Golf 101

The 2026 ALAH Knights co-op golf team just wrapped up an incredible fall season! Toward the end of the year, all the hard work from both the boys' and girls' teams really showed when we secured the Lincoln Prairie Conference championship. It was a huge deal for our school; this was the first time in our school history that the girls took home the title, and the eighth time for the boys! Adding this LPC championship to our record made an already great fall season even more memorable. We had some amazing individual results at the conference match, too. Senior Kole Binder capped off an awesome season by taking first place overall with a score of 74, while senior Kody Burdick put up a great performance to finish fifth, giving amazing support. Overall, our boys took fourth place out of eleven teams in the conference, and our girls' team also earned an impressive fourth-place finish out of eleven teams! While none of the ALAH girls advanced to sectionals individually, a golfer from Arcola on our co-op team did move on; she was from Arcola, which still felt like a major win for the whole program. The team spirit was high, and the girls were so hyped about winning their first LPC title together. Even without everyone advancing, the leadership and support across the team were awesome to see all year long. All together, they still worked really well. On the boys' side, Kole Binder was our lone golfer to advance to sectionals on Monday, October 5, 2026, at the University of Illinois golf course. He played hard and finished with an 84, 12-over par, landing in a tie for 33rd overall, though he unfortunately fell just short of qualifying for state. Since this was his senior year, Kole is currently weighing his options to potentially play college golf in the future. One of our coaches, Kenny Parks, said he has really high hopes for Kole’s future career. Together, these performances highlighted fantastic teamwork and showed just how much dedication everyone put in from beginning to end. It was such a fun and memorable season to watch, and everyone at school is incredibly proud of what our ALAH Knights accomplished on the course this year! Cannot wait to see the talent for next year! Congratulations to our Knights! Go Knights!