Telegraph file photo by HECTOR LONGO Nashua North's Bryce Zimmerman is a favorite to repeat his Division I individual title this week, with the first round today at Stonebridge in Goffstown and the final round on Sunday at Concord's Beaver Meadow.

Got a tee time this week? Several high school golfers do.

First today, at Stonebridge Country Club in Goffstown, the Division I team championship will be decided, and the day is also used as the first of two rounds of the individual tourney with the final round Sunday at Beaver Meadow in Concord.

The favorites are Pinkerton and Exeter (both 21-1), plus Bedford (18-1) for the 10-team tourney title but looking for strong showings will be Nashua North (fourth at 17-6) and Bishop Guertin (eighth, 14-9). Of course, North’s Bryce Zimmerman will be looking to also begin his defense of his 2018 Individual title.

Thursday, weather permitting, the seven-team Division II tourney will actually be in Nashua at Sky Meadow Country Club and keep an eye on Hollis Brookline, seeded second but with a great chance of winning the title under first year coach Shaun Hastings, formerly of Campbell. The Cavs finished 22-3, tied atop the standings with Kennett.

Speaking of Campbell, Division III will be today at Mount Washington Golf Club, but the Cougars didn’t qualify but will have two competing in the individual race. Division IV is Thursday at Kingswood Golf Club.

Here’s a look at the local expectations:

DIVISION I

Can the Titans crack the elite? They posted the best regular season record in school history, led by Zimmerman (35 average) and Chris McQuinn, plus one of the top female golfers, Eva Gonzalez, both averaging 38 for nine. Both have been medalists ahead of Zimmerman in some matches. North hopes its depth with Tommy Kelly and Spenser Champagne.

“Team wise it’s always the same upper teams that really have separated themselves from the group this year,” North coach Scott Anderson said. “Exeter, Pinkerton have had great seasons, and it’s always up to the rest of us to try to hold off Bedford.”

As for Guertin, the Cards have been led by Jack Fitzgerald, Ryan Horgan and Connor Bouvier.

“On any given day, anything can happen,” Guertin coach Paul Rousseau said. “If the three of them play well and we can find two other decent scores, who knows, we could make some noise.”

The course can dictate a few things. Rousseau feels that the course distance of just over 6,000 yards that the NHIAA has it playing will help finesse players.

“It’s pretty short,” he said. “Kids with good short games that can putt can make a big difference.”

“Stonebridge can be a very difficult course for kids to score well at,” Anderson said. “There is plenty of holes that can changes ones day with a few bad shots.”

As for Zimmerman, Anderson feels it will take a lot for someone to unseat him. The junior was a medalist in seven of his 10 matches.

“Bryce has had a great season,” Anderson said, noting that Zimmerman’s tourney experience will be a key in his favor. “He is solid off the tee this year and his approach shots to the pin are way above most high school golfers.

“He puts a lot of pressure on himself and expects to always win.  So if someone does end up on, top they will have to have to played the round of their life.”

Individiually in the Division I tourney, other locals include Josh Gao and Stephen Robbe of Nashua South, Alvirne’s Noah Leclair and Mike Dowling, and Merrimack’s Hayden Lawton and Cam Higham.

DIVISION II

The Cavs have had an incredible fall, but remember, the trick here is that the tourney reverts to traditional stroke scoring away from the Stableford point system.

Will that have an impact? Hastings has kept stroke track as well to give him an accurate lineup for the tourney.

Hollis has been led by Aaron Brown, plus Garrett and Grady Sturges, who have been in the 30s most of the season. They have depth with Rory Klauber, Cayden Plummer and Matt Dias, among others.

“If these players stay comfortable and play their games, I think we will have a good shot at being close to the top,” he said. “But, I must say, after watching all the teams this year, Division II is full of some impressive golfers.”

But Hastings has been impressed with his players as well, mainly with their mental approach.

“They deliver week-in, week-out,” he said. “This is a great group. They are keeping the mentality loose and fun, which I think is a great way to enter the state tournament.”

Besides Kennett, Oyster River (21-4) and St. Thomas (20-5) are in the mix.

Other local individuals competing are Souhegan’s Quade Bell and Ethan Cockerill, plus Milford’s Ryan Cavanaugh and Jacob Dube.

DIVISION III

Campbell does have two individuals competing – Travis Breton and Sean Ryan. The overall team favorite will be Derryfield, which finished the regulars season 30-0, followed by Bow and Pelham, both 28-2.

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The Nashua High School North softball program, which has struggled on the field record-wise, still has produced some talented players. One of those, first baseman Alexis Miranda, who will be a senior this season and has been arguably the team’s best player the last couple of years, has committed to SUNY-Cobleskill for college. Miranda,who also plays volleyball for the Titans, hopes that’s also and option at the Divsion III school.

“Alexis is such a talented athlete but a huge part of that is because of her hardworking mentality,” Titans softball coach Jenna Gianelli said. “She’s a player athletes on my team have looked up to since she was a freshman.”

Miranda said in an email shared by Gianelli that Cobleskill is a good fit as first they have her desired major, animal science, and second, when she went there for a clinic last year, she fell in love with the campus. “Immediately I knew the school was for me,” she said.

Letter of intent season will hit full stride about a month from now.

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It’s a little different configuration for the state soccer finals this year. While in past seasons the finals would be separated by gender – girls in all divisions on one day, boys on another – this year it’s by division.

So the Division I and II finals for both boys and girls will now be held at Manchester Memorial (moved from Southern NH University) all on Saturday, Nov.9. The schedule goes this way: Divison II girls at 11 a.m.; Division I girls at 1:15 p.m.; Division II boys at 4 p.m. and Division I boys at 6:45 p.m. Yes, four games crammed into one day.

Same for Sunday, Nov. 10 with Divisions III and IV at Laconia High School’s Bank of NH Stadium. It starts at 10 a.m.with the Division IV girls finals, followed by the Division III girls at 12:15. Then the boys take center stage, Division IV at 4:15 p.m. and Divison III at 6:30. Campbell could be in that last one.

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This week is the final week of regular season play for field hockey, while next week the regular seasons end for soccer and volleyball…

Of recent note is the Nashua South girls soccer 2-1 win over Bedford on Friday. It’s the Panthers’ first win over the Bulldogs in recent memory, a stretch of at least six games….

The North-BG soccer doubleheader is tonight at Stellos Stadium, with the girls playing at 5 p.m. and the boys at 7.

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