WHEALDON, ILWACO STRONG IN PORTLAND
With a fiercely talented young team, Ilwaco head boys golf coach Dan Whealdon has increased the level of competition for his 1A squad this fall.
The Fishermen participated in a 16-team tournament hosted by Vancouver's Mountain View High School at the Rose City Golf Course in Portland Monday, finishing in third place against the much larger schools.
It was the second-smallest school in the group that won as 2A Hockinson, behind the medal-winning 69 of Gaston de la Torre, took first place with a team score of 296, two strokes ahead of second place Camas.
Ilwaco shot a team score of 311, led by junior Jack Whealdon's 69. Whealdon tied with de la Torre, but lost a tiebreaker on the first playoff hole.
Ryan Kukula and Patrick Whealdon shot 80's and Todd Oakes carded an 82, while Ilwaco's fifth golfer, Tyler Johnson, did not complete his round after falling ill on the course.
"I was real happy with the kids and the way they played," said the elder Whealdon. "They had the tees all the way back at the Rose City course and stretched the course as far as it would go. The kids played well and competed well against the bigger schools."
Ilwaco hosts its own 8-team invitational tournament this Saturday at Surfside Golf Course, which includes Mountain View and Camas, 2A schools R.A. Long, Washougal, Ridgefield and Woodland and Trico Division rivals La Center and Stevenson.
The Fishermen participated in a 16-team tournament hosted by Vancouver's Mountain View High School at the Rose City Golf Course in Portland Monday, finishing in third place against the much larger schools.
It was the second-smallest school in the group that won as 2A Hockinson, behind the medal-winning 69 of Gaston de la Torre, took first place with a team score of 296, two strokes ahead of second place Camas.
Ilwaco shot a team score of 311, led by junior Jack Whealdon's 69. Whealdon tied with de la Torre, but lost a tiebreaker on the first playoff hole.
Ryan Kukula and Patrick Whealdon shot 80's and Todd Oakes carded an 82, while Ilwaco's fifth golfer, Tyler Johnson, did not complete his round after falling ill on the course.
"I was real happy with the kids and the way they played," said the elder Whealdon. "They had the tees all the way back at the Rose City course and stretched the course as far as it would go. The kids played well and competed well against the bigger schools."
Ilwaco hosts its own 8-team invitational tournament this Saturday at Surfside Golf Course, which includes Mountain View and Camas, 2A schools R.A. Long, Washougal, Ridgefield and Woodland and Trico Division rivals La Center and Stevenson.
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