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The Berkeley High boys golf team played its third match in as many days on Wednesday afternoon, participating in the 18-hole San Francisco Tournament held at Sharp Park Golf Course in Pacifica. Though the difficulty of the course caused the Yellowjackets to tack five strokes onto their total 18-hole score from Monday’s tournament, the final score of 440 was good enough to place BHS in the middle of the pack – at 15th out of 26 teams. 

“There was some carryover from (Tuesday’s win over Granada) and Monday’s tournament,” BHS coach Matt Bremer said after the match. “We were looking to finish in the top half, set a low number, and hopefully break it. I’d say we actually played better today.” 

In contrast to the standard procedure for league matches, Wednesday’s tourney allowed only five entrants from each school, with all five cards counting toward the team’s final score. Forced to leave one golfer from the regular lineup behind, the Yellowjackets entered freshman Matt Wickett in place of Ronald Quintero at the No. 5 spot. Though Wickett would rise to the occasion with a respectable 98, Bremer admitted an extra score could have taken some of the urgency off of the top five.  

“I would say it’s a little more difficult format (than league matches), it puts more pressure on the first five people,” the coach said. “(Matt) did a good job today. He seems to be settling down a little bit, in terms of becoming comfortable.” 

Ivan Holmes led the BHS contingent with a 79, while Curran Kennedy, Adam Breckler and Walker Koppelman-Brown rounded out the scoring with 84, 88, and 91, respectively.  

The busy Berkeley squad returns to the links today, taking on Foothill at Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton.