Benedict selected as new girls golf coach

Stoughton named Eric Benedict as the school’s new girls golf coach last week Stoughton athletic director Mel Dow said. Benedict had served as an assist for the past three years with the program.

Benedict replaces longtime coach Dave Taebel, who stepped down as boys and girls coach after the spring sports season. Taebel spent 20 years at the school but planned to return to the La Crosse area where he grew up and where his wife works.

Benedict is also the girls track and field coach, where he led the team to its seventh consecutive Badger South Conference title last spring.