VOORHEESVIILLE - The season came to an end recently for the Voorheesville golf team, but not before the team achieved some big accomplishments.
"We really did a super job," said Voorheesville Coach Tom Gladd. "Especially for a real young team."

The Blackbirds finished third in the Colonial Council and third at the Class C-D Section II meet early in October.
"It's the second time since I've been here that I've taken a full team," Gladd said. "And this is the first time we placed."

John Malfetano, R.J. Cave, Landon Church, and Michael Young all qualified for the sectional meet after reaching the required scores.

Malfetano finished third in the sectional meet and qualified for the Class A-B-C-D state qualifier. He missed the cut after shooting a score of 81 on the first day of the two-round meet.
"It's the best I've ever had anyone do ever since I've been a coach for 12 years at Voorheesville and Coxsackie-Athens. He's improved every year," Gladd said.

Malfetano finished fourth at the Colonial Council meet and was named to the league all-star first team.

Cave, a freshman, finished ninth at the league meet and was named a second-team all-star.
"We had seven kids get varsity letters," Gladd said. "We went above our age and inexperience. The season we had was really fantastic. It was really a lot of fun and exciting."

Without any seniors, the Blackbirds will return their whole team for next year.
"Everyone is looking to get out on the course," Gladd said. "We have everyone coming back. Everyone got better. I'm proud of everything the kids did."