After the lightning and thunder storms on the second day of the girls golf state championship, Perry finished out in 12 place out of 16 total teams. In the end, Perry scored 118 as a team.

Due to the PSAT some of the girls were not able to play both days. Junior Megan Tenorio explained that “whoever didn’t play as well, gets taken out and I replace them.” The number one spot, since the beginning of the season; Dakotah Kriel. In state she scored 89, compared to the team’s number two, Kati Gloss, who shot 91.

Kriel attributed her number one placing throughout the season to “a supportive team.” Despite not being in the top ten, the team collectively agrees that they “had fun” and “played well.”

Since Perry has moved up to D1 from last year the girls have been “working on putting and chipping,” said Tenorio.

As for their strengths, the team is very close and is made up of some seniors, who have been playing all four years together. Kriel said she is “very pleased with how [herself].. And the rest of [our] girls have played.”

There is a good portion of the season that the girls were not placing in the top 10, but thanks to the averaging out of scores at the end of regular season, the girls were able to participate in state and place in the 75 percentile.

Boys golf state competition was held at Grand Canyon University’s campus on Nov. 7 and 8. On day one, the team was one under par, in fourth place. They finished out the tournament placing in fifth.

Sophomore Ryan MacPherson said that the most difficult part of the competition was “having the whole team play good.” The boys would usually have a couple players playing well and then some weren’t; the scores would not even out well enough for a good score. MacPherson said he was “definitely on his A-game”, whereas sophomore Caden Christopherson claimed he was “not as great as he wanted to be” and credited that to “golf is a hard game, it’s hit or miss sometimes.”

MacPherson said that if he could have figured out a way to “calm [his adrenaline] down,” then he could have been in the lead throughout the competition.

The team met senior Mike Finnegan’s goal which, when asked in Sept., was placing in “at least top five.”

As for what the team is most proud of; the encouraging spirit and strong team work.  “The team did really good in trying to stay around even,” claimed MacPherson.

Out of the total of 15 teams, Perry was one of the six teams that, according to MacPherson, Coach John Lowery said that had a chance of placing well.  The boys agreed they were proud of how well they played under pressure and how they were encouraging to each other.