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Bonales second in tourney
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Matteo Bonales

Central Valley’s varsity boys golf program wrapped up the first half of the Central California Conference campaign last week.

The Hawks competed at the CCC Mid-Season Tournament on Thursday at Diablo Grande.

Freshman Matteo Bonales posted the second-best score in the individual standings.

Bonales carded a 3-over-par 75.

“He enjoys competing,” Central Valley head coach Scott Edwards said. “He wants to be the best guy on the course. He sets a standard. Hopefully, it’s pushing the other guys to work harder.”

Hawk teammates Kadin Richardson, Thomas Carrillo, Navraj Dosanjh and Marcos Gonzalez shot 113, 117, 129 and 156, respectively.

Central Valley totaled a 590 on its way to finishing sixth overall as a team.

The Hawks finished ahead of Merced, which didn’t have enough players to post a team score.

Buhach Colony (421), El Capitan (511), Atwater (498), Patterson (512) and Golden Valley (518) took first, second, third, fourth and fifth, respectively.

“We could have shot 70-80 strokes better. But we had to shuffle our lineup for an unexpected reason.”
Coach Scott Edwards

“We could have shot 70-80 strokes better,” Edwards said. “But we had to shuffle our lineup for an unexpected reason.”

Patterson edged host Central Valley by 12 strokes, 182-194, on March 25 at St. Stanislaus.

Bonales earned low-medalist honors with a 28.

Carrillo and Frankie Marquez fired identical scores of 40.

Dosanjh and Richardson shot 42 and 44, respectively.

The Hawks (2-4) tied for fourth place with Patterson and Golden Valley during the first half of the CCC dual season.

“I knew it was going to be a development year,” Edwards said. “We just need to find a way to improve our ranking as a team.”

The top three teams qualify for the postseason.

“Something crazy has to happen for us to have a chance at playoffs,” Edwards said.