The South East entries swept the gold medals at the Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association’s provincial golf tournament, which was contested Friday and Saturday at the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Course.
And it was golfers from the Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) who were particularly dominant.
In the boys team event, Team South East finished first with a 436 total. They shot a 211 in the first round and a 225 in the second. North Central was second with a 485 and South West was third with a 491.
The South East entry was comprised of Chase Gedak and Jayden Dudas of ECS, Theoren West of Wawota School and Darien Herlick of the Weyburn Comprehensive School.
Gedak also won the gold medal in the boys singles event. He shot a 74 in the second round to finish with a two-day total of 143, 11 better than Dudas (74-80).
Both students are in Grade 12. Both students have won three provincial team titles during their time with the ECS golf program.
Gaige Balkins of the South West entry was third with a 155, and West was fourth at 158.
Herlick finished tied for 10th with a 167.
Other ECS golfers competing were Drew Fenwick, who finished tied for 10th with a 167, and Ryan Chernoff who was 30th with a 181.
In the girls team division, the South East finished first with a two-day total of 371 (182-189) in a very close race for top spot. Battle West was second at 372 and Horizon Central was third with 373.
Members of the South East entry were Maddy Berry of Moosomin, Jade Krainyk of Redvers, Hallie Bourassa of Radville and Kaysha Turner of Carlyle.
Lauren Fox of Team North East won the individual girls gold medal with a 160, followed by Autumn Neiszner of Regina with a 163.
Eighty-seven golfers from across the province competed in the tournament.
For the first time, teams were based on region rather than school, which meant that students from ECS were on a team with other southeast golfers. A couple extra Elecs golfers were entered because ECS was the host school.
The next edition of the Mercury will have more on this story.
