Fear is what comes to mind when other teams face off against Argyle in any sport, particulary golf.  This is the first year that both the boys and girls golf teams will join each other at the state tournament on April 27th to 28th.  The girls team advanced to state with a 1 stroke victory over Carrollton Ranchview.  The first, second, and third place teams advance on to Austin.  Longview Spring Hill finished 1st with a two day total of 735,  Melissa finished 2nd with a two day total of 780, and Argyle finished 3rd with a two day total of 789, beating out Ranchview by one.  In addition, Marisa Roden place 7th overall in the regional tournament, Leyton King finished in the top ten.

This is the first time the girls team will join the boys team at the state tournament, and each player is excited to do so.

“I’m really excitied to be joining my brother at state this year,” junior Marisa Roden said.  “This is the first year we are going to state and I’m happy to be a part of the team.”

The girls wrapped up the regional tournament with their best team score of 789 for a two days.

“It’s a huge accomplishment for the girls golf program,” senior Leyton King said.  “Going to state proves our hard work and dedication during practice, as well as executing it during tournaments.”

In addition to the girls team, the Argyle boys Black and Red teams played in the regional golf tournament on Monday and Tuesday at Van Zandt Country Club in Canton, TX.  After two rounds of golf the Argyle Black team broke a school team scoring record (294) they had set back on March 28th, shooting a 4 over par team score of 292.  Argyle’s biggest competition, Pleasant Grove high school, was trailing by 8 strokes after the first round of play.  The Argyle Red team shot a first day total of 346, led by junior Troy Jones shooting his year low score of 80, eight over par.

The Red team came in on day two shooting their year low score of 329 led by junior Will Blake shooting his season low score of 77, five over par.  The Argyle Black team finished day two with a score of 291, a combined team score of 3 over par, and won the Regional tournament for the third year in a row over Pleasant Grove by 18 strokes.  The Black team completed the tournament with a combined two day score of 583, placing 1st, and the Red team finished with a score of 675, placing 7th out of 16 teams.

Compared to the district tournament, the Black team felt that overall they played the regional tournament better and had a greater group effort.

“I thought we played a lot better at regionals,” sophomore Parker Love said.  “Conditions were better at regionals and it was easier to score.  I didn’t play as well the second day, but overall it was a great group victory.”

For the fourth year in a row the Argyle Black team is headed to the state tournament.  Not only does this achievement mean a lot to the program, going to state again is a big personal boost as well.

“It means a lot to me personally,” junior Alex Isakson said.  “This is our fourth year to state, meaning that our program has been very successful, but we have yet to win state.  With that being said, I think this is the best five players so far and this is the year we will win it.”

The boys have dominated both the district and regional tournament for the past four years, but the team has set goals to execute at the state tournament also.

“A goal the team has talked about since regionals is breaking our new team score record of 291,” senior Lance Roden said.  “We would like to go into Austin and shoot in the 280’s. and we believe that we can achieve that milestone.  If we manage to do that there is no team at Austin that can compete with us.”