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Mounts send two to Districts
- 06 October 2005
The Ephrata Mounts golf team will be sending two players on
to District Level competition. On Wednesday afternoon Katie Nicholas
and Amy Nicholas finished in the top 15 and thus qualified for
Districts. Unfortunately Morgan Hossler did not as her score or 118
left her in 16th place.Katie, who was the first girl ever to qualify from Ephrata last year, qualified again. Her sister, Amy is playing on the golf team for the first time. Katie (112) and Amy (113) had respectible scores, but the winner Sara Bejgrowicz of Manheim Township was in another league with her score of 75. A score which would have placed her only two strokes back when compared to her team mate and Boys Champion Josh Shoffstall's 73.
As a whole the Mounts "had a season during which our younger players improved tremendously" remarked head coach Ed Gambler. This season the Mounts were led by Alan Kliewer who was incredibly steady throughout the season, posting a 77.5 scoring average, the lowest of any Ephrata golfer in well over a decade. He finished second in section II scoring, less than a stroke (.6) behind the winner. "Unfortunately, he did have a bad day at the League Tournament, failing to qualify for Districts." added Gambler.
The bad day he was referring to was Tuesday's 89 Kliewer left on the course, his worst score of the season. Steve Tretter and Kyle Morgan also competed each scoring a 91. With the cut line for District's set at 81, it left the Mount boys on the outside looking in.
But the future appears bright for the young Mounts as Gambler explains, "We have a number of young players on the team who show the potential and desire to improve their game in the future. Hopefully, this will lead to success for them and the team."
For now though, we have the Nicholas's and we wish them the best of luck in Districts!
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