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GOLF started out well all around. I went to my first few lessons with Jerry Johnson at Marshalltown. The season crept up slowly but finally it was here. the first day of pratice. It was a cold day outside but that didn't cool my enthusiasm for the game. The team was looking pretty good this year. Qualifying rounds came and went. But the rest of the team made it through fine. The varsity team included: Tyler Burmaster, Ben Mills, Scott Speirs, Bobby Ayers, Grant Stevens, and Zach Swalley (me). We started off strong with our first meet win, and never looked back.
It was a fairly easy season, but I'm sure that was helped by our strong team. If one person was playing bad, then the other people were ready to step up. If a player had a bad streak, then we had several ready, able, and certainly willing players on the Junior Varsity team. The only faulter during the regualar season was one lost meet. Except for that, our team entered the conference meet with an unblemished record. After winning the conference, district and sectional meets, it was on to state! So far nothing had provided much of a challenge to our team. State was played at Lakeside Country Club in Fort Dodge. The first day brought about 40 mph winds and a dreary day. After a hard day's work on the course, we were in a 2 stroke lead. The second day turned out a little bit better. The sun was shining, and not really much wind. It was looking well for the Spartans. The course was a perfect lay out for us. And lo and behold we played up to par. We won the state championship for the first time in Grundy Center Boys Golf history. But like all good things, the season ended and we went back to Grundy to receive congrats. With all the speeches given and the trophy safely in the case, we left the school a happy bunch.

The summer brought about lazy 9's in the afternoon sun and amoung other things not much else. The winter was as exciting for the highschool golfing world as watching the snow melt. As soon as that happend however, it revealed green grass and the spring fever hit everyone hard. Right now it is all I can do to concentrate on school. I had my first lesson of the year today with Jerry.(3-4-04) Michael Henley came with me and his season looks promising as well. Well that's pretty much it. As the season rolls on I will keep you posted.

Boys Golf Schedule

TIME	DATE	OPPONENT	SITE	PLACE	TEAM SCORE	SPARTAN BEST	MY SCORE
4:15 PM	April 6, 2004	Aplington-Pburg	Grundy Center	1st	172	Taylor Schupbach	45 Full Report
4:15 PM	April 12, 2004	GMG	Garwin	1st	150	Grant Stevens	42 Full Report
4:15 PM	April 15, 2004	Eldora-NP & Union	Grundy Center	1st	163	Bobby Ayers	44 Full Report
4:15	April 19, 2004	Hudson and N.U.	Pheasant Ridge	1st	155	Grant Stevens	42 Full Report
4:15 PM	April 20, 2004	Denver	Grundy Center	CANCELED
4:15 PM	April 22, 2004	East Marshall	Grundy Center	1st	154	Zach Swalley	37 Full Report
8:00 AM	April 24, 2004	Spartan Invite	Grundy Center	1st	325	Bobby Ayers	83 Full Report
4:30 PM	April 26, 2004	Apl-Pburg Invite	Aplington	1st	163	Michael Henely	42 Full Report
4:15 PM	April 27, 2004	BCLUW	Grundy Center	1st	159	Grant Stevens	43 Full Report
4:15 PM	April 29, 2004	Hubbard-Radcliffe	Hubbard	1st	147	Bobby Ayers	37 Full Report
4:15 PM	May 6, 2004	North Tama	Grundy Center	1st	153	Grant Stevens	41 Full Report
1:30 PM	May 10, 2004	NICL West	Grundy Center	1st	307	Bobby Ayers	37-40=77 Full Report
12:00 PM	May 14, 2004	Sectional Tourney	State Center	1st	Grant Stevens	314	44-42=86 Full Report
12:00 PM	May 21, 2004	District Tourney	Gates Park	1st	Grant Stevens	313	43-41=86 Full Report
12:00 PM	May 28, 2004	State Meet	Lake Panarama