Highlander golf squads finish fourth & 14th in home tournament
The McLennan Orange team shot 292-292-288 – 872, and the Blue team shot 309-315-310 – 934 to finish in fourth and 14th place, respectively, at the Waco River Classic men's tournament hosted by McLennan at Bear Ridge Golf Club in Waco.
Midland B claimed the team title with 284-285-278 – 847, followed by New Mexico in second with 288-284-286 – 858 and Midland A in third with 293-290-282 – 865.
Sophomore Peter Clark shot 73-70-69 – 212 to lead the Highlanders and finish tied for fifth place. Midland's Max Cavazos and Kyle Kistensamy finished tied atop the individual leaderboard with 70-70-69 – 209 and 69-70-70 – 209, respectively.
Other McLennan scores: Liam Gobin, tied for seventh, 71-73-69 – 213; Carter Patterson, tied for 28th, 76-72-74 – 222; Kyle Yuan, tied for 55th, 73-79-76 – 228; Nik Blalock, tied for 61st; 75-77-78 – 230; Shoichiro Kato, 64th, 79-77-75 – 231; Tyner Haile, tied for 71st, 80-77-79 – 236; Davis Miller, tied for 74th, 83-79-75 – 237; Zach Allen, tied for 74th, 74-82-81 – 237; Colin Fairchild, tied for 84th, 79-78-84 – 241; and Collin Ramsey, 90th, 76-83-85 – 244.
Other team scores: Western Texas, fifth, 288-299-288 – 875; Houston-Victoria, sixth, 298-283-301 – 882; Tyler, seventh, 301-301-289 – 891; Weatherford, eighth, 303-293-296 – 892; Texas A&M-San Antonio, ninth, 298-293-305 – 896; Our Lady of the Lake, 10th, 301-305-298 – 904; Blinn B, 11th, 302-300-304 – 906; Blinn A, 12th, 304-303-302 – 909; Jacksonville B, 13th, 314-311-305 – 930; and Jacksonville A, 15th, 343-335-333 – 1,011.
Next up for the Highlanders is the NJCAA National Championship Preview, Sept. 27-28 in Newton, Kansas.