DESERT OASIS
Head coach: Kelly Perryman, seventh season
Returning lettermen: Three
Top golfers: Syouta Wakisaka (Jr.)
Outlook: Wakisaka, a state qualifier, is back after averaging 79.8 strokes per round in league matches.
“We are still a young team,” said Perryman, who has only one senior and one junior, but five sophomores and two freshmen. “We expect Syouta to repeat and improve at state.”
Nevada high school state championships aren’t exclusive to just teams in the Silver State. Six out-of-state schools compete athletically for state titles against Nevada schools.
Andrew Hawk, who finished second at the Class 5A state tournament in 2022, birdied his final three holes to win one of the SNGA’s flagship events at Paiute Golf Resort.
Here is the 2023 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada boys golf team.
Bishop Gorman won by 27 strokes over second-place Shadow Ridge with a two-day score of 593 at Red Hawk Golf and Resort in Sparks.
State high school champions from the spring sports will be crowned this week across Nevada. Here’s a breakdown of the championship events.
The Durango boys golf team won the Class 4A state championship Thursday, the school’s second boys golf title, by 12 strokes over Las Vegas High.
Here is the 2022 Nevada Preps All-Southern Nevada boys golf team.
Coronado shot a second-day 19-over 307 for a two-day total of 27-over 603 to win the Class 5A boys state golf championship at Coyote Springs Golf Club in Moapa Valley.
The Las Vegas High boys golf team won the Class 4A championship by 54 strokes over runner-up Centennial. Doral Academy’s Bradley Bourn took the individual crown.
Bishop Gorman and Coronado tied for the Class 5A Southern Region golf title last week and are favored to win the state tournament, which begins Tuesday.
