Marauders sweeps Mustangs
Monache High School volleyball extended their win streak to seven with a 3-0 road win over Tulare Western in Thursday’s East Yosemite League match. The Marauders won the sets 25-21, 25-21 and 25-22.
Monache’s Madisyn Baxter finished with 16 kills, two digs, two aces and one block. Hailey Kelly had 11 kills and eight digs. Libero Kristen Watson had 15 digs and two aces. Setter Gabby Cox had 34 assists, eight serving aces and 11 digs.
Monache (15-4, 3-0 EYL) travels to Porterville (1411-1) for an EYL match Monday at 6:30 p.m.
GIRLS GOLF
Mission Oak 261 Monache 309
Monache High School girls golf fell 261-309 to Mission Oak Thursday afternoon in an East Yosemite League match at River Island Country Club.
Scoring for the Marauders were Danielle Margosian with a 56, Rachel Clement with a 60, Judith Cordero with a 62, Kere Martinez with a 62 and Alondra Garcia with a 69. Also for Monache, Isabel Sutherland shot a 79.
“Lost to a very good Mission Oak team today,” MHS head coach Jake Winter said. “We did not play very well. However, this is the first time all season the girls did not improve or stay within two shots of previous best. That is dif-
for next year where Tiger will be squaring off with younger players who were inspired by him and attempted to fill the void. Whether it is in the spring or summer it is shaping up as a pretty dynamite season.”
NBC and Golf Channel have 30 hours of Ryder Cup coverage Friday through Sunday. Golf Channel will air Friday’s coverage and NBC will have Saturday and Sunday.
Justin Leonard was paired with Woods at the 1997 Ryder Cup and will be a part of NBC’S crew this weekend. Leonard said what he is looking forward to this weekend is seeing how Woods and Phil Mickelson work together on the same team.
“I don’t think we’ll see a Tiger-phil pairing, but it will be fascinating to watch how this unfolds, seeing how at the beginning of the year, we didn’t think either of these players would be on this team, and now here they are,” he said.
With Woods back in regular contention, Nantz is hoping that the spotlight will also spread to other players like it did when Woods was at his peak.
“Now that he is re-credentialed as a winner again, hopefully players that win tournaments where he competes will get recognized more,” Nantz said. “I’m excited for the game and next season because of the depth.”
Fox is hoping that the Tiger Effect will be at its best in June, when the U.S. Open returns to Pebble Beach. With the tournament being on the West Coast, that means most of the coverage will be in prime time in the Eastern and Central time zones.