament last season, Lufkin started the season among the top five teams in the state. Head coach Danny Leatherman said winning the district title was one of the team’s goals coming into the season.
“We set three main goals before the season and winning district was one of them,” Leatherman said. “That was something that a lot of people thought wasn’t attainable because of the district we were in. But our guys have learned how to play at this level and it finally paid off for us.”
Lufkin’s Sam Fidone shot an 80 to finish with a total of 147. That put him in a first place tie with College Park’s Jeff Swearingen, who later took first place by winning a one-hole playoff.
Two day totals for Lufkin were Will Griffin who shot an 81 on Thursday to take fourth place with a 152. Freshman Tyler Dunbar to finish in 10th place with a 156, and Josh Lewis with a 164 to take 24th place.
Lufkin will be preparing for the regional tournament held in Waco at Twin River’s Golf Course. Along with them will be Klein Oak and Vista Ridge. The Woodlands, which had won a regional preview at the course earlier, failed to qualify.
“The Woodlands really would have been tough to beat at the regional tournament,” Leatherman said. “But they started pressing when College Park was close to them and they pretty much fell apart. We’re going into the regionals knowing it’s probably a three-horse race. If we can beat either Vista Ridge or Klein Oak, we’ll probable be going back to state.”
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