BLUE DRAGONS FINISH FIFTH IN CHAP CLASSIC

Ben Partridge was one of four Blue Dragons to card final-round 74s on Tuesday in leading the Blue Dragon men to a fifth-place showing in the LCU Chap Classic in Lubbock, Texas (Steve Carpenter, Blue Dragon Sports Information)

March 9, 2021

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

LUBBOCK, Texas – The Hutchinson Community College men's golf team had mixed results in the second of what the Blue Dragons hope to be three appearances at The Rawls Course.

The first appearance in Lubbock was October 19-20 when the Blue Dragons set numerous team scoring records in winning the NJCAA National Preview. The Blue Dragons then had to battle tough scoring conditions this week and on Tuesday finished fifth at the Lubbock Christian University Chap Classic.

The third and most meaningful appearance at The Rawls Course will be in May during the NJCAA Division I Championships.

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The Chap Classic was the third spring tournament for the Blue Dragons. Hutchinson had team rounds of 302 and 301 on Monday and closed the 54-hole tournament on Tuesday with the third-lowest team score of 299.

The NJCAA No. 1-ranked Blue Dragons shot 902 for the tournament, 28 strokes off the pace of NJCAA No. 2-ranked Odessa College, which had an 874. Back in October, the Blue Dragons defeated the Wranglers by 49 strokes in the NJCAA National Preview.

Hutchinson had three different players shoot 74s on Tuesday – Harry Crockett, Charlie Crockett and Ben Partridge. Trey McCrae and Addison Alonzo both shot tournament lows of 77 each in the final round.

Harry Crockett was the low scorer for the Blue Dragons, who had three players finish in the Top 10. Harry Crockett tied for seventh at 6-over 222. The younger Crockett brother posted three straight 74s in the Chap Classsic.

Both Charlie Crockett and Partridge tied for 10th with 54-hole totals of 223. McCrae tied for 40th at 234 and Alonzo, who was playing for the first time as a member of the five-member group that produced the team scores, tied for 47th at 238.

The Blue Dragons had a pair of individual players in the field of 64 golfers.

Cameron Rios-Ceballos carded a 74 in the final round on Tuesday and finished 23rd at 12-over 228. Charlie Hilton had a 77 on Tuesday and tied for 31st at 232.

The Blue Dragons will next play at Texas A&M Commerce Lion Invitational on March 22-23.