Stories, stories, stuff's always about stories....

Highline's Jeff Nelson will win the Seamount boys individual top golfer award, Kennedy's boys will win the team title, and Kennedy's girls could win the team title, as these stories all became real with the Lancers beating the Pirates in both boys, 63-54, and girls easily, at the Glen Acres course Thursday.

"Our boys are 8-1 now and Mount Rainier is too, but we beat them," said Lancers golf coach Kale Dyer.

The reason "could" is used for the girls winning the team title is because Mount Rainier is undefeated with only the Lancers to play Tuesday.

"They (Rams) are good. I don't expect to beat them but it could happen," said Dyer.

So, Kennedy's top six, seniors Griffin Day, Austin Richards, Skylar St. Ives, sophomores Sean Narby, Michael Del Mondo, and freshman Jordan Glidden,will wrap up the team title on this day.

And, for the girls, Johanna Cox's 51 would make her medalist. She was happy about that, of course.

"I've been medalist two or three times now," the pony-tailed blonde said, stating, too, perhaps what she is happiest of all about her team.

"We are 7-1, that number of wins) is a school record for the girls team."

Hey, that's another story isn't it, and, Richard's shooting a little low now but was a sharpshooter at state last May.

"He was three under par, going into the 14 and...."

"We don't talk about that," interrupted Richards, who then let his coach finish.

"And he then shot six over (par) the last five holes. And he still was No. 25 in the state."

Well, one can gander Richards, a senior, will get his so-so golfing now better by then (state is next May). Dyer likes the way the seniors, playing top three spots mostly, have led the team to team victory, the third senior being Skylar St. Ives.

League will be a good test for Richards and everyone else in the Seamount, Oct 17-19, and the test all others will be measured up against will be the person in this last story of stories -- Nelson.

Nellie, as we'll call him, even has the height and reddish hair like the former great Seattle Mariners set-up man. Nelson will be the man to beat at league after having won medalist honors in all his dual matches this season.

"He's a good golfer, and always has a good attitude," said Richards.

What does Nelson say about himself?

"I've improved," said Nelson, who was top 30 in the state at the Gold Mountain Golf Course last May. "I shot even, a 36, this year and last year here I think I had a 38, 39. I've improved on most of the courses I've played. Last year, I averaged 38, 39. This year I've had a couple 34s."

What's lowered Nelson's now happier totals?

"I don't get down when I have a bad hole," he said. "I used to give up, thinking I had to birdie, eagle the next 3-4 holes to get back in it. But really all I needed to do was take advantage of the holes that were birdieable."

Nelson spoke of what's helped him get on par with high school golf excellence.

"I play in a lot of tournaments and that is one thing that helps me because there is a big difference between recreational and competitive golf."

Nelson has goals for this season and, as one can guess, they are high.

"As a sophomore (Nelson is a junior now), I played well," he said. "I won league, was second at districts, my goal was top 20 or 30."

And he reached that. Now what?

Encore.

"I hope to be top five," he said. "I actually, if I play inside myself and keep my mental game strong, I have a chance of winning it."

No argument from his coach, who summed up the long and short of it.

"He's long and short. He's got everything, a complete game."

And that sounds like a good place to end this story.