Cardinal golfers shatter records

By Tom Obert
Cub Reporter

The boys golf team set all kinds of records by winning the Section 8AA championship. They shot a 589, the record 2-day low for any Alexandria golf team, with a 290 score on the second day, setting an all-time section record for one day (6 players compete for each team - the team score is based on the best 4 individual scores. That means on the day they shot a 290, the average score of the best 4 was 72.5 - UNBELIEVABLE! They didn't even have to use a 77!) The whole team (ranked No. 1 in the state) will play in the state tournament at Bunker Hills on June 6 & 7.

The girls softball team also had a fantastic week - they went to Brainerd and beat the conference champ Warriors TWICE to advance to the section championship this week against Willmar. The cub reporter and cub reporter-in-training are planning on providing on-site coverage. And the boys baseball team is at home the same day - we'll try to work all that in around the usual Thursday morning old farts golf league (where the cub reporter's game has gone in the proverbial toilet - meanwhile, long-time Alex golfing legend, Poik Weatherwax, has shot better than his age twice this year with rounds of 79 and 82, as reported by the Echo Press).

Finally, I am enclosing a photo of the cub reporter's all-time favorite team (the best team in the state that didn't recruit outside of its school district boundaries!) - with more individual photos to follow. Just to give some perspective - all-stater Abby Williams is the shortest player in the front row, one player to her right in the back row is 6' 1 1/2" Courtney Walsh.