CHS Golf Teams Play Well in Lovington, Ruidoso

kmarksteiner0
Apr 18
3 min read

Updated: Apr 19

By Don Eskins

Each week, the Cavemen and Cavegirl golf teams continue to show improvement. Such was the case for both squads who competed at the Black/Murphy Invitational in Lovington on Thursday, April 10, and Ruidoso's Leroy Gooch Invite on Monday and Tuesday, April 14-15.

In Lovington, the Cavegirls, behind sophomore Averee Padilla's 87, placed third with a team score of 387. The boys, behind Chevy Thompson's 84, placed fourth with a 351.

"Lovington's course is pretty tough. Although the greens there are among some of the best in the state, they're small and fast, which caused our kids a few problems adjusting to the speed," said CHS head golf coach Brian Jones. "However, it was a great learning experience for our kids and should prove to be invaluable to them on down the road.

"We did have a couple of things to really celebrate, though. Averee Padilla's 87 and Anthony Hernandez's 88 were personal bests," he said. "The kids are doing a great job of getting their scores down. When we can get them all doing that at the same time, we'll be very competitive."

Leroy Gooch Invitational

On Monday, April 14, and Tuesday, April 15, the Cavemen and Cavegirls placed fifth in two separate tournaments at the Leroy Gooch Invitational.

On April 14, led by Lindsey Carter's 85, the Cavegirls posted a 364. On April 15, paced by Averee Padilla's 89, the CHS girls carded a 365.

The Cavemen, led by Chevy Thompson's 81, posted a 344 on April 14. On April 15, behind Robbie Rodriguez's 79, they carded a 330.

"Mountain golf is a little different than our kids are used to. The air is a lot thinner," said coach Jones. "Although we got off to a pretty rough start, after a few holes, they all settled down to play some pretty good golf the rest of the way.

"Our boys played well. On our second day of competition, Robbie Rodriguez carded a personal best of 79, while Anthony Hernandez and Chevy Thompson tied their personal bests of 81," he said. "It was an awesome day of golf for the boys. They're finally beginning to come together.

"As for our girls, they had a few troubles on the greens. But the mistakes they made are correctable," said the CHS coach. "They're getting closer and closer to having everybody score in the 80's. That's what we've been hoping for all season long. As with the boys, they're beginning to come together as a team. Right now, Cavemen and Cavegirl golf is looking very good."

On Monday and Tuesday, April 21-22, Carlsbad High's linksters will compete in Roswell.CHS Scorecards:Ruidoso, Day 1Monday, April 14 Cavegirls: 8- Lindsey Carter 85, 18- Averee Padilla 90, 23- Haddi May 94, 24-Hailey Carter 95; Team Scores: 1. Lovington 327, 2. Alamogordo 335, 3. Socorro 342, 4. Deming 350, 5. Carlsbad 364, 6. Texico 424, 7. Mescalero Apache 444, 8. Ruidoso 448, -Belen +46.

Cavemen:15- Chevy Thompson 81, 21- Robbie Rodriguez 85, 23- Jeremiah Raney 86, 28- Anthony Hernandez 92, 32- Rev Valenzuela 93; Team Scores:1. Deming 302, 2. Lovington 305, 3. Alamogordo 308, 4. Socorro 310, 5. Carlsbad 344, 6. Dexter 362, 7. Belen 364, 8. Mescalero Apache 376, 9. Ruidoso 379.

Ruidoso, Day 2 Tuesday, April 15Cavegirls:14- Averee Padilla 89, 19- Haddi May 91, 22- Lindsey Carter 92, 23- Hailey Carter 93; Team Scores:1. Alamogordo 313, 2. Lovington 326, 3. Socorro 355, 4.Deming 364, 5. Carlsbad 365, 6. Texico 407, 7. Belen 420, 8. Ruidoso 468, - Dexter +57, -Mescalero Apache +107.

Cavemen:12- Robbie Rodriguez 79, T15- Chevy Thompson 81, T15- Anthony Hernandez 81, 30- Jeremiah Raney 89, 33- Rev Valenzuela 90; Team Scores: T1. Alamogordo 300, T2. Deming 300, T3. Socorro 318, T3. Lovington 318, 5. Carlsbad 330, 6. Belen 333, 7. Dexter 358, 8. Ruidoso 371, 9. Mescalero Apache 378.

@ LovingtonThursday- April 10Cavegirls4- Averee Padilla 87, 11- Lindsey Carter 94, 19- Haddi May 101, 22- Hailey Carter 105; Team Scores: 1. Lovington 335, 2. Goddard 386, 3. Carlsbad 387, 4. Artesia 395, 5. Gateway Christian 400, 6. Hobbs 403, 7. Clovis Christian 477. - Tatum +33, - Portales +68.

Cavemen:14- Chevy Thompson 84, 15- Rev Valenzuela 85, 21- Anthony Hernandez 88, 24- Robbie Rodriguez 94, 26- Jeremiah Raney 96; Team Scores: 1. Artesia 317, 2. Lovington 319, 3. Goddard 323, T4. Carlsbad 351, T4. NMMI 351, - Gateway Christian +38, -Portales +58, -Tucumcari +64.