HIGH SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT: THEIR GAMES ARE BIG ENOUGH PREP LEAGUE DUO IS AMONG AREA'S BEST.Byline: Dave Shelburne Shelburne, town (1990 pop. 5,871) in Chittenden co., NW Vermont, 7 mi (11 km) S of Burlington on the banks of Lake Champlain. A popular resort, Shelburne is also a center for local lumber and dairy industries. Staff Writer There is no shortage of good competition in area boys' golf this season, and the battle for postseason berths is going to leave some exceptionally talented players out of a league championship or even the Southern Section individual playoffs. That was clear last week at the Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. tournament, when a 72-hole total of 2-over-par wasn't good enough to win and an average of 74.4 didn't even qualify for the postseason. It will be more of the same in Thursday's Foothill League individual finals at Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. Wilson, where only the top four finishers join the regular-season league scoring leader in postseason competition. The Foothill awards an automatic berth to its scoring leader in regular-season play that ends Wednesday at Griffith Park Harding, and a 72.0 average was good for only a share of that league lead entering this week. That level of high intensity is just business as usual in the Foothill and Marmonte leagues. Long the best two golf alignments in the area, they have produced eventual state amateur champions and PGA Tour The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USA's main professional golf tours. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. Its name is officially rendered in all caps as “PGA TOUR". players as well as numerous college starters. Much more unusual is the situation in the tiny Prep League. There, Viewpoint of Calabasas (310 students) and Flintridge Prep of La Canada Flintridge (300) not only have produced the past two individual league champions but bring them back for a rematch REMATCH Cardiology Clinical trials–Randomized Evaluation of Mechanical Assistance Therapy as an alternative in Congestive Heart failure–related to use of a portable, electric left ventricular-assist system–LVAS–eg, HeartMate® as seniors this week - with both headed for NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I programs on golf scholarships. Nick Geyer of Viewpoint, who shot par for his freshman season and won the league title with a round of 68 as a sophomore, has accepted a scholarship offer from the University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was founded in 1889. It also offers multiple bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs in all areas of the arts, sciences, and engineering. . UNLV-bound Brett Kanda, the latest in a remarkable run of top golfers at Flintridge Prep - which sent two others to the Division I college ranks in the past nine years - also is a four-year starter and upped the league ante by twice shooting 68 in winning last year's title. Geyer said their league rivalry Rivalry Robbery (See THIEVERY.) Rudeness (See COARSENESS.) Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane bully and show-off compete for Katrina’s hand. [Am. Lit. - an extension of their junior golf showdowns the past eight years - has helped both players improve. ``It's always fun to play him because I see him in almost every event I play outside of high school,'' Geyer said. ``It adds to our league.'' The rivalry has extended the recent high profile of their small but golf-rich league, which has sent past champions such as La Salle La Salle, city (1990 pop. 9,717), La Salle co., N Ill., on the Illinois River; settled 1830, inc. 1852. It forms a tricity unit with Peru and Oglesby. Corn, wheat, and soybeans are grown, and cattle and hogs are raised. of Pasadena's Blake Moore Moore, city (1990 pop. 40,761), Cleveland co., central Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma City; inc. 1887. Its manufactures include lightning- and surge-protection equipment, packaging for foods, and auto parts. (Colorado) and Flintridge Prep's Jeff Osborn (Tulane) and Russell Surber (Texas) to Division I schools on scholarship since 1997. ``We've played together since we were 10 or 11,'' Kanda said of his long competitive history with Geyer. ``It's a good rivalry and it could go either way. We want to beat each other, but we're able to talk about it afterward af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. Adv. 1. afterward - happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here .'' They could have something special to talk about this week if their expectations are realized in the 36-hole Prep League championship which concludes Thursday at Brookside Golf Course Brookside Golf is a multi-course golf facility located in Pasadena, California. The facility offers two courses, the longer C.W. Koiner Course (Course #1) and shorter E.O. Nay Course (Course #2). in Pasadena. Geyer, averaging less than a stroke over par this season, thinks it will take a total of six to seven strokes under par to win the two-round competition on Brookside's 6,046-yard, par-70 E.O. Nay course. ``You can do that on that course if you hit the right spots,'' he said. Kanda is looking to shoot a bit lower after finishing 6-under-par last year with his 68-68 effort on Brookside's E.O. Nay and 6,732-yard, par-72 C.W. Koiner courses. ``My goal is 8-10 under for the tournament,'' he said. ``That's not too out of reach the way I've been playing.'' No one in the area has scored better this season than Kanda, who is 9-under-par in his senior year. ``I've matured a lot this year,'' he said. ``My temperament temperament, in music, the altering of certain intervals from their acoustically correct values to provide a system of tuning whereby music can move from key to key without unacceptably impure sonorities. is better. I'm able to forget bad shots a lot quicker.'' Not that he has had that many bad shots in a season of high achievement and higher expectations. ``I want to win it all,'' Kanda said, speaking not just of league but Southern Section, Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, and state. ``It's my senior year, and that would be a great way to finish high school.'' High hopes, but his game is sound and he already has reached three section finals, one Southern California final and a U.S. Junior Amateur final. Geyer has yet to reach a section final, but he took a big step with his game last year when he qualified for the State Open. ``It was probably one of the best experiences I had,'' he said. ``To stand next to those guys who do this for a living, to see how I can almost keep up with them and to see how good they are.'' He expects another good experience Thursday, when he and Kanda conclude their league careers. No matter what happens, they'll have plenty to remember. Dave Shelburne, (818) 713-3609 dave.shelburne(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1) Nick Geyer of Viewpoint High, who will attend the University of New Mexico, won the Prep League golf title as a sophomore. (2) Flintridge Prep golfer Brett Kanda will compete at the Prep League championship in Pasadena. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer Box: QUALIFYING TOURNAMENTS |
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