East High Golf - Monday, April 29, 2024

Arri Reilly tees off on the par-four eighth hole at MacDonald GC.
On Monday, April 29, the East High Golf team kicked off their busiest week ever with a GWAL event at their home course, MacDonald GC.  It was an absolutely spectacular day, the first tournament in weeks that we weren't blown away.  And while our JV squad produced a couple of solid rounds, for most of our varsity squad, it was not home sweet home.

And I gotta be honest...this week has been crazy, and it is Friday night, I'm sitting in a hotel room in Garden City, Kansas, I am just now sitting down to write this, AND I'm even having a difficult time remembering what happened on Monday.  Soooooo, I'm just gonna tell you how everyone finished, and then move on to the next tournament 😀.  Here we go:

  • Talen Nasone - 78 (+6), T7th
  • Anderson Tung - 80 (+8), 11th
  • Donovan Bergen - 98 (+26), 20th
  • Alec Gatzulis - 109 (+37), 33rd
  • Hagen Shane - 117, (+45) 37th
  • Arri Reilly - 123, (+51) 42nd
  • East High team finish - 4th
  • Henry White - 45 (+9), 5th
  • Kyran Shane - 46 (+10), 6th
  • Ismail Saeed - 54, (+18), T12th

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