High school golf championship celebrations are usually pretty subdued, but not on Tuesday at the Old Mill Golf Course following conclusion of the 6A state tournament.
As Corner Canyon junior Bowen Mauss hugged coach Derek Fox to celebrate his 6A individual title by two strokes, the pair was mobbed by the rest of the Chargers team and were doused with buckets and bottles of water in celebration of the first boys golf state title in school history.
Mauss and Fox both emerged drenched, particularly Fox, but it was more than worth it after dethroning five-time state champ Lone Peak.
“We’ve been doing this for six years, getting better every year. Every player on this team has had a piece to do with this,” said Fox. “It’s my favorite time of year. I have four girls at home and have 27 boys in the fall. Our chant is family, and that’s how we feel about each other.”
This was Fox’s sixth year as head coach at Corner Canyon, and the team has gotten methodically better each year, and finally cleared the final hurdle this year. His team finished fourth in 2018 and 2019, third in 2020, and second in 2021 and 2022. The Chargers watched Lone Peak lift the 6A trophy the last four seasons.
But this year, the roles were reversed.
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