Milford hoping to take that next step on the high school links
For those who don’t think high school golf coaches are trying to build programs, guess again.
Take Milford High School coach Bill Soubosky, for example. Soubosky is in his sixth year as the head coach of the Spartans, and he’s hoping the program can continue to survive, and even flourish.
As it stands now, Soubosky will be going into the season with just seven golfers, including four seniors and a junior back from last year’s 7 21 team. Last year he had about a dozen, and does say the numbers at the middles school level are good.
"This past spring we had about 12 middle school kids playing golf,
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So Soubosky is hoping to keep things going. From what he knows, there are some 21 sixth, seventh and eighth graders that could be playing golf at the middle school in the future, and what he has tried to do is sell them on the sport.
"It’s something that stays with you forever," he said. "And (playing golf) is a great way (as an adult) to network yourself."
Soubosky hopes to keep his younger players interested in the game.
"I can nurture those ninth graders," he said. "I tell them to enjoy it, get some great experience. They’ve been practicing on their own, which is important. They practice for us during the week, but on the weekends, get out to the golf course, get to the driving range, the putting green. That’s important."
Whether Milford,
michael kors canada, with four of the seven on the roster being seniors, can contend in Division II with the likes of defending champ Hanover, or Windham is a question.
Same for Souhegan, which finished third last year in the tournament but has only a few golfers back from that squad that lost just five regular season matches.
In Division I, however, it’s assumed Bishop Guertin will be a contender, although the Cardinals have only two returning regular top five scorers from a year ago, senior Ben Robinson and sophomore Kevin Scott.
Nashua North and South are also looking to improve on last year, as are Alvirne and Merrimack.
The Broncos have as many as five top scorers back. Keep an eye on Nashua North, with freshman Mike Jensen possibly leading the way.
In Division III, Campbell was still in the tryout phase as of this writing, but first year coach Jeremy Cox has a few returning regulars to build around, hoping to gain more experience as the season goes along.
RETURNING REGULARS: Nick Duggan, sr.; Jordan Oelkers,
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OTHER RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Jim Madden, so.; Dan Haynes, sr.; Dan :Powell, sr.; Justin Conway,
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PROMISING NEWCOMERS: Brennen Gillis, fr.; Eric Gendron, sr.; Caitlin Murphy, sr.; Steve McFadden, sr.
KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL SEASON: "We have a solid group of returning players and a blend of talented newcomes that will hopefully help us make the state tournament as a team," Delisle said. "Time will tell."
2011: 16 5,
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RETURNING REGULARS: Jeremy Hurd, sr.; Brian Thibodeau, sr.; Jesse Farmer, sr.; Ryan Buckley, jr.; Marcus Roche, jr.
OTHER RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: David Walsh, so.; Alex McCalmont, so.; Leo Lorden, so.; Ian McNamara, so.; Corey Quinn, so.; Tim Rencken, sr.
PROMISING NEWCOMERS: Jack Shields, fr.; Dan Ash, so.
KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL SEASON: "I think we’ll be a pretty solid team, the emphasis will be on team," Zingales. "We won’t have that one outstanding guy every match. It comes down to making the tournament and seeing what we can do for 18 holes."