by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
With four Blue Devils among the low 13 scorers, Kansas City Kansas Community College is 18 holes away from a berth in the NJCAA Division II national golf tournament.
Erasing an 11-stroke deficit in the second round of the District F golf tournament, the Blue Devils have a one-stroke lead (600-601) over Murray State Collee (Okla.) going into Tuesday’s final 18 holes. Tyler Junior College (Texas) is the 36-hole leader at 583 in the tourney being played at The Club at Indian Springs in Broken Arrow, Okla. Seminole State (Okla.) is fourth at 621 followed by Coffeyville (649) and Allen County (600).
Murray State led Tyler 292-295 after 18 holes with KCKCC 11 strokes back of Murray at 303. However, the Blue Devils rallied with a 297 on the second round to overtake Murray State (309).
Bobby Armstrong, a sophomore from Bishop Carroll in Wichita, is tied for second place in the medalist standings with rounds of 74 and 72 (146) over the 6,932-yard course.
Sophomore Micah Morris of Guthrie, Okla., is tied for sixth (76-73-149) with freshman Zach Miller of Greeley, Kan., (76-76-152) tied for 11th and sophomore Trevor Bauer of Wichita Maize South (77-76-153) tied for 13th. Freshman Evin Wheaton of Leavenworth Immaculata (83-84-167) is 28th.
Tyler Bozner of Tyler is the medalist leader by five strokes with a 3-under par (141 (71-70). The top two teams in the division will advance to the national tourney to be played at Glenlakes Golf Club in Foley, Alabama, May 21-24.