Coach Whitney Spigener and her squad wrapped up their spring season last week at the 5A Region 2 championship, finishing ninth.
Sulphur Springs shot 403/392 over the two day regional golf championship.
The Lady Cats golf coach said it was awesome her team to break 400 in Rockwall.
Freshman McKenna Meskimen shot 94/91 over the two day tournament. Meskimen tied for 34th in the 5A Region 2 golf championship.
The freshman doubled on her last hole to shoot 91 on day two.
Coach Spigener said that the freshman knew she had to have a big day two to advance but a tough hole 18, one which is long par-5, saw the downfall of many athletes in the regional championship. The Lady Cats golf coach said in spite of not moving on to the state championship for 5A, her performance was nothing to hang her head on.
“We’re very proud of how she did in her first Regional tournament,” Coach Spigener said.
Junior Mykylie Meador, one of the few Lady Cats returning from last year’s squad, finished 49th in a pack of 93 golfers at the 5A Region 2 tournament.
Brylie Brock got 54th last week, with freshmen Allison Thomas and Kenzie Posey tying for 55th place at the 5A Regional 2 golf championship.
“We were all right there in the middle of the pack,” Coach Spigener said, “[which] is a good look for us going into 4A next year. We looked at some of the regional scores and I think we’re going to be a fierce competitor moving down to 4A.”
Lady Cats golf in round one took on some lofty competition in Lovejoy, (Frisco) Lebanon Trail, and Highland Park’s second team.
Lebanon Trail qualified for state both last year and this season, with Lovejoy and Highland Park’s second team always in contention for state as well.
Sulphur Springs finished just one stroke out of eighth place, coming in at ninth at the Regional tournament.
“My goal personally was eighth, [and] we were only one stroke out of eighth place,” Coach Spigener said. “That was an awesome experience to see… that [the Lady Cats] weren’t the best out of the four, [but] to see how they handled themselves on the course and not letting the pressure get to them… that was exciting to see that we were able to hold our own in our first Regional tournament in 10 years.”
The Lady Cats golf coach said she was proud of her team’s performance, one which is so young.
“We were all right there in the middle of the pack,” Coach Spigener said, “[which] is a good look for us going into 4A next year. We looked at some of the regional scores and I think we’re going to be a fierce competitor moving down to 4A.”
Lady Cats golf returns several players, three of which are currently freshmen.
Add in the fact that she said her young team got the Regional nerves out of their system, next year, Coach Whitney Spigener and her program will be an even bigger force to be reckoned with.
For now though, Lady Cats golf takes a bit of a breather before locking in for summer tournaments and summer strength & speed programs for Sulphur Springs sports.
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