Sisters Waverly (L) and Nicole
Whiston (R) of La Jolla's
golf team. (Photo by Ed Piper)
"(We've) caught lightning in a bottle," says Aaron Quesnell, fourth-year La Jolla High girls golf coach, "with a few really good freshmen coming in to complement a good senior and junior class."
The Vikings set a school record for lowest number of strokes in a match by shooting 191 against Torrey Pines, the defending CIF champion, at La Jolla Country Club Sept. 1. Quesnell said the old record was 196, which the La Jolla girls set just last year.
The seniors are Madeleine Garay and Rebecca Ryan. The juniors include Waverly Whiston and Gabi Anastasi. The freshmen coming in are Nicole Whiston and Brea Tyrus.
The two sister pairs make up La Jolla's power-packed top four: the Whistons and the Garays. In team matches, six golfers play. The top five scores count. Therefore, Ryan, Anastasi, and Tyrus play a key role in their play in the number five and number six spots. They have been consistent enough to keep the Vikings' team scores low.
Their next major challenge is a match against Rancho Bernardo, the current favorite, next Wed., Sept. 23, also at LJCC.
Quesnell is pleased with his team's performance a month into the season. Golf starts in mid-August, so the Vikings have already had nine matches, and the school is only in the second week of fall classes.
"Very good season so far," Quesnell said. "Our first goal is to win league. Cathedral will be our toughest competition." La Jolla is looking to finish in the top two in CIF post-season play to qualify for CIF Regionals.
Copyright 2015 Ed Piper
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