Golf team begins season with high expectations

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Head coach – Mo Bryan (3rd year)

Home matches – Brookside Country Club

Last season – 14-1 EPC, 16-4 overall; EPC Regular-Season champs; EPC Tournament (5th place), District XI Tournament (4th place)

Players lost to graduation – Connor Wambold, Jake Caverly, Tristan Keopraseut

Players returning: Sr. Mitch Machulsky (85.3 avg), Sr. Luke Lanzone (82.9), Sr. Daniel Capri (90), So. Michelle Cox (81), So. Dylan Keopraseut (84.1), So. Sean Jaeger (82.9)

Newcomers: Soph. Nathan Seidel, Fr. Aiden LeBlanc, Fr Matt Zerfass, Jr. Nick Thoma, Fr. Andrew Taskalos, Fr. Laci King

Coach Bryan: “The three seniors, as freshmen, we’ve brought them on as like our junior varsity team and they have really have picked up their games, especially Luke and Mitch. Dan has also been working on his game. I’m also excited about my four sophomores. Three of them are back from last year and they are so, so strong. Our freshmen have also blended in well with the team and they all seem to be very competitive and there’s that friendly competition with each other. Matt and Aiden are really nice kids and I’m excited to have them on the team and see how they do playing in all these matches. From what I hear, they are both really good, strong competitive golfers so they should do well.”

Season-opener: Monday, August 20 at Brookside vs CCHS, Freedom and ES South

Top challengers: Northampton, Liberty, Parkland, Nazareth

Key dates:

EPC Tournament (Sept. 24) at Woodstone CC
District XI Qualifier (Oct. 1) at Old Homestead CC
District XI Tournament (Oct. 8)at Lehigh Country Club