tryouts for shs golf planned for monday

The Seymour High School golf team will be looking for a few good men (and women) Monday morning at 10 ‘o clock at Creekside Plantation Golf Course when the SHS coaches will hold a one-day tryout session to help reinforce what looks to be promising Eagles and Lady Eagles squads for the 2008 high school golf season.

The Seymour boys golf team returns four seniors from last year’s 28-2 county and district championship squad. The girls, on the other hand, return a senior, a junior and a sophomore from last year’s 6-19 squad that finished third in the district.

Seymour assistant golf coach Lee Ramsey said this year’s tryouts will be important to the future of the SHS golf program.

“We’re trying to replace two seniors—Willie Sexton and Kevin Huff—from last year’s boys team that were a couple of All-State-type golfers,” said Ramsey. “I know it’s impossible to replace two players like that. We know there’s not two other players around like them. So being practical, we’re looking for two decent golfers who shoot decent scores. We don’t just want to bring in two guys to just fill some shoes.”

Ramsey said the Lady Eagles could potentially be one of the top teams in the area with the right addition(s) to returning players Maggie Dew, Megan Gamble, and Bailey Webb, a former SHS cheerleader who Ramsey said is a very promising young golfer.

“I’m expecting our girls to step it up to the next level,” Ramsey remarked. “I think they should compete to win the district at the very least.”

The Seymour coaches said Monday’s tryouts will also be a mandatory team-practice. There’s not a lot of time to spare with the short high school golf season.

The Seymour golfers will compete in the preseason jamboree on July 22^nd at Ruggles Ferry Golf Course. The first regular season match will take place on Monday, July 28 against Carter at River Islands Golf Course.