ATASCADERO — The Kelseyville High School golf team”s annual two-day spring break trek to Central California wrapped up on Tuesday with finishes of 12th and 23rd place at the 21st annual King of the Mountain Tournament at Chalk Mountain Golf Course in Atascadero.
Twenty-six three-man teams competed on the par-72 Chalk Mountain course and Kelseyville”s “A” team of Jonathan Bridges, Nick Schaefer and Hipolito Perez combined for a score of 259, good for 12th place. Kelseyville”s “B” team of Peter Wotherspoon, Cameron Blackburn and Tyler Drake came in 23rd with 298.
“We still have a ways to go, but I”m pleased with how things are going,” Kelseyville coach John Berry said of his squad, which is a mix of veterans returning from last year”s undefeated Coastal Mountain Conference South championship team (Bridges, Schaefer and Perez), and new starters (Blackburn and Drake).
“This was a good experience for our younger players to see the good players and teams that are out there,” Berry said.
Bridges had the day”s low round for Kelseyville with 81, followed by Schaefer with 84 and Perez with 94.
Overall individual honors went to Jason Peters of Atascadero and Colt Hoff of Nipomo with 72. Peters won the sudden-death playoff. Nipomo won the team title with 227, six shots better than host Atascadero”s 233.
Kelseyville hits the road again on Monday to play in the San Leandro Invitational at the Tony Lema Golf Club. On Thursday, the Knights resume their CMC South schedule at Adobe Creek Golf Course in Petaluma, home of the St. Vincent Mustangs. Kelseyville leads the CMC South through one match.
