RANSOM —There has been a lot of talk lately about a possible golf team.

Recently the Western Plain Board of Education agreed on allowing students to play golf in a cooperative agreement with Trego County High School.

The stipulations agreed upon were students must provide their own transportation to and from practices and take their own equipment.

A lot of students seemed to be interested in joining, but when they heard the stipulations, some of them changed their minds due to the fact that it would be a lot of driving, especially for students who lived in Bazine.

Asael “Ace” Rivera was one of the students interested in joining.

“It’ll be too much to drive from Bazine to Ransom to Wakeeney, and then back to Bazine every day,” Rivera said.

Chad Ryersee is one of the students who is going out.

“Golf was the first sport that I learned. I remember when I used to go out with my grandpa to the back of his house and hit the ball. Although I could only hit about five feet, I enjoyed it a lot,” he said.

His parents will drive him whenever they have to, Ryersee said.

Blake Huxman, another person interested, seemed to be all ready for the season to arrive, but when he heard that he had to provide his own transportation, he seemed to hesitate on whether he still wanted to go out.

“Golf was the first sport I ever played. I really want to play this year,” he said.

Ryersee and Huxman said they would have no problem playing golf with Trego.

“They have a nice golf course, and I’m happy as long as I get to play,” Ryersee said.

This cooperative agreement could have opened some doors for students at Western Plains High School.

They will be able to compete and have a chance at possibly going all the way to the state tournament.

The upcoming golf season has a bright future, and these students seem to be excited for it to arrive.

Western Plains High School has never offered golf as an extra curricular activity.

Golf season is at the same time as track season.

Some students are worried this golf team will hurt the track team’s success due to the fact people will go out for golf instead of track.

Track Coach Pat Flax said she would try to encourage athletes to multi-sport.

In a small school like Western Plains multi-sporting is very common because they are limited on students, she said.

“Track is a builder for other sports,” said coach Flax. “Track can be scary, but good at the same time. It can bring you success because you don’t compete against anyone but yourself.”