Girls golf finishes third in WACC, competes in NCS

The CVHS girls golf team has wrapped up their season finishing strong in third place at the West Alameda County Conference (WACC) Championship Tournament, but getting 14th place in the North Coast Section (NCS) Tournament.

At WACC, Bishop O’Dowd secured first place out of seven schools with a team score of 422, with Alameda coming in second with 487. CVHS came in just two more strokes from second place with a score of 489.

The Trojans took two of the slots for the top ten individual golfers at the WACC Championship, with junior Mikhaela Macabeo at 83 points taking fourth and senior Kirin Wong with 98 taking tenth.

Unfortunately, the team did not place at NCS, earning 14th place out of 21 schools. This left some members of the team quite disappointed with their performance during their round.

“Overall, NCS for me personally was my worst round ever,” said Macabeo. “It was a huge learning experience, especially for me who had high hopes seeing how much our team had been practicing, but golf can be ‘weird’ and I guess I was just having one of those days where your mind just isn’t in the game, you’re tired, and your swing feels weird!”

This season also marks the final year for Wong and another senior, Rhain Villarosa. Wong and Villarosa were both long-time varsity players, playing for three and four varsity seasons respectively. With their time in the golf team allowing them to become integrated members of the team, they will be dearly missed.

On the other hand, freshman Liesel Reyes made her varsity debut this year, and is already showing steady improvement and strength this season.

“I feel pretty alright with how I placed in NCS. I didn’t play as good as I wanted to, but I feel like I improved much throughout the season, and it showed within my score,” Reyes, who had a total of 113 strokes at NCS, said.