Local golf courses will begin to fill up Thursday with high school teams as the IHSA season officially tees off with the first day of matches. Included in those golfers are 10 members of last year’s boys and girls Daily Journal All-Area team, with a handful of them primed for huge 2025 seasons.

Peyton Serafin, Beecher, sr.

Last year’s third-place finisher at the Class 1A State Finals, Serafin will look to trade in his bronze medal for a gold in his final season. During his remarkable junior campaign, Serafin earned a pair of medalist honors, finished in the top 10 four times, and boasted an 18-hole average of 77 for a Beecher team that will look to yet again make team state as well after doing so last year. The Bobcats have long been the cream of the local prep golf crop, with Serafin’

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