Thursday’s Warrenton Invitational was both an awakening and learning experience for the youth-laden Wright City golf team.With no leadership roles locked in place, Coach Bill Schaffer has found his …
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Thursday’s Warrenton Invitational was both an awakening and learning experience for the youth-laden Wright City golf team.With no leadership roles locked in place, Coach Bill Schaffer has found his underclassmen quickly rising into contention for varsity positions. The Wildcats didn’t bring home any medals from their first 18-hole tournament, but Schaffer says progress is evident.“When I’ve got my three freshmen shooting the lowest scores, that looks good for the future,” said Schaffer. “It was a very good learning exercise for them, but obviously we’ve got a lot of work to do before we get to conference.”Griffin Tinker called the transition from nine to 18 holes “mentally tiring.” He shot a team-best 102.“I liked the back nine better because it’s more open,” said Tinker. “On the front, I bogeyed and double-bogeyed a lot.”Tinker has only been playing golf for two years, picking up the sport in a summer league along with teammate Bear Lauber.“My game is improving now that I have to play by the rules,” acknowledged Tinker.Lauber carded a 109 playing in the No. 2 spot for the Wildcats.“I can’t complain about the development,” said Schaffer. “Realistically, we’re very young. We’re pretty much playing a JV team against varsity teams.”Perhaps the biggest surprise of the day was sudden rise of freshman Andrew Bohler, who shot a 110.“Andrew shot pretty well for his first 18-hole tournament,” said Schaffer. “He’s running pretty consistent through each nine.”There was a considerable drop-off in the remaining spots, with Jake Murri shooting a 135 and Zach Stewart carding a 138.“We’re starting to see it fall into place,” said Schaffer. “It’s pretty clear who the Top 2 are, and then the No. 3, 4 and 5 spots kind of wonder around.”Wright City shot 456 as a team, exhibiting progress on the conference front with a score-by-comparison pointed out by its coach.“We closed the gap on Montgomery again,” said Schaffer. “We were the same number of strokes behind them through 18 today as we were through nine earlier this season.”FRESHMEN LEAD THE WAYDerrick Forsythe Photo.
