ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Bishop Moore junior golfer Jack Mokris has set multiple school records while helping the Hornets boys golf team win its first team state championship in school history.<\/p>\n
Mokris already holds the school record for scoring average in a season at 70.2 and the lowest round on a par-70 course with a round of 62.<\/p>\n
During the Titan Invitational this season, he also broke the school record for the lowest round on a par-72 course by shooting a 63.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one of the ways to prove that I\u2019m one of the best players here,\u201d Mokris said. \u201cIt definitely proved that I\u2019m a great player and I can compete against the best of the best.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hornets coach Marvin Snyder said Bishop Moore has had strong golfers in its history, including professional golfer Sam Ryder.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor a school as old as we are, we\u2019ve had some good golfers come through,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cSam Ryder graduated from Bishop Moore back in 2008, and his names aren\u2019t in the records books.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mokris was the individual runner-up at the state tournament, while the Hornets won the team title.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was amazing,\u201d Mokris said. \u201cSuper grateful to be a part of that team. I was the individual runner-up, which kind of stunk. But I think winning the team championship made up for everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Snyder was named the Florida Dairy Farmers coach of the year.<\/p>\n
He said Mokris\u2019 individual runner-up finish has become motivation.<\/p>\n
\u201cJack loves to win; he loves to be competitive. But, he\u2019s a good teammate,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cI think he grows from failure. Some of his best rounds are after he had a bad round.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mokris said he is focused on getting what he called \u201crevenge\u201d this season.<\/p>\n
He also manages type 1 diabetes, which he was diagnosed with before starting high school. He said blood sugar changes can affect his play during rounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very stressful because the high or low blood sugar affects my game,\u201d Mokris said. \u201cBut having people around is super great, and I\u2019m super grateful for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mokris said he keeps food and glucose tablets with him on the course.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I\u2019m not low or high, I\u2019ll have some beef jerky, some protein bars,\u201d Mokris said. \u201cBut if I am low, I have some glucose tablets. That picks me up real quick.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Bishop Moore junior golfer Jack Mokris has set multiple school records while helping the Hornets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1238,1748,12825,1236,12561,3745,115,1335,139,141,140,110,835],"class_list":["post-406233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-app-sports","tag-athlete-of-the-week","tag-brandon-green","tag-florida-sports","tag-golf","tag-high-school-sports","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-sports","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}