By Susan Jenior

Staff Writer

The Southeast Pirates traveled to Lisbon to play their first Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference match of the season and it was one to remember.

Beating Crestview (141-161) to set a new school record for the lowest nine-hole score in program history. The team’s 141 was a 1-over-par for the entire group.

Southeast senior James Morgan shot a school-record 31 on Monday, finishing 4-under-par.
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Leading the way, James Morgan set his own school record, firing a tremendous 4-under 31 to set a new individual school-record score.

The rest of the team had scores to be proud of, too, for the Pirates: Cole Bruno 38, Ethan Shodd 37, and Owen Dombroski 35, with Alex Peelish adding a 41 and Shade Stevens a 44.

“I couldn’t be more proud of this team,” said Mike Jenior, coach of the Pirates. “There have been a lot of great Pirate golf teams over the years so this score speaks volumes about the capabilities of this group. We are honestly feel like we are just getting started.

“James’ score today was tremendous, but if you ask him, he will tell you he left a few strokes out there, which says a lot about his ambition,” said the coach. “He is always pushing himself harder, and he lifts the entire team trough his focus and drive. He is our leader, not only by score, but through example every time he walks on the course.”

Southeast travels Tuesday to the Springfield hosted Northeast Ohio Invitational at Good Park Golf Course in Akron.

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While James Morgan was leading the Southeast boys to its first record-setting victory, the Southeast girls were playing in the Hudson Lady Explorer Invitational at Lake Forest Country Club, where Morgan’s sister, Sammy, led her team to a fourth-place finish among an outstanding field.

Morgan played her way to the runner-up medalist spot.

She shot a 79 against a talented field, finishing just three strokes behind medalist Elizabeth Pollock of Chagrin Falls.

Southeast shot a 382 total as a team and placed fourth overall behind champions Lake, third-place Revere and runners-up Kent Roosevelt.

The Rough Riders had a great day on the course, shooting a 360, which was only five strokes behind the title won by the Blue Streaks.

Senior Adrianna Mineo earned her way onto the All-Tournament Team by finishing in the top five, carding an 85.

Roosevelt’s golfers included Coco Golden (94), Brooke Beatty (91), Kate Ennemoser (90) and Kaila Kovolyan (95).

Cindy Fesemyer, coach of the Pirates was proud of her team.

“Sammy’s hard work is paying off. She played a very tough course with poise and confidence,” said Fesemyer about Morgan.

“As for our team, we have some work to do Bright spot, we improved our score from last year. We just need to keep moving forward,” concluded Fesemyer.

In addition to Morgan’s runner-up medalist performance, Southeast golfers included Aubree Varga 111, Jessica Mix 101, Emily Morrison 103 and Jennifer Mix 99.

Rootstown also competed at Hudson finishing 17th, with Morgan Giebel leading the team with a 106.