2008 boys golfer of the year
Name: Ben Esparza
School: Ironwood Ridge
Year in school: Junior
Sport: Boys golf
From the archives: Ironwood Ridge's Ben Esparza (139) finished second in the 5A-II tournament at Maryvale Golf Course in Phoenix. In the process, the Nighthawks won their first state golf title.
Esparza shot a 66 Thursday, the lowest round of the tournament, to help the Nighthawks (589) establish a big gap over runner-up Scottsdale Horizon (607).
"We played so-so yesterday, and today we played really well as a team and ended up running away with it," said coach Ryan Bais.
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Esparza set 9- and 18-hole school records this season, and the team shattered both school records, too, Bais said. — Les Willsey, 2008
