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<strong>October</strong> <strong>2018</strong> <strong>Medway</strong> & <strong>Millis</strong> Local Town Pages www.localtownpages.com Page 21<br />
Sports<br />
New Locale, New Coach for <strong>Millis</strong> Golf<br />
By Christopher Tremblay,<br />
Staff Sports Writer<br />
When Glen Ellen Country<br />
Club closed, the <strong>Millis</strong> golf team<br />
lost their coach, who was also the<br />
golf pro at the country club, and<br />
Athletic Director Chuck Grant<br />
was forced to scramble to find a<br />
Coach for the upcoming season<br />
as well as a new golf course to<br />
call home.<br />
The golf team will now share<br />
Holliston’s Pinecrest Golf Club<br />
with Holliston and Ashland High<br />
School. Although Glen Ellen was<br />
in town and accessible for the<br />
golfers, many of the athletes were<br />
already playing at Pinecrest due<br />
to the affordable cost to a high<br />
school golfer.<br />
Lance Benham, a science<br />
teacher in the <strong>Millis</strong> school system<br />
for the last 11 years was<br />
named the first-time coach to<br />
take over the golf team this fall.<br />
Growing up in Northern Vermont,<br />
Benham enjoyed playing<br />
golf, although his high school did<br />
not have a team. He was a member<br />
of the local country club and<br />
played as much golf as he could<br />
during the nights and on weekends.<br />
“Since the birth of my two<br />
daughters, my golf had becaome<br />
limited,” the new coach said. “I<br />
am glad to have the opportunity<br />
to get back on the course and<br />
coach this fine group of young<br />
adults that is the <strong>Millis</strong> golf<br />
team.”<br />
On the links, Benham will be<br />
looking to senior captain Peter<br />
Sanchioni to help him lead the<br />
team. The senior captain has<br />
been looking good so far in practices<br />
shooting in the mid 40’s<br />
over nine holes and will probably<br />
be the team’s number four golfer.<br />
In addition to setting a good example<br />
for the rest of the team,<br />
Benham is also looking for his<br />
captain to mentor the younger<br />
players as needed.<br />
Battling it out for the top two<br />
posts will be juniors Ryan Brooks<br />
and TJ Hourigan, who both<br />
shoot in the low 40’s. Hourigan<br />
has a better long game, while<br />
Brooks is a good fairway shooter<br />
and chipper.<br />
Following either Hourigan or<br />
Brooks in the number three spot<br />
will be Thomas Hill, Jonathan<br />
Leduc will be at five, Jake Costa,<br />
Mike Govani and Josh Berman<br />
will be tee off sixth, seventh and<br />
eighth respectively. According<br />
to Benham, three through eight<br />
pretty much all have about the<br />
same skill level and on any given<br />
day the five athletes can bounce<br />
between the spots.<br />
Senior Tyler Gelasco, who<br />
would have seen some course action,<br />
was lost for the season when<br />
he injured his shoulder.<br />
“As a first-year coach, I want<br />
to guys to be professional on<br />
the course and set the standard.<br />
That’s how we do it – small<br />
school, big family” the Coach<br />
said. “I will be coaching athletes<br />
of all different levels of the sport<br />
and am hoping that each and<br />
every one of them gets better by<br />
the end of the year.”<br />
For the most part, the <strong>Millis</strong><br />
athletes know what they are<br />
doing on the course as the come<br />
from families who play golf on a<br />
regular basis. On the other hand,<br />
those on the practice squad, are<br />
younger and will need some<br />
coaching.<br />
As for competing in the Tri<br />
Valley League Benham does not<br />
have a clue what to expect this<br />
season.<br />
“I’ve never done this (coaching)<br />
before, but I do see us pulling<br />
out 6 or 7 wins,” Benham said.<br />
“It’s going to be tough, and we<br />
are not going to be competitive<br />
against towns that have junior<br />
varsity programs. We just have<br />
our varsity team and a limited<br />
practice squad so that puts us at<br />
a disadvantage.”<br />
Disadvantage or not, the <strong>Millis</strong><br />
golfers are looking to take to<br />
the golf course and perform at<br />
their best while improving their<br />
games as the season progresses<br />
and, who knows? They may<br />
even go above and beyond their<br />
coach’s expectations.<br />
<strong>Millis</strong> High’s golf team will now share Holliston’s Pinecrest Golf Club<br />
with Holliston and Ashland High Schools, now that it has lost its former<br />
location of Glen Ellen Country Club. They also begin this year with a<br />
first-time coach, Lance Benham.<br />
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