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4/7/2009 The Boys and Girls District tournament took place yesterday in cold and windy conditions at Lions Municipal Golf Course in Austin. The Tiger and Lady Tigers golf teams had an excellent showing. The Varsity Boys placed 1st overall as a Team and advanced to Regionals in San Antonio on April 21-22. Leading the way for the Tigers was Sophomore Jake Simmons who placed second with a team best 2 over par round of 73. Senior Mitchell Griffin Placed 3rd individually with a round of 76. Other contributers to the Varsity were James Schenk with a 79. Joel Gabaldon with a round of 80 and Travis Poole with a round of 85. The Tigers team total of 308 bested the second place team McCallum High School's total of 320.

The JV golf team had their best round of the year and managed to Place 3rd as a team. Sophomore Will Henderson's season best round of 81 qualified him for Regionals as an individual.

The Varsity Girls golf team also performed very will and placed 3rd as a team. McKena Hagemann and Grace Elliot qualified for Regionals with personal best rounds of golf.

3/3/2009 The Dripping Springs Tiger Varsity and JV Golf Teams competed this week at the San Marcos HIgh School Invitational. The Tigers shook off a slow start to claw its way back into second place as a team with a score of 320. The Varsity Tigers were led by Sophomore Jake Simmons' 78 and James Schenk's 79. Senior Mitchell Griffin shot an 81 and fellow Senior Travis Poole, straight from the Basketball course to the Golf Course, looked a little rusty with a 91. Junior Joel Gabaldon shot a 82. The JV had their best outing of the year posting a team score of 350. The JV Tigers and Lady Tigers take their game to Wimberley next Monday March 9 to compete in the Wimberley HIgh School Invitational. The Varsity Boys will compete next Thursday March 12 in the Burnet High School Invitational.

2/19/2009 The clouds parted just in time yesterday for the Varsity Tiger Golf Team to Dominate yet another golf Tournament this year. The Tigers competed in a extremely challenging course in Bastrop called Wolfdancer. The day was a grind for all competitors, however the Tigers came out of this day with another Team Victory. The Tigers shot a Team Total of 321.

MItchell Griffin is to have the Tournament named after him next year for dominating the medals, Mitchell place 2nd overall with a round of 76. Mitchell also won 2 of the 4 closest to the pin contests during the tournament. Jake Simmons posted a 79, good enough for 5th place.

CONGRATULATIONS to senior Jeremy Graves on advancing to the Region IV Golf Tournament. Jeremy shot an average 75 at the District Tournament, with a total 225 for the 3 rounds.

As a team DSHS may have scored the lowest in DSHS history at a district tournament with a total 937 for the 3 rounds - an individual average of 78 per round. Records are being checked to see if this is, indeed, a record.

Last year's regional qualifier, Mitchell Griffin, a junior, just missed out advancing by one stroke. We look forward to seeing Mitchell and the rest of the golf team next year.