EAGLE POINT, Ore. – Lewis-Clark State’s Alex Navarro earned Cascade Collegiate Conference medalist honors for the first time, but British Columbia stopped the Warriors from making it a clean sweep as the SOU Spring Classic concluded Tuesday at Stone Ridge Golf Club.
In the third of four CCC-counting tournaments, the No. 6-ranked Thunderbirds – who won the first two titles by a combined 85 strokes – had to make up five strokes on the Warriors in the third round to tie the teams at 10-under for the co-title. The teams opted to go to a playoff with all five representatives from both squads competing on the 18th hole, where UBC went 2-under and LCSC went 2-over.
The individual title similarly went down to the wire. Navarro finished 7-under and second-place Dylan MacDonald of UBC at 5-under, but the players were tied entering the 17th hole before Navarro birdied and MacDonald took a two-stroke penalty for losing his ball.
UBC also produced the third-place finisher, Jake Houston (-4), though he competed as an individual, and the fourth- and seventh-place finishers in Aidan Schumer (-2) and Mackenzie Bickell (E).
Sondre Andresen (-1) took sixth for LCSC and had the second-lowest round of the third with a 69 on the par-72 course. Only College of Idaho’s Parker Edwards (67) did better on the day.
Southern Oregon landed at third in the team standings, going 2-under collectively, and boasted three top-10 individuals for the first time ever in a CCC competition: Ty Beyer (-2, t-4th), Mason Labow (E, t-7th) and Ricky Reisner (+1, 10th).
The CCC Championship is set for April 21-23 in Portland. MacDonald will enter the tournament with the circuit’s lowest scoring average.
MEN’S TEAM SCORES – T1. British Columbia -10 (287-282-285—854), T1. Lewis-Clark State -10 (286-278-290—854), 3. Southern Oregon -2 (288-283-291—862), 4. Oregon Tech +36 (298-301-301—900), 5. Bushnell +37 (305-295-301—901), 6. College of Idaho +39 (301-304-298—903), 7. Corban +46 (307-304-299—910), 8. Multnomah +54 (302-304-312—918), 9. Walla Walla +90 (316-317-321—954)
*UBC def. LCSC in one-hole playoff, -2 to +2
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (top-10 of 52)
1. Alex Navarro, LCSC, -7 (69-66-74—209)
2. Dylan MacDonald, UBC, -5 (72-67-72—211)
3. Jake Houston, UBC, -4 (71-71-70—212)
T4. Ty Beyer, SOU, -2 (71-73-70—214)
T4. Aidan Schumer, UBC, -2 (71-73-70—214)
6. Sondre Andresen, LCSC, -1 (74-72-69—215)
T7. Mackenzie Bickell, UBC, E (70-69-77—216)
T7. Mason Labow, SOU, E (71-71-74—216)
9. Aiden Fay, MULT, +1 (71-72-74—217)
10. Ricky Reisner, SOU, +1 (71-72-74—217)