The Eagles had the opportunity to compete on a warm and windy day at Watermark Country Club in their 3rd Jamboree of the season. Playing a smart and determined round today the Eagles combined to shoot a 1-under par 143 to win the Jamboree over the home team Forest Hills Central (156), East Grand Rapids (166), Lowell (172), Northview (173) and Greenville (176).
The Eagles were led by John Cassiday, Max O'Grady and Sawyer O'Grady who all shot a 1-under 35 (T1). Also scoring for the Eagles were Dylan Clark or Adam Workman who both shot a 2-over 38 (T5), while Brody Baysore competed in his first varsity jamboree finishing 15th overall with a 42.
The Eagles will compete on Friday at American Dunes in the Folds of Honor event against some of the top competition in the state of Michigan.
The Eagles had the opportunity to compete on a warm and windy day at Watermark Country Club in their 3rd Jamboree of the season. Playing a smart and determined round today the Eagles combined to shoot a 1-under par 143 to win the Jamboree over the home team Forest Hills Central (156), East Grand Rapids (166), Lowell (172), Northview (173) and Greenville (176).
The Eagles were led by John Cassiday, Max O'Grady and Sawyer O'Grady who all shot a 1-under 35 (T1). Also scoring for the Eagles were Dylan Clark or Adam Workman who both shot a 2-over 38 (T5), while Brody Baysore competed in his first varsity jamboree finishing 15th overall with a 42.
The Eagles will compete on Friday at American Dunes in the Folds of Honor event against some of the top competition in the state of Michigan.
On Friday, the Eagles competed on the Mountain Ridge course and placed first overall for that course with a 312! Max O'Grady led the Eagles with a 2-over 74 earning the top score in the event that day. Also scoring for the Eagles was Dylan Clark (77), Ford Erickson (79) and Nathan VanOtteren (82).
On Saturday, another group of Eagles played in the Hamilton Invite, winning the tournament with a 302. The Eagles were paced by Cooper Reitsma's 2-under 70 (2nd overall). Also scoring for the Eagles was John Cassiday (76), Sawyer O'Grady (77) and Brody Baysore (80). The Eagles narrowly beat Unity Christian (312) whose #1 player shot a 3-under 69 to win the event. Two other Division 2 teams tied for third in Allendale and St. Joseph both shooting a 318.
On another warm and windy day, the Eagle held on by one stroke to beat a Forest Hills Northern team that played some excellent golf. The Eagles shot 149 while the Huskies shot 150 behind a 4-under round of 32 from Will Pollack, a pair of 37s from two other players and a hole in one from their #4 player! It was tied with one hole to play and Sawyer O'Grady birdied his last hole to help the Eagles win by one shot.
The Eagles were led in scoring by Cooper Reitsma, John Cassiday, and Sawyer O'Grady who all shot 37 (T-2nd). They also had scores from Dylan Clark and Max O'Grady who shot 38 (T-5th), and Adam Workman who shot 39 (T-10th). Some great scores from the Eagles.
This weekend the Eagles will have the seniors competing in an event at Crystal Mountain while players that will return next year will compete at The Hamilton Invitational at Diamond Springs.
On a beautiful windy day at Railside, the Eagles posted a 2-under par 142 to win the first OK White Jamboree of the season over EGR (160), Lowell (165), Northview (171), Byron Center (173) and Greenville (184). The medalist (low round) of the day was sophomore Cooper Reitsma who fired a 4-under par 32! Also, scoring for the Eagles was junior John Cassiday who shot a 1-under par 35 (2nd overall), sophomore Sawyer O'Grady with a 37 (4th overall), senior Adam Workman with a 38 (6th overall), and seniors Max O'Grady and Dylan Clark with a 40 and 42, respectively.
The Eagles will play today in Greenville at Jamboree #2 at Brookside Golf Course. Go Eagles!
The Eagle golfers chose who would play on each of the two teams we entered into the Kent County Invite. They were careful to balance the teams as best they could. The weather was a challenge, but the teams persevered through it all.
The team of Cooper Reitsma (73 - 1st overall), Adam Workman (74 - 2nd overall), Dylan Clark (75 - T3rd), Nate VanOtteren (85) and Ty Erickson (81) shot a team total of 303 and took first place! The team of John Cassiday (77 - T8), Max O'Grady (84), Sawyer O'Grady (77 - T8), Nicholas Sherman (80), and Ford Erickson (77 - T8) shot a team total of 311 to take second place.
Finishing in 3rd place was Catholic Central with a score of 318, 4th place was Forest Hills Northern with a 323, and rounding out the top five was Rockford with a 327.
The Eagles will start the OK White league season next week with Jamborees on Monday (@ Railside) and Tuesday (@ Brookside) before playing in a tournament over the weekend. Go Eagles!
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The Eagles got off to a strong start by winning the Forest Hills Invitational at Egypt Valley for the third consecutive year. This year they set a new tournament record with a 5-over 293 score. Highlighted by the Solar Eclipse during the middle of the round, and some great play by the guys throughout the entire day. Placing second in the event was OK white conference foe Forest Hills Northern with a fantastic score of 308. Following FHN, and sharing 3rd place, was GR Catholic Central and South Christian each shooting a 320.
The Eagles were paced by John Cassiday (T-1) and Cooper Reitsma (T-1) who each shot a 1-under 71. They tied for first place and John won the playoff for individual champion in a three hole playoff. Also scoring for the Eagles was Max O'Grady (75 - 7th overall), Dylan Clark (76 - T10th overall) and Adam Workman (77 - 13th overall).
The Eagles are entering two equally split teams to the Kent County Invite on Thursday at Thornapple Pointe to defend their 1st and 2nd place finish there last year. Go Eagles!