Gallatin varsity golfers headed to Orrick Saturday with the idea of improving their scores from a year ago. Count it mission accomplished.
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"We played this tournament and challenging course for the first time last year and really struggled," said GHS golf coach Chris Elbert. "Four of our five golfers that played last year returned for this tournament, and performed much better," he added. "We improved our overall score by 31 strokes."
Nineteen schools competed at Orrick, with nine in the small division and ten in the large school division. As a team, Gallatin finished second overall in the small division behind Cameron, and sixth overall of all 19 schools.
Kathryn Everly shot a 97 to place third individually in the small class. Sydney Elbert and Kelly Critten teamed up in best ball and shot 96 for a fourth place finish in that format. Alex Burge and Shalyn Lollar shot 93 for a first place finish in the best shot format.
The Lady Bulldogs were at home Monday against Orrick and delivered a 197 to 240 victory. Coach Elbert was very pleased with Gallatin’s showing at Daviess County Country Club.
"Three of our varsity girls shot under 50, which is the kind of effort we will need if we are going to be competitive this year," he said.
Everly topped all golfers on the day and walked away with the medalist award after a round of 46. Burge followed closely with a 48 and Critten chimed in with a 49. Elbert and Lollar added rounds of 54 and 59, respectively.
Sarah Cornett led jayvee golfers with a 55. Sarah Smith shot 66 and Bailey Bozart carded a 67 for the Bulldog junior varsity.
Gallatin’s most recent victory came at Lawson. The Lady Bulldogs defeated the Lady Cards, 190 to 219, to up their season record to 2-0.
Everly again won the medalist honor with a 40. Critten’s 47 was good enough for runnerup. Elbert, Burge and Lollar followed with 50, 53 and 55, respectively.
"Our girls played really well on a course that we have struggled on in the past," Coach Elbert remarked. "Kathryn shot a great score, her lowest ever in meet competition. Kelly put up a very good score as well," he added.
Cornett carded a 59 for the jayvees. Smith and Bozarth added 61 and 70.
Gallatin travels to Maysville on Thursday and Albany next Tuesday.