FOOOOOORRRRE!
The Lady Brickies were the first Hobart sport to compete this fall when they hosted the 19th Annual Hobart Invite at River Pointe Country Club on August 5th. Against the 7-team field, our girls collectively shot a 38 ... 5 strokes better than a year ago ... and tied for FIRST PLACE in the 9-hole scramble! Unfortunately, Bishop Noll won the tie-breaker based on comparable scores on the most difficult hole played, so the Warriors took home the championship plaque. Still, this was the BEST (... I say THE BEST) showing for the Bricks in the last decade!! Competing for the Brickies were seniors Lily Ullrich, Alexis Rachau & Olivia Postma, junior Makenzie Johnston, and sophomore Belle Zabrecky.
Bishop Noll has now won back-to-back Hobart Invite titles.
After nearly a week of practice where our girls got some WORK WORK WORK done, Hobart was back at it on Monday, August 11th, with a non-conference opener against the Portage Indians. A year ago, Portage bested our girls 226-260. This year, it was ALL BRICKIES!!!! Hobart dropped 30 STROKES from last Fall to shoot a team score of 230 and defeat the Indians by 7 strokes (230-237)!! WOW!!! Ullrich led the way with a team-best score of 50 with Johnston (54), Zabrecky (56) and Postma (70) rounding out the varsity scores!!
On Friday, August 15th, the Brickies were at River Pointe for the Northwest Crossroads Conference opener against powerhouse Kankakee Valley. After picking up the "W" against Portage with a terrific team score of 230, our girls were even better against the Kougars! Hobart traversed the course in just 218 strokes (...only 2 shy of their team goal of 216) - HOLY COW THAT'S A GREAT SCORE!! Freshman newcomer Corrine Oswald earned medalist honors for the Bricks with a 48 in her first ever varsity match - including a par on hole #1! Backing her up were Ullrich (52), Johnston (56) and junior Marisa Salamanca (62)! Unfortunately, KV was also firing on all cylinders and needed just 195 strokes to earn the win.
For some perspective, our Brickies closed the gap on KV by 53 strokes compared to last year! UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Three more meets dotted the golfing landscape this past week! :)
On Monday, the Brickies traveled to Valparaiso to face both the host Vikings and the Highland Trojans in a double-dual match @ Forest Park Golf Course. Valparaiso looked strong on their home course in firing a team score of 184 to pick up the victory. Hobart was next into the clubhouse with another fantastic score of 222 ... defeating Highland by 32 strokes (222-254)!! YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOOOOOAAARRD ... YESSS!!! The top scorers for the Bricks were Oswald (50), Ullrich & Zabrecky (56) and Johnston (60)!
On Wednesday, the destination was Wicker Park to face the Highland Trojans for the 2nd time in 3 days. The host Trojans improved their score from Monday by 17 strokes to sign their card with a team total of 237. Fortunately, our Brickies hit just enough fairways and made just enough puts to hold them off and earn a close 231-237 CONFERENCE VICTORY!!! Ullrich showed her senior experience with a team-best 50 and had Oswald, Salamanca & Johnston backing her up in the win!
Friday afternoon featured another key NCC matchup ... this time against the Andrean 59ers. Our girls showed consistency once again with a team score of 230! Lily Ullrich, Makenzie Johnston and junior Sidney Kemp all made pars with Ullrich once again earning medalist honors with a team-best 51 ... and Johnston even scored a birdie!! Once the scorecards were turned it, they added up to ANOTHER BRICKIE VICTORY!!! Our girls outdistanced Andrean 230-247 and earned our first W over the '9ers since 2019!! WOW!!
Unfortunately, the '9ers navigated the 9-hole course with a 208 and left town with a victory. Ullrich led the way for Hobart with a team-best 59 in the loss.
Hobart is currently 4-2 on the year and off to a 2-1 start in NCC play!! Our girls will be back in action three times over the next 5 days. LET'S GOOOOOOOO! YOU CAN DO THIS LADIES!!
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