{"id":25505,"date":"2025-04-22T17:58:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T21:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=25505"},"modified":"2025-04-22T17:58:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T21:58:35","slug":"braves-win-handily-at-whispering-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/22\/braves-win-handily-at-whispering-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves win handily at Whispering Creek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bellmont moved to 2-0 on the season and in the NE8 with a convincing victory at Whispering Creek on Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Owen Minnick somehow mastered the windy conditions and held his score to under 40 &#8211; the only player to do so &#8211; for medalist honors with a 39. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All four scoring players were within two strokes of each other and the dropped score &#8211; a 43 from Jacob Binegar &#8211; was solid in the conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8224.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8224-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8224-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8224-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8224-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8224-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Freshman Jacob Binegar hits a tee shot at a recent golf meet for the Bellmont Braves. (Photo by Tara Riehm)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crosscreekdecatur.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"76\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/genericcrosscreek.jpg?resize=640%2C76&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/genericcrosscreek-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C121&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/genericcrosscreek-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C35&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/genericcrosscreek-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C91&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/genericcrosscreek-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C182&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/genericcrosscreek-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C242&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/genericcrosscreek-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/genericcrosscreek-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They played well in windy conditions,&#8221; noted head coach Ty Razo, who says he is really looking forward to this year. &#8220;They proved to me they can battle, which is something we have missed the past few years.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8233.1.jpg?resize=640%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8233.1-scaled.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8233.1-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8233.1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8233.1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8233.1-scaled.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8233.1-scaled.jpg?w=1707&amp;ssl=1 1707w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8233.1-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Cameron Summers returns to the Bellmont varsity lineup with a year of experience under his belt. (Photo by Tara Riehm)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Braves will head back to Cross Creek for much better weather Tuesday, taking on Norwell and Wayne in a rescheduled match. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/razzmjazz\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RazzMJazz.jpg?resize=640%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RazzMJazz.jpg?w=975&amp;ssl=1 975w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RazzMJazz.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/RazzMJazz.jpg?resize=768%2C473&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They are bringing a good mentality to practice every day,&#8221; said Razo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bellmont 161  New Haven 207<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bellmont: Owen Minnick 39, Ben Binegar 40, Cameron Summers 41, Jacob Binegar 43, Chase Baker 41<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bellmont JV: Kade Cutler 53, Carson Manley 46, Jack Johnson 45, Luke Heyerly 51, Owen Adams 51<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bellmont moved to 2-0 on the season and in the NE8 with a convincing victory at Whispering Creek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[13,15,38,26],"class_list":["post-25505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bellmont","tag-featured","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8175-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25509,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25505\/revisions\/25509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}