One BHS sport quietly finished the fall sport’s season with an incredible record and a player representing the team at the state individual tournament.

The BHS Varsity Golf team finished its regular season schedule with nine wins and one loss. Head Coach Guy Gagnon considers this year’s team to be one of the best he has coached.

“It was definitely the most talented group as a whole,” said Gagnon. “Probably the best group off the course as well.”

While the team finished 9-1, they did not qualify as a team for the state tournament. The team did improve on last year’s team.

“We did improve our position and score from last year by a lot,” said Gagnon. “Jason Vadnais shot a nice score of 78 which qualified him for states.”

Seniors Jason Vadnais and Kerry Crepeau were the top two seniors in the Tigers lineup this season.

“What made this team really good was having four seniors in the starting lineup,” said Vadnais. “We just wanted to win every match. We all tried very hard this season.”

Golf isn’t an easy sport for teammates to help each other out in because of the skill and technique which require experience to learn.

“Every swing is different,” said Crepeau. “The coaches were the ones who worked on that the most. A lot of the time we’d [the players] go to the range and try to find something that would work.”

Upperclassmen weren’t the only ones starting for the team this season, there were also two underclassmen that cracked the Tigers starting lineup. Sophomore Logan Magnant explains what it is like to play for the team.

“It was a great experience to have started as a sophomore,” said Magnant. “We had a great a great record and a lot of skill this year, which made this year very fun.”

For the upperclassmen, like Vadnais, being the person the underclassmen looked up to gave them a sense of responsibility to do the best they could all season.

“Being the best on the team is a big responsibility,” said Vadnais. “Every underclassmen looks up to you to shoot the lowest every match and show them how good they can become one day.”

Some of the best things about this season for the players came from having a coach who helped them improve their game everyday.

“It was a great year all around and I couldn’t thank coach Guy Gagnon enough,” said Magnant. “He made it fun and enjoyable which was great.”

The team’s record was one of the most under-the-radar moments of the fall sports season so far. This happened because the team was focused on the game and having fun – not flaunting their sport.

“Going 9-1 didn’t really change our team on or off the course because we all take golf as a sport for fun,” said Crepeau. “This made it more fun to go to the course.”

The only loss of the season for the Tigers came at an away match to Marshwood during the middle of the season.

“It was our worst score all year,”  said Gagnon. “If we had played our normal game we would have beat out Marshwood for the SMAA division.”

This team became one of the most successful for BHS in the past few years because of a depth in talent at all levels of the team.

“This is our best golf team yet,” said Crepeau. “In the past, we haven’t been very deep [talent wise] and relied on a few players to win matches. This year even if a few people lost the bottom would win their matches which took the pressure off.”

With this season in the books, starting-underclassmen like Logan Magnant, look to future success.

“I am hoping we can continue on this success next year as well.”