CV blows by Hoover
Edgar Melik-Stepanyan
NORTHEAST GLENDALE -- This just becomes too predictable.
Too easy.
And too monotonous.
Does this sound familiar?
Another Hoover High-Crescenta Valley Pacific League boys’ golf match,
and, yet, once again, a Falcon victory, 210-255, Monday at Oakmont
Country Club -- running CV’s winning streak against its rival to too long
for anybody to remember.
Five CV players occupied the top five spots on the leaderboard as the
Falcons (14-5, 6-3 in league) had another tune-up before league finals
begin in three weeks.
Falcon Paul Young continued his resurgence from early-season
struggles, shooting a five-over-par 42 to share low-medalist honors with
senior teammate Brian Yi.
Young parred seven of the front nine holes, including the first three.
His only mishap came on the par-four seventh hole when he
quadruple-bogeyed.
“I think [my resurgence] is mostly mental because my swing hasn’t
changed that much,” Young said. “I’m concentrating on every shot.”
A work in progress is three-time defending league champion Michael
Park.
The CV senior has been struggling as of late -- shooting a 43 Monday
-- and according to Coach John Pehar, he has lost his focus.
“If the league finals were to be played right now, he would be an
underdog,” Pehar said. “It’s all up to him right now. It’s a mind game.”
But Pehar doesn’t doubt Park’s ability to play his best golf when he
has to.
“In the last two years, he was behind going into the final day of the
league finals,” Pehar said. “But he came back and played outstanding and
won the league title.
“If he did it then, I’m not counting him out now.”
Pehar would also like to see better production from Park’s teammates.
“They have a long way to go, but they are running out of time,” Pehar
said. “In terms of high school golf, it’s too late to develop.
“We’re three weeks away from league finals and they have to be playing
their best.”
Hoover (3-7, 2-5) -- which has three sophomores, a junior and two
seniors on its roster -- was led by Nash Tannarong’s 45. Sophomore
teammate Philip Kim carded a 48.
“I’m just trying to get these young kids to develop,” Tornado Coach
Marc Ward said.
BOX SCORE
Oakmont Country Club
(3,301 yards, par 37) Crescenta Valley 210
Hoover 255
LEADERBOARD
1. Brian Yi (CV)**42
1. Paul Young (CV)**42
3. Michael Park (CV)*43
3. Joe Agnone (CV)*43
5. Brent McKnight (CV)*44
6. Nash Tannarong (H)*45
7. Philip Kim (H)*48
8. Jeremy Wetherholt (H)*52
9. Jeff Lee (H)*54
10. Alan Morton (H)*56
*low medalist