As the golfers finished the final hole Saturday afternoon with a couple's nuptials going on at the same time at TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course, Estevan Comprehensive's Jace Carlisle was putting the finishing touches on a great weekend of golf.
Carlisle hit a 75-73-148 over the two days to claim the gold medal, while he and his boys teamamtes won the team title and the girls won their side of the bracket as well.
“I made two bogeys on the last two holes but I'm feeling pretty good,,” said Carlise after Saturday's round.
North Battleford's Colby Friedrich was 75-78-153 for the two days to claim the silver medal while ECS' Jayden Dudas (76-79-155) tied with Kindersley's Brody Istace (80-75-155) and Warman's Parker Noln-Ens (77-78-155) for the bronze.
Chase Gedak from ECS finished sixth just behind the bronze medallists with 78-78-156.
As part of the final group, Carlisle was the last to hole out, reaching the green in three with no problem but then three putting for the bogey.
“I was putting really good,” he said. “With my short game, I was hitting the ball good.”
The ECS boys team, which also included Reegan Robinson, who was tied for eighth, (84-73-157) had bonded all year as part of a high performance team at Woodlawn.
“We always play together, almost every day,” Carlisle said.
One day where it was difficult to play was Friday, with a cold windy rainy day being broken up by a thunderstorm.
“It wasn't too bad,” Carlisle said. “I just stuck it together and got a good score, I guess.”
The team totals were a combination of the top three golfers' scores from the school with the best scores on each hole. The girls' team had the top two scorers.
Carlisle will go in November to the Maple Leaf Junior Nationals in Florida, along with Dudas, Friedrich and Istace among the juvenile boys for Saskatchewan. Robinson Will also be part as a junior boys member.
At high school provincials The male team had a total score of 435 over the two days with the girls collecting 395 points. The girls' team included Bailey Farr (103-97-200) in seventh place, Tatiana Dutka (109-113-222, 16th place), Reese Handley (137-118-255, 25th place) and Taryn Stovin (123-141-264, 26th place).
“(Saturday) we were hitting solid, and the weather was better,” said Farr. “I knew the course pretty well so I was pretty comfortable.”
While they may not have had the experience the boys had on the golf course this year, the girls did have a good team bond through the short high school golf season.
“It's amazing,” Farr said. “They're so fun to be around. It's a blast.”
Tenesha Pompu of Carrot River won the girls' individual gold medal (89-90-179), with Carey McLean (95-85-170), Jayden Bauer (89-91-170) and Lauren Fox (88-92-170) tying for second place.
Among the teams, Prince Albert Carlton finished second place (477 points) and Warman won the silver (478). Fort Qu'Appelle's Bert Fox Community High School was second among the girls teams (491) and Esterhazy won bronze (456).
