College golf: Wranglers in sixth with two rounds to go

HUNTSVILLE, ALA. The Odessa College golf team sits in sixth after two rounds at the NJCAA Division I Golf Championships.

OC shot a 300 on Wednesday at the Hampton Cove Golf Course's River Course for a two-round 602, one stroke behind fifth-place Hill College. McLennan Community College leads the 24-team field with a 584.

Sophomore Ross Leeds has the best Wranglers score at 146, tied for 11th individually. He shot a par-72 in Tuesday.

Sophomore Mark Penny and freshmen Mac Walrath are tied for 27th with a 150 each. Walrath turned in a 73 on Wednesday.

"We really haven't played bad," head coach Paul Chavez said. "One bad swing can lead to a double bogey in a heartbeat. We've had several circumstances where we have a double bogey and it turns things around."

Chavez said the course has received heavy rain in the months before the tournament, but it's slowly drying.

The Wranglers tee off at noon today.

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Wednesday

At River Course, Hampton Cove Golf Course

Huntsville, Ala.

After two of four rounds

1. McClennan Community College, 290-294-584; 2. New Mexico Junior College, 295-295-590; 3. Frank Phillips College, 299-295-594; 4. Central Alabama Community College, 290-307-597; 5. Hill College, 307-294-601; 6. Odessa College, 302-300-602; t 7. Walters State Community College, 304-300-304; and Midland College, 299-305-604; and Lon Morris College, 299-305-604; 10. Hutchinson, Community College, 306-299-605; t 11. Brevard Community College, 303-305-608; and Indian Hills Community College, 299-309-608.

13. Meridian Community College, 303-306-609; t 14. Scottsdale Community College, 304-309-613; and Wallace St. Hanceville, 305-308-613; 16. Johnson County Community College, 308-306-614; 17. Pima Community College, 318-301-619; 18. Dodge City Community College, 312-309-621; t 19. Kansas City Kansas Community College, 316-308-624; and Pratt Community College, 311-313-624; 21. Paris Junior College, 316-315-631; 22. Iowa Western Community College, 312-321-633; 23. Wake Tech Community College, 325-316-641; 24. North Idaho College, 338-323-661.

Top 10 Medalists

1. Jens Johansson, New Mexico Junior College, 71-71-142; 2. Curt McCormac, McLennan Community College, 73-70-143; 3. Tommy Sikes, Midland College, 69-75-144; t 4. Cannon Earp, Hill College, 75-70-145; and Jason Hamilton, Lon Morris College, 74-71-145; and Dale Middleton, 72-73-145; and Zach Primavera, Central Alabama Community College, 70-75-145; and Mathew Smith, Walters State Community College, 74-71-145; and Jason Timmis, Paris Junior College, 75-70-145.

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WJCAC TEAM RESULTS

New Mexico Junior College (295-295-590): Jens Johansson, 71-71-142; Zach Fullerton, 74-74-148; Branden Dalton, 75-75-150; Parker Sprague, 75-79-154; Nathan Edwards, 87-75-162.

Frank Phillips College (299-295-594): Thomas Pederson, 75-74-149; Johnny McMillen, 77-72-149; Simon Fast, 71-79-150; Joe Soar, 77-73-150; Jeff Stashuk, 76-76-152.

Odessa College (302-300-602): Ross Leeds, 72-74-146; Mark Penny, 75-75-150; Mac Walrath, 77-73-150; Diego Castilla, 78-78-156; Ganeev Giddie, 81-82-163.

Midland College (299-305-604): Tommy Sikes, 69-75-144; Heinrich Frylinck, 74-74-148; Tyler Sheppard, 77-79-156; David Thomas, 79-77-156; Darryn Els, 85-NS-NS.