The 2009 high school girls golf season should be an interesting one, or at least a transitional one, as three of the four Kenosha County teams have graduated their top player from last season.

Gone are Bradford’s Gianna Tenuta, the Southeast Conference Player of the Year, along with Tremper’s Joanna Young and Wilmot’s Brianna John.

Tenuta (UW-Whitewater) and Young (Carthage) are both going to continue playing golf in college.

In fact, only four of the 10 players who formed last year’s All-County first or second teams are returning — Bradford senior Ashley DeFazio, Wilmot senior Kailee Wahlter, Tremper sophomore Jaime Elsen and Central senior Jenna Lasco.

All four teams have begun practicing and/or are playing their first meets this week, so the time is now for the aforementioned players’ replacements to start making their own impacts. Here is a look at each team:

Bradford

*Coach: Joe Pascucci, third season

*Last year: The Red Devils went 8-0 in Southeast Conference dual meets and finished first at the SEC Tournament and in the overall league standings for the third time in four seasons. ... Won first County Tournament since 2005 and fifth consecutive regional title. ... Placed fifth at sectional. ... For the second consecutive season, Tenuta was medalist at the County Tournament(43), SEC Tournament (87) and regional (77). She was also sectional runner-up (77) and tied for eighth in Division-1 at the WIAA State Tournament with a 12-over 156 total (77-79).

*Top returning player: Ashley DeFazio (48.7 average), Sr., first-team All-County, second-team All-SEC.

*Other prospects: Rochelle Smith, Sr., Michelle Pruett, Sr., Stephanie Chovan, Sr., Martha Quist, Jr.

SCHEDULE (Home meets at Maplecrest Country Club)

August—14—at Delavan-Darien Invitational (Delbrook), 8 a.m.; 17—at Racine Park (Johnson Park), noon; 18—at Mukwonago Invitational (Rainbow Springs), 8:45 a.m.; 24—at Wanaki Best Ball (Wanaki), 9 a.m.; 25—at Hartland Arrowhead Invitational (Ironwood), 9 a.m.; 27—at Franklin (South Hills), TBA; 31—at Racine Case (Ives Grove), 1 p.m.

September—3—Tremper, 2 p.m.; 9—Thomas More, 2 p.m.; 10—Racine Horlick, 2 p.m.; 14—at County Tournament (Brighton Dale), noon; 16—Muskego, 2 p.m.; 19—at Appleton West Invitational (Winagamie), 8:30 a.m.; 24—at SEC Tournament (Evergreen), 8:30 a.m.; 30—WIAA Division-1 regional (Maplecrest), 9 a.m.

October—6—at WIAA Division-1 sectional (Ives Grove), 9 a.m.; 12-13—at WIAA State Tournament (University Ridge Golf Course, Verona), TBA.

Central

*Coach: Dan Peterson, 11th season

*Last year: The Falcons finished third at the County Tournament, sixth at the Southern Lakes Conference Tournament, eighth in the overall SLC standings and seventh at the regional, where Alex Noonan fired a team-best 108.

*Top returning players: Jenna Lasco (52.05), Sr., second-team All-County, honorable mention-All SLC; Stephanie Battles, Sr.; Katie Biehn, Sr.; Sara Sattersten, Sr.; Courtney Kempf, Jr.; Alex Noonan, Jr.

*Other prospects: Sarah Biehn, Jr.; Cecelia Schroeder, Jr.; Danielle Weber, Jr.

SCHEDULE (Home meets at Brighton Dale Links)

August—18—at Mukwonago Invitational (Rainbow Springs), 8:45 a.m.; 19—Invitational (Hawk’s View), 1 p.m.; 20—Falcon Invitational (Brighton Dale), 9 a.m.; 24—at Wanaki Best Ball (Wanaki), 9 a.m.; 25—Union Grove, 3:30 p.m.; 27—at Burlington (Brown’s Lake), 3:30 p.m.

September—2—at Racine St. Catherine’s (Ives Grove), 3:30 p.m.; 3—Wilmot, 3:30 p.m.; 8—Elkhorn, 3:30 p.m.; 10—at Delavan-Darien (Delbrook), 3:30 p.m.; 14 County Tournament (Brighton Dale), noon; 15—Waterford, 3:30 p.m.; 17—at Lake Geneva Badger (Hawk’s View), 3:30 p.m.; 22—at SLC Tournament (Abbey Springs, Fontana); 30—WIAA Division-1 regional (Brighton Dale), 9 a.m.

October—6—at WIAA Division-1 sectional (Rainbow Springs), 9 a.m.; 12-13—at WIAA State Tournament (University Ridge Golf Course, Verona), TBA.

Tremper

*Coach: Nancy Phipps, 25th season

*Last year: The Trojans went 5-3 in SEC dual meets and finished fourth at the SEC Tournament and third in the overall league standings after winning the conference tournament and their second-ever league title in 2007. ... Also placed fourth at the County Tournament, fourth at regional and sixth at sectional. ... Elsen (94) led Trojans at regional, and Young (92) paced them at sectional.

*Top returning player: Jaime Elsen (49), So., second-team All-County.

*Other prospects: Sam Atkielski, Jr.; Lauren Konchan, So., Alexandria Valeri, Fr.

SCHEDULE (Home meets at Bristol Oaks Country Club)

August—18—Franklin, 1 p.m.; 21—at Match Play Invitational (Brighton Dale Links), 9 a.m.; 24—at Wanaki Best Ball (Wanaki Golf Course), 9 a.m.; 25—at Hartland Arrowhead Invitational (Ironwood Country Club), 9 a.m.; 27—Muskego, 1 p.m.

September—3—at Bradford (Maplecrest), 2 p.m.; 8—at Thomas More (Oakwood Park), 3:30 p.m.; 10—at Racine Park (Johnson Park), 2:45 p.m.; 14—at County Tournament (Brighton Dale), noon; 17—Racine Case, 3 p.m.; 19—at Appleton West Invitational (Winagamie), 8:30 a.m.; 22—at Racine Horlick (Johnson Park), 2 p.m.; 24—at SEC Tournament (Evergreen), 8:30 a.m.; 26—at Oconomowoc Invitational (Paganica), 9 a.m.; 30—at WIAA Division-1 regional (Maplecrest), 9 a.m.

October—6—at WIAA Division-1 sectional (Ives Grove), 9 a.m.; 12-13—at WIAA State Tournament (University Ridge Golf Course, Verona), TBA.

Wilmot

* Coach: Greg Olson, 10th season

* Last year: The Panthers finished second at the County Tournament, seventh at the SLC Tournament and finished sixth in the overall SLC standings. ... Also placed sixth at regional, where Brianna John (100) and Kailee Wahler (102) each individually qualified for sectional. At sectional, John and Wahler each shot 93 and didn’t qualify for the State Tournament. ... John (49) finished runner-up to Tenuta (43) at the County Tournament at Brighton Dale as those players were the only two in the field to break 50.

* Top returning players: Kailee Wahler (51), Sr., second-team All-County, second-team All-SLC; Afton Swartz, Sr., honorable mention All-SLC; Brittany Rogness, Sr.; Paige Kowalski, Sr.; Krystal Cooke, So.

SCHEDULE (Home meets at Twin Lakes Country Club)

August—13—at Elkhorn Four-Person Scramble (Evergreen), 8:30 a.m.; 18—at Mukwonago Invitational (Rainbow Springs), 8:45 a.m.; 19—Invitational (Hawk’s View), 1 p.m.; 20—at Falcon Invitational (Brighton Dale), 9 a.m.; 24—at Whitewater Invitational (Windwood), 9 a.m.; 25—at Burlington (Brown’s Lake, 3:30 p.m.); 27—Union Grove, 3:30 p.m.

September—2—at Elkhorn (Evergreen), 3:30 p.m.; 3—at Central (Brighton Dale), 3:30 p.m.; 8—Lake Geneva Badger, 3:30 p.m.; 10—at Waterford (Rivermoor), 3:30 p.m.; 14—at County Tournament (Brighton Dale), noon; 15—Delavan-Darien, 3:30 p.m.; 22—at SLC Tournament (Abbey Springs, Fontana); 30—at WIAA Division-1 regional (Brighton Dale), 9 a.m.

October—6—at WIAA Division-1 sectional (Rainbow Springs), 9 a.m.; 12-13—at WIAA State Tournament (University Ridge Golf Course, Verona), TBA.