Sports

Best Career By Par

Sydney Rae, Staff Writer

October 17, 2025

WPHS Golfers watch as Pennybacker swings his shot.

Wheeling Park High Schools’ boys golf team won OVACs and has spent this past week at golf states. Park’s own Will Koegler tied for sixth over all, and the team as a whole, finished fourth at states.

The orange ribbons worn on the green are to remember and celebrate the life Steve Myers. (Claire McFadden)

Participants and spectators wore orange ribbons to honor Mr. Myers, and dedicated a banner in his name for the baseball field, to respect Myers’ love and support for fall sports.

The golf team is a very tight knit family at Park, and many on the team plan to continue golfing in the future.

“I’m undecided. I am either going to play club golf at WVU or try to play division two golf somewhere else,” said senior team member Will Koegler.

Many of the boys on the team share the same types of goals, and the coach’s on the team have helped make their personal goals come true. However, Coach Headley is set to retire after this year’s golf season after three decades of coaching as an assistant to head coach in 2008. He does plan to assist the team during his downtime.

“They’ll have me around so if they need some help, I’ll help them out. Whatever I’ve got to do so that will be fine,” said Headley.

Coach Headley is deeply loved by the team. Although everyone is sad to see him go, the team is thankful for the memories they made and is excited to see what their beloved coach’s retirement has to offer.

“I think it’s pretty sad that Coach Headley is retiring but he’s retiring after a good career where he won six championships” said Koegler.

Even though this year’s tee-time is over, the drives they made along the way chipped them to success. After an eventful season, and many wins throughout, the team now gets to enjoy their off season.

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About the Contributors

Sydney Rae, Staff Writer

Sydney Rae is a senior staff writer and first year member for The Park Press. She is an avid writer and story teller. Sydney won first place for the West Virginia Young Writers competition her sophomore year of high school. When she is not writing, Sydney can be found leading The Park Players (drama club) as president. Sydney has earned multitudes of leadership awards for theatre and enjoys spending her time, not only on stage, but writing scripts as well. Sydney is a member of the National Honor Society, the International Thespian Society, and enjoys being a REAP councilor. In her free time, Sydney spends her late nights reading. She has a goal of reading 25 books this year and is soon going to surpass her goal. She plans to trudge toward a new goal of 30 books this year.

Claire McFadden, Managing Editor

Claire McFadden is a senior at Wheeling Park, she is the Managing Editor for the Park Press. Claire loves to write fun editorials for the Press, like her September 2023 article, National Chicken Month. Outside of the press you can find Claire on the field during halftime, twirling baton alongside the marching band. She is also a member of Wheeling Park’s Speech and Debate team. On the weekends she spends all her time working at her part time job, Jimmy Johns where she is a shift lead.