Twelve area schools set to participate in 2010 Acadiana Area High School Golf League

Over two months of golf competition for local high schools will begin on Tuesday, Feb. 9, when the Acadiana Area High School Golf League opens play for the 2010 season.

A total of 12 area schools will participate in this year’s prep league, which will crown team and individual champions at the end of its final events in mid-April. A total of 24 events will be held during the season at seven different area courses — Abbeville Country Club in Abbeville, Acadian Hills in Lafayette, Bayou Bend in Crowley, The Farm d’Allie in Carencro, Les Vieux Chenes in Youngsville, Spanish Trail in Cade and Squirrel Run in New Iberia.

Each event will begin at approximately 3 p.m. and will have a four-team field with schools facing each other in a round-robin format over the two-month season. In addition, all schools are eligible for a junior varsity schedule that will begin Feb. 11 with a series of eight tournaments.

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Lafayette golfers join with Canadians to form winning “Team Acadie”

POITIERS, France — The Coca-Cola Acadiana Cup rests safely on North American soil for a year, but it was close.

The 11^th annual international golf event that matches players from Francophone areas in North America and Europe returned to one of its original homes for a four-day run in Lafayette’s French sister city of Poitiers. The combined Acadiana-Canadian squad – referred to as “Team Acadie” – survived by a 58-54 score in the Ryder Cup-style event held Sept. 6-11.

“That’s the closest competition we’ve ever had,” said Acadiana team captain Buddy Guillory. “It surprised me since we were on their home turf, but a lot of our moderate handicappers played really well and pulled off some upsets and that really helps in a team format like this.”

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