A Good Walk Un-Spoiled

On Sunday the East High boys golf team traveled to the happiest place on earth, Manhattan, Kansas, to compete in their 6A regional golf tournament.  Before we were to get down to business on Monday, the team took part in a variety of fun activities, including: learning the nuances of sand green golf at the Peabody Country Club; savoring the deliciousness of Freddy’s in Junction City; getting a first-hand look at the Manhattan Country Club during a practice round; partying at one of Aggieville’s more notorious hot spots, Chipotle; and finally, discovering just how sweet Connie, the front desk person at the Best Western, actually was.  Sunday was a great day. Monday dawned, and as expected, dark clouds filled the sky.  Rain had been anticipated, but we were hopeful it might just miss us.  No such luck.  We arrived at the course around 9:00, and by 9:30, it was steadily raining.  And while it never really opened up and poured, it didn’t stop raining until 3:00 or so.  On our way to the

The East High Golf team following Tuesday's Regional tournament. Last season's Regional tournament in Manhattan was played in a chilly downpour, an experience memorable for it's misery.  So as I checked the forecast in days leading up to this season's Regional, I was less than excited.  Rather than giving a percentage chance of rain, it could've just said, "it's definitely going to rain...all day". On Sunday morning, after one last glance at the forecast, I hoped I would soon get a call telling me they were postponing to Tuesday and it's spectacular forecast.  Sadly that call never came...until we pulled into the parking lot of Rolling Meadows Golf Course in Junction City to play our practice round.  Frustrated, we went ahead and played nine holes, me on my phone nearly the entire time attempting to make arrangements for the one day delay.  And then we drove back home. As is the case with most moments of frustration and disgust, everything worked o

The top-12 finishers at the 2024 GWAL  Varsity  Championship. Golf practice began way back in February, and at the time it felt like we were starting soooo early.  We played in a JV tournament at the end of March, but our first varsity tournament wasn't until April 8, so it was quite a long stretch between first practice and first tournament.  Now here we are, on May 8, and our season has less than two weeks left.  It is incredible how fast it has gone. Our regular season ended with last Saturday's tournament in Garden City, and we now begin a stretch of three tournaments that I consider the postseason.  This coming Monday will be our regional tournament, and state is the following Monday and Tuesday.  But this week, the GWAL Golf Championships were played, and it feels like our boys are starting to peak at just the right time. Four of our golfers played in the JV GWAL Championship on Monday, May 6.  The tournament was held at Sim Park, and with threatening weather on the horiz