Shawano boys golf team hoping to continue success behind strong quartet

The Shawano Community High School boys golf team enters the spring season hoping to pick up where it left off a couple springs ago.

Coach Dean Kugler believed he had one of the better teams in the Bay Conference last spring, but the group was never given the chance to compete. Now, it will be up to the promising freshmen and sophomores from a couple seasons ago to guide the team.

Forming the core of the team will be seniors Andrew Puissant and Lucas te Plate and juniors Kaden Marcell and Owen Moesch. “They could be as good a foursome as any in the area,” said Kugler.

“Of course, in this time of COVID, anything can happen, so it will be important to make sure that we keep the focus on being able to play and worry about things we can control.”

Marcell and Puissant ended the 2019 season competing as individuals at sectionals. The duo also landed on the all-conference honorable mention team that year.

“Hopefully the season goes through as planned and we are able to golf,” said Puissant. “This year will be a little different than other years, but hopefully we can have a solid team. I’m hoping that our varsity team can make it to sectionals this year.”

Kugler said the team will have a number of new golfers out this spring who could help round out the team. He added that depth will be a key focus for the coaching staff.

“The potential is there, now we need to put in the work and get ready to have a great season,” said Kugler.

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