by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
Led by a standout performance by Zach Miller, Kansas City Kansas Community College will go into today’s final round of the Ottawa University Invitational golf tournament tied for third.
A sophomore from Greeley, Kansas, Miller fired a 2-over par 74 Monday to share first place with Cameron Cross of Ottawa in the 36-hole tourney being played at Eagle Bend Golf Club in Lawrence.
Host Ottawa has a 10-shot lead in the team standings with a 307 four-man score but there’s a four-team battle for second place.
Southwestern is second at 317, two shots in front of both KCKCC and Rockhurst B at 319 with Kansas Wesleyan fifth at 321. Bethel (327), Rockhurst C (336) and Ottawa B (347) round out the rest of the field.
Sophomore Harry Welsh of Olathe Northwest tied for 10th at 80 with Immaculata sophomore Evin Wheaton tied for 13th at 81 and freshman Carmen Riley of Liberal deadlocked for 19th to round out the KCKCC scoring.
Garrett Clark of KCKCC is 31st at 84, Garrett Scott is tied for 35th at 87 and Aiden McClellan of Tonganoxie shares 37th at 88. All three are freshmen.
The tourney is the first of the year for KCKCC. The Blue Devils were rained out of their scheduled opener in the Southwestern Iowa Invitational at Creston last Friday.