This season the Eaton Rapids Boys Golf team is carrying 15 players. There are 6 Varsity, 6 Junior Varsity, and 3 developmental players. In the Lansing State Journal Prep Preview, the Hounds were projected to take 6th in the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Division. The golfers and their coaches feel they are capable of doing much better than that, and could take as high as 2nd.
The returning Varsity players are Matt Krakowiak ‘11, Conner McCreery ‘12, Shane Zimmer ‘12, and Jacob Malcangi ‘13. The team added two first year Varsity players in Ryan Tomlinson ’12 and Gavin Crawford ‘12. This year is the first year that the Hounds are experiencing a lot of depth throughout the entire varsity squad.
The team has been practicing since March 14th. However, they did not have their first outdoor practice until March 28th. This was a factor that hurt the Hounds but did not seem to effect them in their first scrimmage against Portland Branson Bay Columbia Road .
The players are looking forward to a successful season. “I feel that we can have a very good season, we just need to stay strong and play our best,” says Conner McCreery.
The Hounds first league match was played on April 19th at the Charlotte Country Club. They took 4th out of 6 teams in the jamboree format of play, and only lost to Charlotte
