Warriors win Valley League golf championship

Fallbrook High School's boys golf team completed its undefeated Valley League season April 28 with a 205-207 victory over Ramona on the San Vicente course in Ramona.

"It's a good win for our guys," said Fallbrook coach Steve Jorde. "It's nice to beat them. They're a good team."

Fallbrook accounted for the Bulldogs' only two league losses of 2016; the Warriors took a 207-226 victory April 12 on the Pala Mesa course.

Last year Fallbrook won the league championship with a 9-1 record. The loss was at Ramona. "They play really well at home," Jorde said of the Bulldogs.

The Warriors set themselves up for a possible undefeated league season April 25 with a 194-290 victory over Orange Glen on the Woods Valley course. Patrick Milton had a score of 35 for Fallbrook, Bobby Sneller took 36 shots during the nine-hole round, Sebastian Winfield completed the course in 37 strokes, and Jake Guy had a score of 38.

The conditions weren't as favorable for a low score in Ramona. "It was a lot of wind and cold," Jorde said.

Jorde wasn't disappointed with his team score of 205 at San Vicente. "For both teams that's kind of what our averages have been," he said. "We expected it to be close."

Last year Ramona was on the winning end of the 205-207 match at San Vicente while Fallbrook won the 203-204 match at Pala Mesa. Ramona also lost to Valley Center in league play during 2015 to give the Warriors the outright league championship.

Six members of each school's golf team play a nine-hole round. The high individual score is discarded and the other five rounds constitute the team score.

Winfield led all April 28 golfers at San Vicente with a round of 36 strokes, Milton had a score of 39, Christian Murphy shot a 42-stroke round, and Guy took 43 strokes. The other two Fallbrook golfers, Sneller and Keller Hagen, each had 45 shots so one of those scores was counted.

Thomas Andrews had the low score for Ramona with a round of 38 strokes. Justin Graf, whose round of 39 strokes April 12 constituted Ramona's low score, took 41 shots April 28.

The victory over Ramona gave Fallbrook a 10-0 league season.

"That's pretty special," Jorde said.

The Warriors improved their overall season record to 17-2. Fallbrook is seeded ninth among Division I teams and will host a play-in match at the Pala Mesa course May 11 against Rancho Buena Vista. The winner of that match will play as a team in the CIF tournament May 17 and May 19 on the Admiral Baker course in San Diego.