Vaqueros take sixth in Eagle Classic

Sophomore Trent Caraher shot 77 and tied for 15th place, missing his career low by one shot. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
Sophomore Trent Caraher shot 77 and tied for 15th place, missing his career low by one shot. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)

Preston Gomersall and Trent Caraher shot 77 on Friday, leading SBCC to a sixth-place finish in the Eagle Classic golf tournament, hosted by Mt. San Jacinto.

Cypress had five players between 73 and 78 and the Chargers won the 13-team tourney with 376 strokes. That was two better than runner-up Palomar and eight better than third-place Orange Coast and Mt. San Antonio (384).

Theo Andre-Fouet added a 79 for the Vaqueros, who tied their season high of 395. Gomersall and Caraher tied for 15th place in the tourney at The Country Club at Soboba Springs.

There were 13 teams from three conferences – Orange Empire (6 teams), Pacific Coast Athletic (5) and Western State (2).

Kyoshiro Azumada of Palomar was the medalist at 1-under 71.

The Vaqueros will compete in WSC No. 5 on Monday at Santa Maria CC, starting at 10 a.m..
 
Eagle Classic
At par-72 Soboba Springs CC
Final scores
 
Team -- 1, Cypress 376. 2, Palomar 378. 3 (tie), Orange Coast 384, Mt. SAC 384. 5, Desert 391. 6, SBCC 395. 7, Irvine Valley 396. 8, Riverside 401. 9, Saddleback 403. 10, Mt. San Jacinto 405. 11, Bakersfield 411. 12, Cuyamaca 415. 13, El Camino 428.
 Medalist -- 1, Kyoshiro Azumada, Palomar, 71. 2, Felix Tsui, Mt. SAC, 72. 3, Matt Wotherspoon, Cypress, 73. 4 (tie), Jay Chang, Cypress, 74; Chase Bosanko, Saddleback, 74.
 SBCC scores – 15 (tie), Preston Gomersall 77, Trent Caraher 77. 28 (tie), Theo Andre-Fouet 79. Brant Schenk 81, Zach Steinberger 81, Gabe Cloquet 81.
 SBCC overall record -- 60-9.