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by Jared Strait
State this year was the best the ladies have ever done in the history of North Sanpete High School. They came in just 4 strokes away from making it to the second round at state this year.
As NS comes to the end of the school year, so do spring sports. Receiving personal bests and coming closer than ever before to a state second round is this year’s girls golf team. 436 was this year’s average team score for the Lady Hawks. Leading the way to this success has been this year’s seniors and golf coaching staff. They have managed to teach the girls about the hard work that golf entails and how to achieve success in this sport.
“It’s been incredible to see these younger girls go from not golfing the greatest to being able to get scores that are closer and closer to our top golfers,” said team captain and senior Kaylee Madsen.
Girls golf has grown this year thanks to the coaching staff here at NS with a smaller team, so you get that connection that many bigger teams can’t enjoy.
“It’s so fun to just connect with all these girls individually–we just became so united and we had such a great team bond. I got sad yesterday as I left the server room for the last time,” said team captain Morgan Drew.
«We were four strokes away from going to state,” Madsen said. “I golfed my personal best as well as Morgan Drew and Sophie Peterson.”
Most of the girls at state golfed under 115 during the state tournament, a considerable improvement from the first part of the season.
“I think the girls did as well as they could,” said Matt Syme, assistant coach. “The girls all played the best they have all year. It was a good experience, and we had a good time.”
Some girls on the golf team don’t just compete in golf though two of them do other sports this time of year, with Tylee Henrie recently setting the school record at NS for the high jump.
Two of the varsity girls had to miss state due to the region track that was going on at the same time as state golf this year.
They have the future to look forward to, with most of the team being younger and a lot of the top golfers being younger than a typical varsity team.
“The younger girls have done better than years in the past and that has made me want to be better, which has improved the team as a whole,” Drew said.
Like other sports this year, COVID has taken a toll on the girl’s golf team through the first of the season in their golf game.
“It would’ve been so much nicer to have a season last year; I feel like the team could’ve started a lot stronger than we did this year,” Madsen said.
The NS girls golf team will continue to use the knowledge they have gained from a highly successful year to improve upon what they have learned this year and swing with it right onto the green of next year.
