Cascade golfers progressing well despite soggy conditions

The Cascade Golf team has yet to play a home match, but still the team has been performing well the Caribou Trail League. On April 10, the team played at Omak at the Okanogan Valley Golf Club. Tim Wells and Maddie Hontou were medalists for the boys and girls.
The boys won 404-455, while the girls won by forfeit, because Omak has only two girls. The girls team shot a respectable 446.
The Okanogan Valley course is only six holes, due to spring conditions, so the kids played the six holes three times to get their 18 hole score.
“Weather was nice except for one big rainstorm that came through and soaked us pretty good. Then the sun and a beautiful rainbow came out. Overall it was a good day. Some kids played their first 18 holes others played their first 9 holes,” said Cascade Head Coach Randy Alexander.
Wells is rounding into tournament form, Alexander said. Well shot a solid 87, which is pretty good considering the conditions. Stefan Zucktriegel shot 95.
“Stefan played well and is holding down the number two spot on our team. He will also improve as the season wears on. Freshman Gavin Dwyer and Isaac Cortes continue to make their impact on the varsity scoring. Gavin shot a 110 and Isaac 112 to give us our team score of 404,” Alexander said.
For the girls, Hontou and Jacelyn Bain continue to show they are two of the best players in the league, Alexander said.
“Maddie is showing the league that she is the defending district champ and Jacelyn is showing that she is right there. I think that on any given day either one could be medalist. It will be who can put it all together for a given day,” he said.
Emma Halseth shot 115, Emma Nielson 133 and Natalie Craig 138.
“That gives us a pretty strong team of five. That’s good. We will take this group to Gamble Sands next week and test our wares,” Alexander said. “We are finally practicing on our home course, thank goodness. And that makes it so nice to just go into our backyard and play each day after school.”
The Cascade boys and girls play in the Gamble Sands Invite today. There are 28 schools participating.
Ian Dunn can be reached at 548-5286 or editor@leavenworthecho.com.