MCC golfers reach top three at Riverton

RIVERTON, Wyo. -- The McCook Community College golf team showed a seven-shot improvement Friday but were unable to overtake the hosts for second place in the Central Wyoming tournament. Eastern Wyoming finished in first with a two-day score of 575. Central Wyoming was second with a 612, and MCC was third with a 615.

“We had two amazing days for golf and had it going a little better today but was still a day of a lot of missed putts and some mental mistakes,” MCC Coach Tyler Loop said. “It was a close competition for second place and we grinded hard but lost that battle by three shots.”

MCC’s Cameron Lampe (Windsor, Colo.) shot a 72 on Friday to finish in a tie for fifth place with a two-day total of 148. Sophomore Ronnie Quick (London, England) came in with a 73 on Friday and a two-day total of 150 to finish in a tie for seventh place.

Sophomore Graham Gaspard (Breckenridge, Colo.) shot a 156. Freshman Chesney Tatman (North Platte) shot a 162 and freshman KC Carlson (Delta, Colo.) had a 163.

Competing as an individual, freshmen Trevor Oberg (McCook) shot a 166.

With one tournament left Eastern Wyoming has clinched the Region IX team championship with 94 points, MCC has clinched second place with 74 points and Central Wyoming is in third with 41 points. Northeastern Junior College has 40 points, Otero 28 and Lamar 7.

In the individual standings, Lampe leads all Region IX golfers in the individual player standings with 69 points. Three Eastern Wyoming golfers are in second.