echoessports 10.27.2014
page20
An unlikely repeat
Team takes home the title, York captures the gold
by jacksonhinze
In sports, every year is different. From the players on the
team to the weather being faced,
change is inevitable.
However, the joy and happiness at the end of the season
for the Lady Bearcats golf team
has stayed the same. Winning
five out of the last seven state
championships and seven since
2003, the girls golf team has
built a dynasty.
This championship, just like
any other, felt special in its own
way.
“There is always something
special about each one,” Head
coach Mike Klein said. “This
one was really cool as far as I’m
concerned just because of the
way it played out and nobody
thought we were going to be
any good this year. We proved
them wrong.”
After leading by seven
strokes the first day of the
tournament, the girls golf team
won the state championship
by twelve strokes over Omaha
Skutt.
Senior Jordan York lead the
lady cats with a score of 159
(80-79), winning the individual
“It was
really exciting because
nobody
really
expected us
to do as good as we did. It
was really awesome.”
-Shelby Poynter,9
state championship.
Junior Hannah Holloway was
the other medalist for the team
shooting a 175 (85-90) placing
eighth in the tournament.
Junior Karlie Johnson (102104-206), freshman Shelby
Poynter (104-105-212) and
senior Jocelyn Bruner (109-105214) all contributed to the Cats
achieving their goal of a state
championship.
Klein lauded Johnson, Poynter, and Bruner’s performance
in their first state tournament.
“They bought into the mentality that it’s just golf,” Klein
said. “Just because it’s labeled
the state tournament, you don’t
have to do anything else than
go play golf. All three of their
scores counted one day or
another, so everybody did their
part and did awesome.”
The teams hard work ethic
and drive to improve took them
where they wanted to go.
“Our girls worked really
hard and improved a lot,” York
said. “We started winning some
tournaments and then going
into state we thought we had a
chance to win. After being up
seven the first day, we realized
that we could actually win.”
“Winning
a state championship felt
amazing. It
was a surreal
experience
for me, and a surprise to our
entire team.”
-Karlie Johnson, 11
For senior Jordan York, golf is life.
York lead the lady’s golf team to a state championship
as well as claiming the gold individually. Winning the individual gold medal was no fluke either.
“During the summer I golf about 20 hours a week,” York
said. “In season I golf about 10 hours a week, not including
tournaments.”
York puts in the time and effort to achieve her goals.
Many people would get bored or tired after doing anything
for 20 hours a week but for York, it was all worth it.
“It feels great to be a state champion,” York said. “It was
my main goal going into the season and it’s a great feeling
knowing I ended well.”
“She had an unbelievable year, and to finish it the
way she finished it was awesome,” coach Mike Klein said.
“Sometimes you get down here and somebody has a couple hot days, but Jordan deserved what she got. She’s the
best player here.”
“It was fun
and exciting to
see our hard
work pay off
even through
the ups and
downs. It was fun to come out
on top.”
-Jocelyn Bruner, 12
“It was cool.
We worked
hard and even
though we
weren’t expecting it, we were
able to come
out on top.”
- Hannah Holloway, 11