Fall season tees off for Mustang golf teams
MARBLE FALLS — The Marble Falls High School golf teams recently swung into their fall season.
The boys No. 1 team finished seventh with a 358, while the No. 2 team was eighth with a 361at the Austin Westlake Invitational at Jimmy Clay golf course Sept. 28.
"I like their work ethic so far," head coach Lonnie Tackitt said. "If they keep that up, their scores will improve."
Sophomore Hunter McNeese led No. 1 with an 87, while senior Collin Smith shot an 88 and sophomore Jack Scott added an 89. Sophomore Ben Mezger scored a 94.
Sophomore Shilo Nelson shot an 83, the Mustangs’ best score, to lead the No. 2 squad. Sophomore Taylor Tackitt added a 90, while junior Dawson Taylor scored a 92 and junior Joe Portillo finished with a 96.
The Mustangs shot a few pars, bogeys and double and triple bogeys, Tackitt said.
"We have to take a lot of strokes off that," he said. "It’s an OK start."
