HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE — Coastal Mountain Conference South golf leader Middletown made the most of the home course advantage Thursday afternoon, beating its other five conference opponents during play at the par-72 Hidden Valley Lake Golf Course.
“In a league that’s probably going down to the final match, Middletown held serve,” Kelseyville head coach John Berry said of the Mustangs’ second conference win this season. “They were on their home course and they needed to win.”
Middletown finished with a score of 386 (the combined total of its four lowest individual rounds) to St. Helena’ 390, Clear Lake’s 414, Kelseyville’s 432, Credo’s 457 and Technology’s 459. The Mustangs improved to a conference-best 17-3. Clear Lake and St. Helena are tied for second with 14-6.
Low individual honors went to Middletown’s Austin Pritchard with a 6-over-par 78 that featured one birdie. Kelseyville’s Cory Holt finished at 82, also with one birdie.
“That was a really good round for Pritchard and it was a solid round for Holt,” Berry said.
The next lowest round in the field went to Technology’s Sebastian Holt with 92. Josh Anders led St. Helena with a 94 while Clear Lake’s Miles Mattina and Nathon Lopez carded rounds of 97 and 99, respectively.
“The course played tough,” Berry said of the 18-hole Hidden Valley Lake layout.
Golfers enjoyed perfect spring weather with temperatures in the low 80s. They completed their round in five hours, which Berry called an accomplishment.
“And Hidden Valley rolled out the red carpet for us,” Berry said of the course’s staff.
The CMC South golfers are back in action next Thursday at Adams Springs Golf Course on Cobb Mountain, Kelseyville’s home course. The following week (Wednesday, May 5) the South returns to Hidden Valley Lake.
