On June 2nd, the Lowell HS Boys Golf Team played their Regional event at Lincoln Golf Club in N. Muskegon. We finished 7th of 18 teams, shooting a team score of 338. We had a strong start and played well for the first third of the event, but we all hit a bump in the road in the middle of the event. We finished like we started, but we lost too many shots to the competition.

The best part of this team and the season is these boys put them in a position to qualify for the State Finals. They are now a good team and a good program. A disappointing short stretch of scoring should not be the focus as this team simply needs some time to grow more. We started 3 sophomores, who will grow from this. These boys, and two sophomores who didn’t play will grow from the leadership of the two seniors who did play. I can not say enough good things for what this team came to be and where they can go.

Our scores were:

William DeVoest - 77. Brad VandenHout - 84. Cameron Sluss - 88. Drew Veldman - 89. Patrick DeVoest - 92

Medalist was Colin Beckett of Northview, who shot 71.

The event team scores were:

EGR 302

Spring Lake 309

FHE 320

Northview 326

Reeths Puffer 327

Allendale 334

Lowell 338

Kenowa Hills 339

Cadillac 341

Petoskey 345

Whitehall 349

Coopersville 349

Ludington 353

Sparta 377

Cedar Springs 377

Gaylord 401

Fremont 411

Fruitport 413

Greenville 414