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April 3, 2023
Cardenas moves on to regional golf
By Brady Keane
BHS coaching staff
The Bandera High School boys and girls golf teams competed at the District 27-4A tournaments last week and demonstrated significant progress over the two- day events to end the season on a positive note.
Despite a tough start Monday at The Buckhorn Golf Course in Comfort, the girls' team bounced back on Tuesday and impressively reduced their total score by 23 strokes.
The Lady Bulldogs finished just nine shots behind Canyon Lake, with junior Maryssa Fernandez tying for 17th place individually.
On the boys' side, the Bulldogs initially struggled as a team on Day 1, but stepped up their game on Day 2, improving by 55 strokes.
Jesse Cardenas led the way for Bandera shooting impressive back-to-back 75s to finish in a tie for fourth individually and securing a spot at the Class 4A Region IV golf tournament in Victoria at the Colony Creek Golf Course in two weeks.
The top regional golfers will advance to the Class 4A state golf tourn ament, set for May 22-23 at Legends Golf Course in Kingsland.
Bandera Girls team scoring: 488, 465 – 953
Individual scoring:
Maryssa Fernandez: 107, 111 – 218
Tessa Phillips: 123, 106 – 229
Isabella Chapa: 133, 117 – 250
Lillian D’Spain: 125, 131 – 256
Riley Teich: 145, 137 – 282
Bandera Boys team scoring: 463, 408 – 871
Individual scoring:
Jesse Cardenas: 75, 75 – 150
Josh Staples: 114, 102 – 216
Preston Tuma: 118, 104 – 222
Skyler Trevino: 137, 112 – 249
Alex Dirck: 137, 119 – 256
Bradin Carrales: 144, 137 – 281
Despite a tough start Monday at The Buckhorn Golf Course in Comfort, the girls' team bounced back on Tuesday and impressively reduced their total score by 23 strokes.
The Lady Bulldogs finished just nine shots behind Canyon Lake, with junior Maryssa Fernandez tying for 17th place individually.
On the boys' side, the Bulldogs initially struggled as a team on Day 1, but stepped up their game on Day 2, improving by 55 strokes.
Jesse Cardenas led the way for Bandera shooting impressive back-to-back 75s to finish in a tie for fourth individually and securing a spot at the Class 4A Region IV golf tournament in Victoria at the Colony Creek Golf Course in two weeks.
The top regional golfers will advance to the Class 4A state golf tourn ament, set for May 22-23 at Legends Golf Course in Kingsland.
Bandera Girls team scoring: 488, 465 – 953
Individual scoring:
Maryssa Fernandez: 107, 111 – 218
Tessa Phillips: 123, 106 – 229
Isabella Chapa: 133, 117 – 250
Lillian D’Spain: 125, 131 – 256
Riley Teich: 145, 137 – 282
Bandera Boys team scoring: 463, 408 – 871
Individual scoring:
Jesse Cardenas: 75, 75 – 150
Josh Staples: 114, 102 – 216
Preston Tuma: 118, 104 – 222
Skyler Trevino: 137, 112 – 249
Alex Dirck: 137, 119 – 256
Bradin Carrales: 144, 137 – 281