The Pirate golf team had their best outing of the season Monday, posting a team score of 374 in the Western State Conference No. 5 event at Brookside Golf Course in Pasadena. VC placed third in the tightly contested match in which the top five teams were separated by 12 strokes. Logan Gonzalez led Ventura with a 1-over par 71 to tie for third overall while Daniel Darwin tied for 11th with a 74.
VC finished four strokes from first-place Canyons and two behind second-place Citrus in the event while coming in five strokes ahead of Glendale and eight ahead of Bakersfield.
AJ Ryland and Hunter McCoy each tied for 14th overall with a 5-over 75 and Adam Reinhold shot a 79. Brandon Flores was the final VC competitor, carding a score of 82.
VC will spend Monday April 1 competing at the WSC No. 6 event hosted by Antelope Valley College at Antelope Valley Country Club in Palmdale.
WSC #5 - Glendale
At par-70 Brookside GC, Pasadena
Final scores
1) Canyons, 370; 2) Citrus, 372; 3) VENTURA, 374; 4) Glendale, 379; 5) Bakersfield, 382; 6) Santa Barbara, 392 7) Antelope Valley, 419; 8) Allan Hancock, 441.
Medalist: 1. 68, Paul Grimonpon, CoC; 2. 69, Ethan Posthumus, CoC; 3. (tie) 71, Logan Gonzalez, VC; 71, Kabir Chadha, Cit.; 5. (tie) 72, Johnathan Riley, AHC; 72, , Ashten Mount, Cit.; 72, Blaize Rader, BC; 8. (tie) 73, Hank Norman, GCC; 73, Vicente Rodriguez, SBCC; 73, Chris Ruiz, Cit.; 11. (tie) 74, Daniel Darwin, VC; 74, Ikki Amano, GCC; 74, Octavio Romero, BC.
WSC Standings: 1. Canyons 27-1; 2. Citrus, 19-9; 3. Bakersfield, 18-10; 4. Santa Barbara, 16-12; 5. (tie) VENTURA 14-14; Glendale, 14-14; 7. Antelope Valley, 4-24; 8. Allan Hancock, 0-28.
VC Record: 39-22 (14-14)
