Sunday, May 3, 2015

Christ Prep Second at Cair Paravel

The Christ Prep Patriots made another trip to the Topeka, Kansas area Friday, May 1, and came away with another second place finish. Competing in the Cair Paravel Invitational, CPA shot a season low team score 332 on the 6,000 yard Lake Shawnee Golf Club layout. The team score would have been even lower had newcomer Rees Conder's 81 counted toward the team score. Conder was placed in the event by Coach Finley as an individual and consequently his score was not allowed to be used in calculating the team's mark.

The Patriots were eleven strokes back of Cornerstone of Topeka, who has beaten the Patriots in every head-to-head match up this season. The Saints' 321 mark was an outstanding effort on the breezy Friday tournament.

Individually, the Patriots came away with three top ten medals. Garrett Clark once again excelled for the Patriots by shooting a six-over-par 76. The mark was good enough for second place, two strokes behind Cornerstone's Josiah Packard who carded a 74. Christ Prep's Clark Shaffstall delivered an 80 which was followed by Conder's 81. The two brought home the 5th and 6th Place medals, respectively.

The rest of the Patriots carded noteworthy scores, although they were out of the medals. Both Judah Brown and Michael Gimotty shot 88s for the CPA squad. These were outstanding scores for both players. Phoebe Finley followed with a 90 and Daniel Moneymaker shot a 95. Even Nicholas Gimotty fared well, shooting a 127 despite being the youngest player in the tournament.

The Patriots finish their season later this week in Springfield, Missouri as they compete in the National Christian Homeschool Championships at Rivercut G.C.

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