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Boys golf dedicates time and effort to prepare for Walsh tournament

September 11, 2009

Peter DelMedico

       While the student body was walk­ing the halls on their first day of school, the boys golf team was walking the fairways of Red Tail Country Club. Yes, that’s right the boys golf squad missed the first day of school for a tourna­ment.

       Due to the nature of high school golf, the golf team doesn’t get the attention that other on-campus sports get. Compared with most team’s three-minute walk down the hill to Dowed field, the home golf course is a 15-minute drive.

       “Most people don’t know how much time the boys put in during the summer with practices and tournaments,” head coach John Baranek said.

       Nevertheless, they are making a name for themselves as a golf team around the Akron area.

       “Our team is a lot better than last year with the addition of a few young players,” senior captain Tommy Arison said. “This is Hoban’s year for golf.”

       Arison is not the only one who has con­fidence in the team.

       “We have three returning varsity let­termen and some talented underclassmen,” senior Nick Junk said.

       Pressure is always part of the game. Arison is predicted to make it past districts again. The rest of the team, untested in the state playoffs, has the potential to follow his lead and have one of the most successful seasons since 1995, when Mike Considine made it to the state tournament.

       This Saturday, the boys go head to head with Walsh in the Walsh Jesuit Traditional Invite at Good Park golf course.

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