Highlanders finish fourth at Southwest Championship

The McLennan Highlanders shot 298-286-279 – 863 to finish in fourth place at the Southwest Championship in Brownwood.
 
Midland finished in first with 297-277-285 – 853, followed by Ranger in second with 288-283-283 – 854 and New Mexico in third with 284-286-289 – 859.
 
Nik Blalock shot 75-71-70 – 216 to lead the Highlanders and finish tied for 10th place.
 
Other McLennan scores: Joel Cann, tied for 13th, 74-75-68 –217; Liam Gobin, tied for 13th, 73-71-73 – 217; Carter Patterson tied for 20th, 76-71-72 – 219; Peter Clark, tied for 39th, 77-73-74 – 224; and Shoichiro Kato, tied for 42nd, 79-77-69 – 225.
 
Other team scores: Odessa, fifth, 288-298-84 – 870; Blinn, sixth, 296-297-285 – 878; New Mexico Military, seventh, 292-299-289 – 880; Weatherford, eighth, 297-296-291 –884; Western Texas, ninth, 306-302-283 – 891; Jacksonville, tied for 10th, 308-296-300 – 904; and Tyler, tied for 10th, 300-305-299 – 904.
 
Scores from the Southwest Championship are combined with those from the Regional Championship April 24-25 to determine the four national tournament qualifiers. Qualifying standings: Midland, first, 853; Ranger, second, 858, New Mexico, third, 876; McLennan, fourth, 873; New Mexico Military, fifth, 880; Odessa, sixth, 883; Weatherford, seventh, 888; Blinn, eighth, 891; Western Texas, ninth, 901; Jacksonville, 10th, 903; Tyler, 11th, 907.