WHEELING — With the beginning of a new school year and the start of the 2025-26 athletic calendar now just a week away, the Fairmont Senior golf teams have jumped out to an early start when it comes to establishing continuity and success.
On Tuesday, in the ongoing Callaway Series competitions which currently features some of the premier high school golf teams in West Virginia, the Polar Bears continued to showcase not just talent, but perseverance through the duration of the course at Oglebay in Wheeling, W.Va.
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