What a difference a year makes.
Last fall, Cardinal lost to rival Berkshire by 28 strokes. On Wednesday, the Huskies again came up short, but this time they fell to the Badgers, 190-191, at Pleasant Hills, Berkshire’s home course.
The Huskies had struggled to score under 200 as a team but now have done it several times this season.
“The kids have busted through that 200 mark,” said Cardinal coach Glenn Travers. “We couldn’t bust through that with a sledgehammer last year and now we’re there. It feels good to hang around and compete. We’ll get there. Just have to knock a couple strokes off here and there.”
Berkshire’s Forrest Kuchling won medalist honors with a 40 while Cole Crea shot 49, Caden Neumore finished with a 50 and Tim Pillot came in with a 51 for the Badgers.
“I think both teams would admit they could’ve played much better,” said Berkshire coach Dave List. “Sometimes you just have to grind one out and that’s what we did today. It’s always nice to get a win against your rivals though.”
Jonathan Heredos led Cardinal with a 44. Virginia Travers came in with a 46 while Anthony Sinito and Kevin Hammitt finished with a 49 and 52, respectively.
“That was a tough one,” Coach Travers said. “Everybody left strokes out there and each one of the kids were, ‘I could have done this or I could have done that,’ but they threw their best score down. You can’t blame yourself. That’s just golf. You throw your best round out and that’s what it is.”
Heredos played particularly well against the Badgers.
“He finished strong,” Travers said. “He finished with a birdie, par, par. He was just feeling it. It was nice to see the confidence level with him. He’s swinging the club well. He sunk a real nice putt on No. 8 that was probably 12 feet and his last birdie putt was about five feet. It was a real strong finish by him. It was good to see him get stronger as the day went on.”
