The month is April, and there are only two months left of school. However, this means that spring sports teams are just halfway on their journey of a season, and one of those sports is Boys Varsity Golf. Like last year, Boys Varsity Golf is undefeated in League and is safe for a position in CIF. Golf is known to be one of the more successful teams of recent Apache history, as the team brought home a CIF championship last year.

Going into the new season, expectations are mostly the same. New addition freshman Justin Chen stated that “the goal is the same compared to last year: win CIF.” As one can see, aspirations for golf are extremely high, especially higher than people expected. Justin also stated that “although golf is an individual sport, high school golf has taught me that golf is a team sport as well”. This shows that the golf team is determined to stay together as a team and work to improve chemistry and confidence among one another.

Many hours after school are allotted to drills and practice that help with overall team development, which is part of the reason why our team is so successful.

Many other golfers have had similar positive experiences that they have taken from the new golf season apart from Justin. Sophomore Edward Wu explained that this new golf season “has sharpened my skills as a golf player”. As Edward is a tournament player, he uses the daily golf practices to help him stay locked in for the goal that is to be the best golf player that he can be.

Likewise, there has been a similar reception with other golfers on the team, but not memories strictly for the sport of golf itself. Junior Ricky Cen explained that “his favorite memories that he has made during the golf season was his ability to deadlift 400 pounds, which is a new personal best.” Ricky explained that these pride setting achievements have translated to the golf course, where he has performed at the highest level so far in his high school career. He also asserted that this Arcadia golf team “is the best team that we have had in a while”, which again shows the ambition and hunger that the team possess for this season. This is not only preached by Ricky, but also the rest of the members of the team.

Overall, Boys Varsity Golf is on the rise and is currently achieving great success with their current winning streak, as well as winning multiple tournaments. As they are looking to repeat their CIF winning performance, this displays their intent that they want to accomplish great things this season, as they want to repeat their feat as winners.