Area golfers face uphill battle
By Rick Teverbaugh, Herald Bulletin Sports Writer
“Those three kids like this course,” said Maryan of the Gentry twins and Meyer. “They are comfortable there and play it well.”
The Arabians also have two other players with good chances as individuals: Yvonne Pullman, a German exchange student, and Ashleigh Wise.
“Yvonne is up and down,” Taflinger said. “She hits the ball as well as anyone I’ve seen. But she doesn’t like to get up early and play in the cold, so we’ll see how that goes.”
Alexandria’s Melissa Montgomery is the Tigers’ No. 1 player and very likely to be in contention for one of those top three spots as well.
The three other area teams, Shenandoah, Daleville and Madison-Grant, go to other sectionals. The Raiders and Broncos will visit Crestview Golf Course in Muncie for Saturday’s sectional. The Argylls go to Huntington also on Saturday.
“On paper, I would say that Delta, Yorktown and Muncie Central are the teams for us to beat,” said Shenandoah coach Jason Hornaday. “We lost to Delta by seven shots on their home course.”
The Raiders, who won the White River Athletic Conference tournament last Saturday, are led by three strong players, Hannah Cordle, Jessica Starks and Mariah Smith.
“Cordle has been playing really well the past couple of weeks and has been scoring between 38 and 42,” said Hornaday. “Starks has been striking the ball well, but her putting has been atrocious. Smith has been steady for us all year.”
The Muncie South champion will also feed into the New Castle Regional.