Girls golf ends first half of league winless but improving

Fallbrook High School’s girls golf team completed the first half of its Avocado League season without a win, but Fallbrook coach Dave Heid sees the improvement as more significant than the record.

“We’re improving. We lost one match by one stroke and one match by three strokes in the first half of the league, so hopefully we can get a couple of wins the second half,” Heid said.

It has been determined that seniors Amy Boren and Catelyn Coen, who played in 2005 but are injured, will not return to the team in a playing capacity. “It’s a little disappointing that we lost those two key players, but we’ve regrouped very well and the girls are having a good time,” Heid said.

Boren has a shoulder injury while Coen’s back prevents her from playing. The Warriors have seven other players on their roster who consist of two seniors, four sophomores, and one freshman.

Although the Warriors closed out the first half of league play October 9 with a loss to Oceanside at the Oceanside Golf Club, sophomore Nikki Kohls had a score of 40 for the nine-hole match and senior Jackie Kohls shot a 42.

The Kohls sisters both have averages of 46 strokes per nine holes. Senior Tarynn Shada is averaging 53 strokes per nine-hole match while sophomore Melissa Grajek has an average of 54 shots.

“They’ve all shown improvement. I think Nikki and Jackie are on track to become at least second-team all-leaguers with their performances so far,” Heid said.

The Warrior squad also includes sophomores Samantha Everson and Hailie Hauser and freshman Morgan Perrault.

Six golfers participate in a match and the top five are scored. “Our goal as a team was to shoot 250 this year, and so far we’ve shot 252, so we’re improving,” Heid said.

Despite the winless first half of league, Fallbrook had an overall record of 2-9 after the loss to Oceanside. “Consistency is what’s keeping us from really doing well right now,” Heid said.

Heid noted that the team scores would be in the 240s if all of the girls shot their top scores in the same match.

Heid isn’t surprised that the young team lost its first five league matches, but he feels that better results will likely occur in the future. “A lot of the girls are taking private lessons, and it’s helping them quite a lot,” Heid said.