Felix Dine fired a season-low 1-under 71 on Monday and Zach Steinberger shot 74, leading SBCC to a third-place finish in WSC men's golf tournament No. 10 at San Dimas Canyon GC.
Canyons won the nine-team tourney with an 8-under 352, the best round by any team in California this year. The Cougars' had the low two scorers in Michael Lindgren (4-under 68) and Clay Kucera (69). Their five scoring players all shot 72 or lower.
Ventura was second at 387, one stroke ahead of SBCC. Hancock was fourth with 396.
Dine, a freshman from Sweden, tied for third at 71 and Steinberger tied for ninth. Kotaro Noda shot a season-best 77 for the Vaqueros.
Canyons, the defending state champion, is 77-3 in conference and clinched a tie for the WSC title. They have a 16-game lead over SBCC and Ventura (61-19) with two matches to go.
The Vaqueros will travel to Llano, Calif., for the 36-hole WSC Finals (Nos. 11 & 12) on Monday at Crystalaire Country Club.
WSC No. 10
At par-72 San Dimas GC
Final scores
Team -- 1, Canyons 352. 2, Ventura 387. 3, SBCC 388. 4, Hancock 396. 5, Bakersfield 401. 6, Glendale 407. 7, Antelope Valley 425. 8, Citrus 432. 9, Victor Valley 471.
Medalist -- 1, Michael Lindgren, Canyons 68. 2, Clay Kucera, Canyons, 69. 3 (tie), Felix Dine, SBCC, 71; Jones Comerford, Canyons, 71.
SBCC scores -- 3 (tie), Dine 71. 9 (tie), Zach Steinberger 74. Kotaro Noda 77, Gabe Cloquet 81, Austin Duffy 85, Mikha Benedictus 89.
WSC standings -- 1, Canyons 77-3. 2 (tie), SBCC, Ventura 61-19. 4, Hancock 49-31. 5, Glendale 46-34. 6, Bakersfield 36-44. 7, Antelope Valley 19-61. 8, Citrus 10-70. 9, Victor Valley 2-78.
SBCC overall record -- 81-38.
