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  • Skyline Summer Golf Lessons

    Nick Vavoudis|Jun 27, 2024

    This summer Skyline Golf Course will be hosting summer golf lessons for middle school and high school kids of any skill level. Skyline Golf Course has been generous to provide the High School coaching staff with their facility for us to teach golf to the area youngsters for FREE. Additionally, as a commitment to area youngsters that want to further their golf playing careers, all the golfers that come through the Junior training program and gravitate to the High School golf team are given playing privileges to play until the end of their...

  • Mules 2nd in district golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|May 6, 2021

    The Mule Train threw a wheel last week, and the Adna Pirates took advantage of the opportunity to capture their first District IV championship at 3 Rivers Golf Course and took the traveling trophy home for the remainder of 2021. Braeden Salme led the Pirates, capturing the gold medal shooting an 86. Todd Tabor, Kalama, shot 87 for a silver medal, and Mule Brody Carlson captured the bronze medal with a 90. Adna's Aaron Aselton came in 4th at 93, and Logan LaBerge, Wahkiakum, came in 5th with a...

  • WHS Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|Apr 22, 2021

    April 20 at Adna: The Adna Pirates sailed in to their home port--Riverside Golf Course--in Chehalis and stole the league championship from the Wahkiakum Mules by six strokes 194-200. It was a close match from beginning to end as the Mules opened with their 1-2 kick as Brody Carlson carded the medalist round of 42 while Logan LaBerge tied with Pirate’s leader Braeden Salme at 44 for second place. Pirates number two player Andrew Grim came in with a 55, so the Mules had an early lead as the first few groups posted scores. That was pretty much the...

  • WHS Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|Apr 15, 2021

    Freshman Avery Wiltse-Hiatt spent her spring break playing three rounds of golf in Arizona, and it paid off as she led the Wahkiakum Mules boys golf team to victory with a 49, finishing fourth in a five-team, 16-person golf match at Newaukum Valley Golf Course in Chehalis on April 12. North Beach’s Maverick Ashe and Columbia Adventist’s Breiden Ermshar shared medalist honors, both posting a 44. Winlock’s Joe Welch shot 48 for third, Mules Kaleo Silva and Braxton Johns tied for fifth shooting 51. The Mules moved their season record to 12-1,...

  • WHS Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|Apr 8, 2021

    The travel weary Wahkiakum Mules golf team was in dire need of some home cooking and good weather, and they had it at their March 24 match at Skyline Golf Course. Conditions were perfect, 65 degrees with a soft breeze. The thought was the first group with Wahkiakum’s Logan LaBerge and Toutle Lake’s Zach Swanson would duke it out for first place. The battle ensued with LaBerge parring the first 4 holes and building a five stroke lead, not knowing that Wahkiakum’s number two player Kaleo Silva was staking his own claim by finishing second, shoot...

  • WHS Mules Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|Apr 1, 2021

    The Wahkiakum Mules golf team last week traveled to Chehalis where the host Adna Pirates handed the Mules their first loss of the season, 215-231. The Mules picked up two wins with the loss as both Toutle Lake and Winlock fielded incomplete appearances. Mule Logan LaBerge had an off day but still managed to card a 46 securing first place by three strokes over Adna’s Braeden Salme. Mule freshman Avery Wiltse-Hiatt, who shot 59, was the only girl in the 14-player event and finished seventh in the match. We needed her to complete the team of s...

  • Mules finish 3rd in state golf tourney

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|May 30, 2019

    The 2019 Wahkiakum Mules Golf Team hung on to the third place position they established on day one and won the third place state championship trophy to establish themselves as the best golf team in Wahkiakum school history. Captain Tyler St. Onge, who was within one stroke of the lead after 17 holes on day one and then within two strokes of second place on day two after nine holes, ran into a string of bogies between holes 12-15 and ultimately had to settle for the sixth place medal, shooting 157. Sophomore Logan LaBerge shot 43/43 for an 86 on...

  • Mules claim 3rd place at state golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|May 23, 2019

    Day 1 The Wahkiakum Mule golf team’s top two golfers from the district championship survived the first day cut at state tournament Tuesday among the top 20 players plus ties and have positioned themselves to capture a team trophy on day two Wednesday. Junior Tyler St. Onge shot a sensational 76 and tied for fourth, just three strokes off the lead held by the two time state champion, junior Blake Kukula of Ilwaco. Sophomore Logan LaBerge carded an 83, a personal best 18 hole score at Tumwater Valley Golf Course. Senior Zach Johnston missed t...

  • Mules 2nd at district golf, head to state tournament

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|May 16, 2019

    The 2019 league champion Wahkiakum Mules failed to retain the district championship trophy and now will have to set their sights on a possible state trophy. Life Christian shot 72.5 to claim the district title. Wahkiakum had 63, Ilwaco 53.5, Kalama 22 and Adna 6. Three Mules punched their ticket to State: Tyler St. Onge shot 168 as individual runner-up; Logan LaBerge 178 for fifth place, and Zach Johnston hit 180 and finished sixth. Finishing 14th out of 30 places but not qualifying for state was William Guitron, 201, scoring seven team points...

  • WHS Mule Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|May 2, 2019

    A Story of two nines: The Mules Golf Team had two nine hole matches scheduled as an away match at Tumwater Valley GC against Life Christian Academy thinking they could save some class time and driving time. The front nine cost the Mules their first loss of the season in a nine-hole match losing 192 to 188. Tyler St. Onge was medalist with a 39, but the rest of the team struggled to shoot their normal scores. Zach Johnston shot 48, Logan LaBerge 51, Elijah Doiron 54, Braxton Johns, 56 and Joseph Savelio 57. The 192 total was a disappointing...

  • WHS Mule Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|Apr 25, 2019

    April 18 was a beautiful calm day on a relatively dry Riverside golf course and the Mules used the opportunity to up their intra-conference record to 7-0 with a 179-213 score over Adna High School. The course was in great shape, but the Mules found the fairways to be tighter than expected and struggled to shoot their usual scores. Nevertheless Tyler St. Onge medaled with a solid 39. The Mules swept the top three places with Victor Hummer in second with 42 and Valente Guitron in third with 47. The usually steady players Zach Johnston and Logan L...

  • WHS Mule Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|Apr 18, 2019

    On April 11, the Wahkiakum Mule golf team missed the four-man school record score of 160 by three strokes while posting a 163 at Mint Valley GC, home of Three Rivers Christian, who posted 230. Completing the three-team match also was visiting North Beach, 229. The weather was a steady rain that resulted in casual water on the fairway, greens and in the sand bunkers. The Mules seemed to ignore the wet conditions, instead focusing on improving their four-man total of 172 posted at home on Tuesday...

  • WHS Mule Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|Apr 11, 2019

    After opening the season with a disappointing 186, the Mules golf team took advantage of some home cooking to turn in a four-ball score of 172 against North Beach who posted an incomplete with just 3 players Tuesday at Skyline Golf Course, Cathlamet. Tyler St Onge was medalist with a 36 on a rainy and windy day. The rest of the Mules all shot in the 40’s. Zach Johnston finished second with a 44; Victor Hummer and Joseph Savelio each posted 46; Elijah Doiron shot 47, and Logan LaBerge rounded out the card with a 49. This is a deep squad with s...

  • Mule Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|Apr 4, 2019

    The Wahkiakum Mule golf team last week opened the 2019 season with a solid four player total of 186 over Life Christian Academy’s 213. The match was played at a neutral site, Tumwater Valley Golf Club, where 2B Central Districts and the 1B/2B State Championship will be played in May. Mule Junior Tyler St. Onge medaled with 42 followed by classmate Victor Hummer’s 45 and senior Zach Johnston’s 48. Also completing the round was sophomore Logan LaBerge 51, junior Joseph Savelio 52 and junior Elijah Doiron 55. LCA’s Aramis Jang, an eighth grader,...

  • Mule golfers win district title, head to state tournament

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|May 24, 2018

    The Wahkiakum Mules recaptured the District Championship Trophy for the first time since 2013 and for the 7th time since their inception in 2007. More importantly--for the first time since golf program power houses Ilwaco and Life Christian Academy have dropped down from Class 1A to Class 2B, a significant accomplishment for Mules’ golf. Returning state champion Blake Kukula of Ilwaco three-peated his district title, shooting 75 81 for a total 156. However Mule Tyler St. Onge shot 77 on day two to finish ahead of Kukula, another significant a...

  • WHS Mule Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|Apr 19, 2018

    Wahkiakum Mules golfers enjoyed some home cooking while extending their intra-conference nine-hole match record to 7-0 beating North Beach 169-262 on Tuesday at Skyline Golf Course, Cathlamet. Tyler St. Onge tied Bryce Good for medalist, each shooting 41 and beating Zach Johnston's 42. Frosh Logan LaBerge carded a 45 to complete the four-ball team score. Heidi Bruntmyer struggled with her putter, shooting 55 to win her heads up individual match with Lana Holt 67. Also playing for the boys were...

  • Wahkiakum Mules Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|Apr 12, 2018

    The Wahkiakum HS Golf Team raised their inter-conference season record to 6-0 on Tuesday, shooting 180 to Three Rivers Christian’s 252. Medalist sophomore Elijah Doiron shot a personal best school match score of 43. Three other Mules also shot in the 40s: Freshman Logan LaBerge tied sophomore Tyler St. Onge at 45 while senior Bryce Good fired a 47. Elijah medaled out of the fifth player position which doesn’t surprise me. We have seven players on our team that have scored in the 40s, and most of them have scored in the low 40s in practice. The...

  • Mule golfers start strong

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|Mar 22, 2018
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    The top three Mules finished first, second and third in a four-school, 21 player event at Skyline Golf Course in Cathlamet on Tuesday. Team scores were Wahkiakum 161, Life Christian Academy 214, Adna 229, and Three Rivers Christian 229. Led by co-captains senior Bryce Good's 36 metal round and sophomore Tyler St. Onge's 37, the Wahkiakum Mules Golf Team kicked off 2018 by eclipsing the school nine-hole match record of 164 held by the class of 2013 by three strokes shooting a four-ball record of...

  • WHS Mule Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|May 25, 2017

    The Wahkiakum High School Mules golf team competed at the 2017 District Golf Championship and State Qualifier at Three Rivers Golf Course on May 17 and 18. Thirty-two players from eight High Schools competed on day one, vying for one of the 18 spots available to play on day two. Wahkiakum, Ilwaco, Life Christian Academy and North Beach were the four schools that qualified four players to move on day two with a chance to go to state. WHS freshman Tyler St. Onge shot 90 for the first 18 holes and...

  • Wahkiakum Mule Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|May 11, 2017

    The Mules had their best four man performance of the year but lost a heart breaker to North Beach on the front nine of Three Rivers Golf Course on Tuesday. All six Mules in the rotation shot in the 40's for the first time ever with this group on the course scheduled to host the district championships and state qualifier. Tyler St. Onge, freshman, and Bryce Good, junior, tied with 43; Elijah Doiron, freshman, shot 46, and the rest of the squad, Issac Moon, a freshman, Zach Johnston, a sophomore, and eighth grader Logan LaBerge carded 48's. Losin...

  • Wahkiakum Mule Golf

    Nick Vavoudis|May 4, 2017

    April 27 The Mules shot 197 at Raymond Golf Course and beat the host Willapa Harbor 234 and Life Christian Academy 204 but lost to Ilwaco 196 by one stroke. Sophomore Zach Johnston 46 finished second in the 22-man event to Ilwaco's 2016 state runner-up Blake Kukula who shot 38. The surprise for the day was eighth grader Logan LaBerge shooting 48 and tying freshman Tyler St. Onge for third place. Three Mules shot 55--junior Bryce Good and freshmen Elija Doiron and Isaac Moon. The Willapa Harbor team is composed of the three Willapa area High...

  • Wahkiakum Mule Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|Apr 27, 2017

    The Mules traveled to Surfside to play defending state champion Ilwaco and lost a tough match 175-190. After beating a short handed Ilwaco last week by 14 strokes, the Fishermen had a full squad present Thursday to turn the tables on the Mules. Freshman Blake Kukula, who placed second as an eighth grader in the 2016 state tournament, shot 39 to claim medalist honors, over Mule freshman Tyler St. Onge, who shot 40. Bryce Good carded a 48, Elijah Doiron 51, Zach Johnston 51 and Heidi Bruntmeyer shot 65. Making his first appearance for the Mules...

  • Wahkiakum Mule Golf

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|Mar 23, 2017

    The Mules golf team opened the season with a 181-211 win over Willapa Harbor's combined team of Willapa Valley, Raymond and South Bend High Schools played at Skyline Golf Course in Cathlamet last week. After spending the summer attending the Skyline Golf Camp and winning the third flight at the Mint Valley Junior City Championship, freshman Tyler St. Onge opened the season with a medalist score of 41. Sophomore Zach Johnston tied team captain Bryce Good, a junior, for second place with a 43 in...

  • Summer golf camp comes to season end

    Nick Vavoudis, Program Coordinator|Aug 18, 2016

    Photo and story by Program Coordinator Nick Vavoudis Skyline Golf Course ended their summer golf camp on August 17 as the kids get ready for fall sports sponsored by the local schools. We had a great turnout this summer. Skyline Golf Camp lasted 23 days and taught 135 lessons to some 20 different kids. The season culminated with the Mint Valley Junior City Championship where six kids from Cathlamet competed. The event lasted four days with a flighted match play bracket event the final two days....

  • Sarah Shi places 6th at state

    Coach Nick Vavoudis|Jun 2, 2016

    Wahkiakum Mule golfer Sarah Shi struck the ball marvelously for the second day in a row and received the sixth place medal for golfing in the WIAA State Championships last week at Meadow Wood Golf Course in Liberty Lake. On day one, she shot 41, 47, 88 and was tied for sixth place. Day two, she shot an identical 41, 47, 88 for 176 total, claiming sixth place all alone. Ilwaco's Aslyn Fisher shot 185 and finished in ninth place. Sarah finished three strokes out of fifth place and four strokes...

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