Garfield vs Franklin Recap
Jack Jassy
The Garfield golf team took on Franklin High School on March 15th, 2021 aiming to improve to 2-1-1. They successfully achieved that goal as Garfield beat Franklin 97-73.
The matchup started out close as Garfield’s top two players only beat Franklin’s top two by 7 points, but it got better for Garfield as more scores came in. The rest of Garfield’s team outscored Franklin by 17 points leading to a 24 point margin. Garfield’s scoring was led by Jack Theiss who had a 24 point (three over par) performance, followed by Griffin Thoreson with 19 points. Ian Wiltamuth, Hiroshi Koda, Jack Jassy, and Jackson Schlemmer all had solid rounds too with 17,15,13, and 9 points respectively.
Last year, Garfield beat Franklin 116-89 and with Franklin putting up 89 points a year ago, it was not clear that this year’s match would be a win for Garfield. However, Franklin’s 72 points fell short of that mark and paved the way for a comfortable Garfield win at Jefferson Park. On March 18th, Garfield will face O’Dea for the second time this season hoping to have a closer match than their last meeting: O’Dea 128-81 over Garfield.
The matchup started out close as Garfield’s top two players only beat Franklin’s top two by 7 points, but it got better for Garfield as more scores came in. The rest of Garfield’s team outscored Franklin by 17 points leading to a 24 point margin. Garfield’s scoring was led by Jack Theiss who had a 24 point (three over par) performance, followed by Griffin Thoreson with 19 points. Ian Wiltamuth, Hiroshi Koda, Jack Jassy, and Jackson Schlemmer all had solid rounds too with 17,15,13, and 9 points respectively.
Last year, Garfield beat Franklin 116-89 and with Franklin putting up 89 points a year ago, it was not clear that this year’s match would be a win for Garfield. However, Franklin’s 72 points fell short of that mark and paved the way for a comfortable Garfield win at Jefferson Park. On March 18th, Garfield will face O’Dea for the second time this season hoping to have a closer match than their last meeting: O’Dea 128-81 over Garfield.