Friday February 24th was the first annual Fillmore High School Sports Hall Of Fame Golf Tournament at Elkins Ranch Golf Course in the great town of Fillmore. We had sixty seven golfers play at the tournament in a four person Texas Scramble. That is when you have a team of four, or in one case for us a team of three golfers all take a shot, but you play the best shot from the team. It makes it great for the not so good golfers to still have a great time.

This was the first time The Hall Of Fame had a golf tournament. The people that played all had one great day of
fun and golf. We had Hall Of Famers play. Jim Schilemer class of 1946, Roger Palmer class of 1955, Mike Marostica
class of 1965, Steve Dann class of 1975, Kirk Richter class of 1977, Kevin Gross class of 1979, David Pillado class of 1979, David Miller class of 1980, Steve Hope class of 1983, Chad VanWinkle class of 1990, Jamie Arundell-Latshaw class of 1993, and Chris Goodenough class of 1996.

The golfers all came together at Elkins Golf Ranch at 9:30 a.m. to check in and get warmed up on the driving range and the putting greens. They were greeted in the parking lot by the young men and women of The Fillmore High School Sports Hall Of Fame Club. At the check in table the golfers received a goody bag of nice things donated to The Hall Of Fame. They had a chance to buy tickets for a raffle, and for a chance for a two year lease on a new Chevy Volt car donated by Wm. L. Morris in Fillmore, if they could make a hole in one on
the seventh hole. Nobody made the hole in one by the way.

Then it was time for golf! The golfers climbed into their carts and took off to their starting spots. It was a great sunny day for golf, with some mild wind to deal with. They good times were on all the faces of the golfers on the course. The ones that knew each other, it was like a family reunion with golf. But by the end of the day we all made new friends, and we had a chance to catch up with the old ones.

At the end of the day of golf, the players and some guests were served a great tri-tip dinner with all the fixings. Cooked up by the fine folks at Elkins Ranch. We raffled off some great door prizes from businesses here in Fillmore.

The winners of the First Annual Fillmore High School Sports Hall Of Fame Golf Tournament were: In third place the team of Steve Dann, Mike Dann, Kirk Richter, and Chris Goodenough. In second place the team of David Pillado, Josh Bonds, and David Miller. The first place team was Kevin Gross, Bob Boldig, Kent Stawick, and Tony Bagaczk. We also had a Closest-to-the-pin contest that Bob Boldig won, and a Longest drive contest that was won by Chris Goodenough.

We could have never had such a great tournament without the sponsorship of Harrison and Sons from Ventura, and Lexicon Consulting Co. of Fillmore. The many businesses of Ventura, Ojai, Santa Paula, and the great town of Fillmore that donated door prizes and Tee- Sponsors for the Hall Of Fame.

It just goes to show you folks, give a person a golf club, fun people around you, a great course to play on, a tri-tip dinner, and maybe a cold one or two, and you will always have a great time. We the Committee of The Fillmore High School Hall Of Fame, thank all that played golf and helped to make it a big fundraiser and a great time had by all.