TEMPLE—In our current golf season, call them the Masters of district golf.
The Rockdale boys made it nine straight when it comes to district golf championships, outdistancing Cameron and led wire-to-wire.
Not to be outdone, the Tiger girls followed suit and also claimed a district championship, overtaking Cameron which led after the first round, for their third straight trophy.
Touring Wildflower Country Club on a chilly Monday in which temperatures dipped into the 50s, it’s the fourth time in school history that both squads have won district in the same year.
The fi rst round of the District 20-3A tournament was played last Monday at the Campus Course in College Station.
“Our goal was first to make sure we qualified for regionals and then today go out to try and win the district titles,” said Rockdale Coach Chris Joslin. “Very proud of both of these teams and look forward to the rest of this year.
“We have a lot on both teams who have been there before and know how to prepare. Everyone did their part to contribute to the teams. We felt like being on the tougher course day two played to our advantage this year.”
The boys will next compete at regionals April 23-24 and the girls April 25-26 in Brenham.
The Rockdale boys have qualified for regionals for 10 consecutive years.
The Class 3A state tournament is scheduled for Grey Rock Golf Club in Austin. The boys play May 14-15 and the girls may 21-22.
The boys were sixth at last year’s state tournament in their fifth appearance, while the girls—who have made three straight trips to state—grabbed their second straight bronze.
The Lady Tigers were sparked by senior Lyndy Laurrell who captured her third individual district championship with an 80 on Monday to go with an 83 from the first round. Laurrell was the Class 3A state champion in 2016.
The model of consistency in his tenure on the team, Brady Nelson fired in an 83 on Monday to finish as third medalist.
Ross Loth followed with an 81-85—166 as Walker Crane turned in an 80-86—166, Brayden Burns 91-102—193 and Gunner Miller 99-99—198.
Nelson, Crane and Loth were third, fourth and fifth on the final leader board.
Participating as medalists, Doss Hasselbach had a 106-109—215 and McKade Casas 153-133—287.
Cameron’s Nikolas Keratsopoulos—who was runner-up in 2017—was the district medalist after carding a 71-78—149 ahead of last year’s district champ Tim Handlos of Jarrell who had a 76-80—156.
Laurrell knocked three strokes off her first day score of 83 to take medalist honors over Keagan Galvan of Cameron by 22 strokes with a 163.
Laurrell posted a 178 last year.
Following Laurrell was Eve King with a 102-110—212 as Whitley Boyd also turned in a 212 with rounds of 104-108.
Trinady Joslin turned in a 109-117—226 and Gracey Burns 120-133—253.
Academic All State for golf was released and the Tigers have all four seniors on that team: Trinady Joslin-Elite Team, Walker Crane-1st Team, Gunner Miller-1st Team, Lyndy Laurrell-Honorable Mention.
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