Congratulations to Sophomore Ava Wisinski for earning All State honors in MHSAA Division III Girls Golf and to Freshman Kelsey Preston for achieving All State Honorable Mention!!!  Ava’s All State distinction follows her Honorable Mention achievement last year.  13 student athletes in Division III achieved All State recognition with another 12 golfers earning Honorable Mention.

 

 

The Varsity Girls Golf Team also achieved Academic All State Team – this is the third time in four years the team has achieved this honor!

 

 

IT’S A GREAT DAY TO BE A COUGAR!!!

This past weekend the Catholic Central Varsity Girls Golf Team competed in the MHSAA Golf Finals at Forest Akers East Golf Course on the campus of Michigan State University.  The team battled some very difficult conditions on a challenging golf course, especially day 2 where temps started off in the upper 30's with strong winds throughout the day.

Morgan Armock (Sr), Katie Cook (Jr), Ava Wisinski (So), and Kelsey Preston (Fr) competed both Friday and Saturday, while Audrey Sokorai (Fr) participated on Friday and Margaret Deimel (Fr) played on Saturday for the Cougar golfers.

While the team came up just short in bringing home a State Championship, finishing the 2-day event in 5th place out of 18 teams, the Lady Cougars fought until the end with Ava Wisinski and Kelsey Preston finishing in the top 6 out of 115 golfers competing.  After day 1 Preston was sitting in 4th place while Wisinski was tied for 11th.  During Preston's opening round she carded an impressive 5 birdies enroute to finishing with a 76.  Wisinski's 73 on Saturday was the second-best score of the day out of all the golfers, just 1 shot behind the low score on day 2.  Wisinski would end up in a tie for 4th place, improving on her 7th place finish in 2021.  Preston's solid round on Saturday provided her with a tie for 6th place.

Head Coach Kim Napieralski and Assistant Coach Andy Grile wish our senior captains, Ava Soltysiak and Morgan Armock, all the very best after 4 years with us.  We will miss you both!  Thank you to all the parents who helped make this year a great success - your support has been outstanding, and we can't thank you enough for all you do for the CC golf program.  Thank you also to JV Head Coach Chad Bocian and Coach Tony Zoellner for your outstanding work with our Junior Varsity team who had an exceptional season, too.  The future looks bright and we can't wait until next year!!!

Thank you to ALL parents for their support of our players.  A large part of our success is due to the dedicated parents that have consistently provided for travel, lunches and coming out to watch the competitions.

This year's banquet provided a wonderful sendoff for our State Finals Team.  We sincerely hope some of you are able to come out and watch our players compete and support our team at MSU Forest Akers East! 

The MHSAA Division 3 Region 14 tournament was held today at Willow Wood Golf Course in Portland with the Lady Cougars finishing just 2 strokes out of first place in the 18 hole event.  CC finished with a team score of 341 behind South Christian's 339 and earned a spot in next week's Division 3 MHSAA Finals at the Forest Akers East Golf Course at Michigan State University.

All 5 lady golfers finished in the top 10 in today's event, led by Sophomore Ava Wisinski and Freshman Kelsey Preston finishing in a tie for 2nd place.  Senior Morgan Armock finished in 6th place, followed by freshman Margaret Deimel in 9th and Junior Katie Cook in 10th.

The MHSAA Finals next week will be a 2 day event on Friday and Saturday (10/14 & 10/15) with teams from across the lower peninsula playing 18 holes each day for the Division 3 title.

Pictured:  Assistant Varsity Coach Andy Grile, Ava Wisinski, Morgan Armock, Katie Cook, Margaret Deimel, Kelsey Preston, Head Coach Kim Napieralski

The OK Gold Conference Finals for girls varsity golf was held today at The Mines Golf Course in Walker with the Lady Cougars coming out on top in a tight match, beating South Christian by 5 strokes.  42 golfers from 8 schools competed in cold and blustery conditions on the 4,800 yard, par 70 course.

Sophomore Ava Wisinski paced the field with an outstanding round of 4 over par 74.  3 other CC golfers finished in the top 10 including Freshman Kelsey Preston (4th), Junior Katie Cook (7th) and Senior Morgan Armock (9th).  Senior Ava Soltysiak and Freshman Audrey Sokorai also battled the elements today, helping to bring the Conference championship to the Cougars.

Besides winning the Conference, the Cougars also celebrated All Conference honors for Ava Wisinski, Kelsey Preston, Morgan Armock and Katie Cook.

The team will compete in the MHSAA Regionals at the Willow Wood Golf Course in Portland next Wednesday, October 5th.

Pictured:  Head Coach Kim Napieralski, Ava Wisinski, Audrey Sokorai, Ava Soltysiak, Morgan Armock, Kelsey Preston, Katie Cook, Assistant Coach Andy Grile

The CC Varsity Girls Golf Team traveled to Montague today for the 18 hole Lady Wildcat Invitational at Old Channel Golf Course.  91 golfers from18 different teams from across Michigan competed and our Cougar golfers came out on top with a score of 339, outpacing Traverse City Central by 10 strokes and third place Ludington by 23 strokes.  Participating teams were allowed to play 5 players with the 4 lowest scores used to calculate the overall team score.

CC was led by Sophomore Ava Wisinski who tied for medalist honors (1st place) with a 4 over par 76.  Freshman Kelsey Preston finished tied for 7th with an 83, followed by Junior Katie Cook and Freshman Margaret Deimel both with 90, and Senior Morgan Armock at 97.

The team currently holds a slim lead over South Christian in Conference play with the OK Gold Conference Championship slated for Wednesday, September 28th at The Mines Golf Course.

On Friday (8/26) the CC Varsity Girls Golf team competed in the Big Rapids Lady Cardinal Invite at Katke Golf Course, finishing with a 1st place win!

• Head Coach Kim Napieralski and the varsity girls golf team competed against 10 other schools at Ferris State's Katke Golf Course today.
• This was an 18 hole invitational hosted by Big Rapids High School.
• The Cougars came out on top with a team score of 365, outpacing Division 1 Grand Ledge High School who finished with a 374.  Third place Whitehall scored 425.
• Sophomore Ava Wisinski carded a match low score of 77, 4 strokes better than second place.  Ava's performance was the best of the 68 total golfers who played.
• After Ava Wisinski's first place effort, the other Cougar golfers finishing in the top 16 included:
  • 7th Place:  Kelsey Preston (Fr) 90
  • T13th Place:  Ava Soltysiak (Sr) 99
  • T13th Place:  Katherine Mancinelli (So) 99
  • 15th Place:  Margaret Deimel (Fr) 100
  • 16th Place:  Sofia Piccione (Fr) 101

It's a great day to be a COUGAR!!

Pictured:  Head Coach Kim Napieralski, Ava Wisinski (So), Kelsey Preston (Fr), Morgan Armock (Sr), and Katie Cook (Jr).

On Thursday, August 18th, the CC Varsity Girls Golf Team participated in the Kent County Classic, held this year at Quail Ridge Golf Course in Ada.  17 different teams from across the region competed during the 18 hole event and our CC golfers finished with a very strong 2nd place finish behind Rockford High School.  Finishing behind CC included Byron Center, Sparta and South Christian - CC's finish was the top performance for D3 teams participating.

The Lady Cougars were paced by Sophomore Ava Wisinski and Freshman Kelsey Preston who both shot 78, finishing in a tie for 7th place out of the 90 golfers who participated.  Senior Morgan Armock had a strong showing with an 88, followed by very strong efforts by Junior Katie Cook with a 90 and Freshman Audrey Sokorai at 93.

Conference play begins this coming week with CC going up against the rest of the OK Gold at Egypt Valley Country Club on Wednesday, August 24th.

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A sincere thank you to everyone associated with this year's Cougar Toss Fore Golf event held at The CAT this past weekend.  We had a great turnout, but more importantly, the show of support for our student athletes was simply incredible and we can't thank you enough for all you have done over the years.

Over 80 participants competed in the double elimination event and in the end, the team of Ed Napieralski and Corey Tingley came out victorious, outlasting newcomers Tom VanBennekom and Craig McGoffin.  A great night of community and fellowship to celebrate the last two seasons of Cougar Golf that included:

MHSAA State Finals 5th place finish for the CC girls golf team and a 2nd place finish for the boys team.
MHSAA Academic All State for both teams.
All State recognition (including honorable mention) for the following:  Ava Wisinski, Kelsey Preston, Will Preston and Matthew Sokorai

All Conference recognition (including honorable mention) for the following:  Ava Wisinski, Kelsey Preston, Morgan Armock, Katie Cook, Will Preston, Matthew Sokorai, Luke Preston, and John Harmon

Thank you for all of your support!