Warrior golfers win Valley League and North County Tournament

Fallbrook High School's boys golf team posted a 10-0 record in Valley League dual match competition so the Warriors were the league champions regardless of how they did in the North County Tournament.

Electing not to rest on its laurels, Fallbrook complemented its league title by winning the league tournament held May 4 at the Twin Oaks course in San Marcos and May 5 on the Arrowood course in Oceanside.

The Warriors shot scores of 403 at Twin Oaks and 402 at Arrowood for a team score of 805. Ramona was second with a team score of 814.

"It was a good win," said Fallbrook coach Steve Jorde. "We won the league, so I expected them to play well and do the same for the league tournament and they did that. It just kind of confirmed how they played all year."

Although Valley Center's Michael Cooper had the low individual score of 151, Fallbrook senior Christian Murphy was second with a score of 152 and Warrior sophomore Sebastian Winfield finished third with a score of 154.

"It was great play by both those two," said Jorde.

Six members of each school's golf team play a round. The high individual score is discarded and the other five rounds constitute the team score. The league dual meets involved nine-hole rounds, so the Warriors' daily scores for the 18-hole tournament rounds equate to nine-hole scores of approximately 201.

"We've been around 200 to 205 pretty much the whole year, so that's kind of right where we fall," said Jorde. "We kind of shot the way we have been all year."

The first 18 holes took Murphy and Winfield 76 strokes apiece to complete. The next-best Fallbrook round was shot by senior Patrick Milton, who required 83 strokes. The first-day score for senior Bobby Sneller was 86. The final scored Fallbrook player was junior Jake Guy, who had a score of 88. The discarded score of 97 strokes was shot by freshman Keller Hagen.

The first-day results gave Fallbrook a 21-stroke cushion over Ramona, which had a team score of 424 on May 4. That was enough of an advantage to overcome the Bulldogs' team score of 390 for the second round.

"They had a great second day," said Jorde of Ramona.

Three of Fallbrook's players had second-day scores of under 80 strokes: Murphy repeated his score of 76, Winfield posted a 78, and Sneller had a score of 79. Milton completed the course in 80 strokes, Guy took 89 shots, and Hagen had a score of 98.