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McHi in striking range at boys tournament
McALLEN — Rio Grande Valley favorites took a backseat to McAllen High on Wednesday at the Region IV-5A tournament at Palm View Golf Course.
After shooting a 312 during the opening round, McHi is a surprising second and is in position to advance to the state tournament next month. The top two teams advance to state and the top two individuals, not members of the first- and second-place squads, also move on.
McHi has not had much recent success and Greg Kiger said in his eight years as coach none of his teams or individual golfers have reached the state tournament.
“I’m happy the kids were able to come out to the regional tournament and shoot the scores that they did,” Kiger said. “We have shot better than that. For the first day, we will take it.”
San Antonio Reagan leads the tournament with a 305 and San Antonio Churchill (320) is third, eight shots behind McHi.
The Bulldogs’ Chris Martinez shot a 1-over 73 and is tied with Reagan’s Tyler Bumpass for the tournament lead.
Martinez, who started on No. 10, bogeyed his opening hole but settled down, adding that the real pressure will be today’s final round. Martinez and the Bulldogs will need a similar performance or better today if they want to advance.
“I just wanted to get at least in contention or close to it,” Martinez said. “I want to shoot a number (today) and hopefully that is good enough to get me to state.”
Other locals in contention to advance as individuals are Weslaco’s Kalen Vos (75) and McAllen Memorial’s Papito Gonzalez (74), who is one shot behind the lead. Gonzalez could easily be leading the tournament if not for three penalties assessed for finding water on three occasions.
“That is where all the marbles are,” Gonzalez said about today’s final round. “It also supposed to be really windy (today). It is going to change the whole course.”
Harlingen South’s Roman Robledo, who qualified for state last season, struggled to an 83 as did Weslaco High’s top golfer Garrison Lackey.
Peter Rasmussen covers high school sports for Valley Freedom Newspapers. You can reach him at (956) 683-4448.
Region IV-5A Tournament
Palm View Golf Course, McAllen
First Round
Team Results
1. San Antonio Reagan, 305; 2. McAllen High, 312; 3. San Antonio Churchill, 320; 4, Corpus Christi Carroll, 321; 5. Mission Sharyland, 328; 6. Weslaco High, 328; 7, Corpus Christi King, 329; 8. Harlingen South, 330; 9. Brownsville Hanna, 332; 10. San Antonio Clark, 332; 11. Del Rio, 338; 12. Laredo United, 338; 13. Helotes O’Connor, 342; 14. San Marcos, 348; 15. New Braunfels, 350; 16. PSJA High, 354.
Individual Results
1, Chris Martinez, McAllen High 73
2, Tyler Bumpass, Reagan 73
3, Papito Gonzalez, McAllen Mem. 74
4, Trevis Loree, Reagan 74
5, Kalen Vos, Weslaco 75
6, Christian De La Cruz, Johnson 76
7, Chris Schriedel, Helotes O’Connor 76
8, Kasen Schneider, Churchill 76
9, Ricky Solis, McAllen High 77
10, Kylr Becker, Churchill 77
11, James Ragan, C.C. Carroll 77
12, Jake Judkins, Johnson 78
13, JT Caldarola, Clark 78
14, Kyle Frances, Reagan 78
15, Peter Fox, Sharyland 78
16, Blake Besson, New Braunfels 79
17, Matt Charles, C.C. Carroll 79
18, Adam Ortega, Los Fresnos 80
19, jacob Kleiss, Reagan 80
20, Kevin Mathis, San Marcos 80
21, Andy Olsen, Reagan 80
22, Scott Van Tiburg, Weslaco 80
23, Robert Bernal, McAllen High 80
24, Michael Fasci, Edinburg High 81
25, Ray Rowell, McAllen Mem. 81
26, Matt Boettger, Sharyland 81
27, Juan Flores, Hanna 81
28, Neel Ahuja, C.C. King 81
29, Efrain Rojas, Bro. Hanna 82
30, John Rafael, C.C. King 82
31, Nathan Bomba, C.C. Carroll 82
32, Carlos Pena, Sharyland 82
33, Justin Kitten, Harlingen South 82
34, Abb Cauthorn, Del Rio 82
35, Alan Alanis, McAllen High 82
36, Victor Sandoval, Harlingen South 82
37, Brian Gates, Laredo United 82
38, Rudy Muniz, PSJA High 83
39, Vance Edwards, C.C. King 83
40, Roman Robledo, Harlin. South 83
41, Austin Davis, Brandeis 83
42, Jeremey Gordon, Clark 83
43, Garrison Lackey, Weslaco 83
44, Diego Baldwin, C.C. King 83
45, Chad King, Harlingen South 83
46, Steve Trujillo, C.C. Carroll 83
47, Trevor Tucker, Churchill 83
48, Chandler Berryhill, C.C. King 84
49, Archie Ramos, Laredo United 84
50, Jose Carlos Elizondo, Hanna 84
51. Jesse Acosta, San Marcos 84
52, Scott Peerman, Churchill 84
53, Luke Begwin, Laredo Alexander 84
54, Edwin Hyslop, Del Rio 84
55, Leo Hernandez, Laredo United 84
56, James Keener, Helotes O’Cnnr 85
57, Carlos Acevedo, Hanna 85
58, Ian Davis, Helotes O’Connor 85
59, Andrew Gold, Clark 85
60, Sammi Goldfarb, Judson 85
61, Ed Kolovson, Churchill 86
62, Alec Sauceda, PSJA High 86
63, Albert Rodriguez, Del Rio 86
64, Tyler Bercher, Clark 86
65, Mark Gutierrez, Del Rio 86
66, Francisco Guerra, San Benito 86
67, Daniel Hinojosa, C.C. King 86
68, David Rodriguez, Economedes 86
69, Shrey Bhakta, Harlingen South 87
70, Jon Ybarra, Sharyland 87
71, Jose Peña, Sharyland 87
72, Aldo Izazi, PSJA High 88
73, Mike Hernandez, McAllen High 88
74, Ben Lira, Laredo United 88
75, Ryan Hollander, Hanna 88
76, Hunter Lightsey, New Braunfels 88
77, Michael Sondag, Del Rio 89
78, Daniel Venegas, Eagle Pass 89
79, Michael Rodriguez, N, Braunfels 90
80, Trevor Colen, Clark 90
81, Landon Jiral, San Marcos 90
82, Gabe Valdez, Weslaco 90
83, Calvin Lackey, Weslaco 91
84, John Cooper, Judson 91
85, Zac Weese, Stevens 91
86, Luke Euresti, C.C. Carroll 92
87, Cody Dees, New Braunfels 93
88, Troy Hunt, New Braunfels 93
89, Mitchell Roberts, San Marcos 94
90, Corbin Jureski, Helotes O’Cnnr 96
91, Joseph Montalvo, PSJA High 97
92, Domingo Zamarripa, Carroll 97
93, Tyler Hernandez, PSJA High 98
94, Mario Tamez, Laredo United 106
95, Brandon Walker, San Marcos 109
