Mt. Mercy Men's Golf

Long wins title for Mount Mercy golfers

OGLESBY, Ill. - George Long of Mount Mercy topped a field of 93 golfers at the Deer Park Classic Tuesday with three straight sensational rounds at the Deer Park Country Club in Oglesby, Ill.

Long fired rounds of 69, 64 and 69 for a 54-hole score of 11-under-par 202. He edged Kaleb Gorbahn of Holy Cross by one shot.

The 20th-ranked Mustangs tied for third in a 17-team field that included five of the top NAIA teams in the country. Cardinal Stritch won the title at 14-under 836.

Lindenwood-Belleville placed second at 846 with Mount Mercy a stroke back at 847, tied with Indian Hills Community College.

Team Standings

1. Cardinal Stritch 838, 2. Lindenwood-Belleville 846, 3. (tie) Mount Mercy 847, Indian Hills 847, 5. Holy Cross 851, 6. University of the Cumberlands 855, 7. Cumberland University 865, 8. St. Ambrose 872, 9. Cardinal Stritch "B" 874.

10. (tie) Indiana Wesleyan 879, Lindsey Wilson 879, 12. Roosevelt 888, 13. Campbellsville 889, 14. St. Xavier 896, 15. Trinity Christian 916, 16. Purdue Calumet 931, 17. Cardinal Stritch "C" 949.

MOUNT MERCY - 1. George Long 69-64-69=202, 16. Warren Bynoe 72-71-71=214, 23. William Bruyeres 72-71-73=216, 28. Chad Nitz 72-69-76=217, 58. Dillon Baker 72-79-74=225, 60. Thomas Schuhkraft 78-71-78=227.

Mustangs, Long set school golf marks

OGLESBY, Ill. - George Long shot a two-round total of 9-under-par, including a school-record 7-under in the second round, as Mount Mercy finished Monday one shot out of the lead at the Deer Park Classic.

As a team, the Mustangs shot 275 in the second round of the two played Monday at Deer Park Country Club, which is also a school record. The Mustangs' two-round total of 560 left them one stroke behind Cardinal Stritch University. Indian Hills (566) is third.

Long's two round total of 133 is two shots better than the 135 shot by Kaleb Gorbahn of Holy Cross (Ind.).

The final round of the three-round event will be played Tuesday.

MOUNT MERCY: 1. George Long 69-64=133, t14. Chad Nitz 72-69=144, t20. William Bruyeres 72-71=143, t20. Warren Bynoe 72-71=143, t41. Pedro Velasco 73-76=149, t41. Thomas Schuhkraft 78-71=149, t51. Dillon Baker 72-79=151

Mount Mercy wins Cropper golf title

The Mount Mercy Mustangs won the Cropper Golf Classic by 10 shots Sunday at Hunters Ridge.

Will Bruyeres and George Long of Mount Mercy tied for second place in the individual standings with 36-hole scores of 3-over-par 147. Laxton Bennett of Viterbo claimed medalist honors with a 2-under 142.

Mount Mercy finished at 596. Viterbo edged Kirkwood, 606-607, for second place. Coe placed 11th out of 14 teams.

Jordan Even led Kirkwood at 5-over 149. Charlie Hartwig, competing for the Kirkwood "B" team, fired a 3-under 69 Sunday for the best score of the day.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Mount Mercy 596, 2. Viterbo 606, 3. Kirkwood 607, 4. Graceland 614, 5. Grand View 616, 6. Mount Mercy Gold 624, 7. Black Hawk 629, 8. Wartburg 636, 9. Monmouth 642, 10. Loras 656, 11. Coe 657, 12. Kirkwood "B" 663, 13. (tie) Black Hawk "B" 692, Buena Vista 692.

MOUNT MERCY - 2. Will Bruyeres 76-71=147, 2. George Long 73-74=147, 9. Warren Bynoe 76-75=151, 9. Pedro Velasco 75-76=151, Chad Nitz 76-78=154.

KIRKWOOD - 5. Jordan Even 74-75=149, 8. Eddie Doyle 73-77=150, 14. Carson Whittington 75-79=154, 14. Mitch Williams 73-81=154, 34. Dan Cutkamp 76-83=159.

MOUNT MERCY GOLD - 14. Andy DeCamp 77-77=154, 20. Dillon Baker 81-74=155, 28. Jamie Booth 71-86=157, 38. Tom Schuhkraft 80-81=161, 60. Jon Landis 87-83=170.

COE - 20. Hunter Livermore 77-78=155, 43. Anthony Worden 81-81=162, 56. Seth Inman 87-82=169, 61. Jason Gingrich 83-88=171, 69. Hunter Mulnix 97-94=191.

KIRKWOOD "B" - 9. Charlie Hartwig 82-69=151, 29. Louis Flynn 78-80=158, 64. Jaden Carey 92-84=176, 65. Tyler Carlson 87-91=178.

Eagles, Mustangs battling for golf title

The powerful men's golf teams from Kirkwood and Mount Mercy are battling for top honors at the Cropper Golf Classic at Hunters Ridge.

Kirkwood owns the 18-hole lead at 295 after Saturday's competition, with Mount Mercy right behind at 300. The final round is scheduled for Sunday.

Bennett Laxton of Viterbo grabbed the first-day lead with a 2-under-par 70.

Jamie Booth led Mount Mercy with a 1-under 71, but he's playing for the Mount Mercy gold team and not with the group that's battling for the team title. Eddie Doyle and Mitch Williams topped Kirkwood at 1-over 73.

Team Standings

1. Kirkwood 295, 2. Mount Mercy 300, 3. (tie) Graceland 305, Grand View 305, Viterbo 305, 6. Mount Mercy Golf 309, 7. Black Hawk 322, 8. Loras 323, 9. Wartburg 324, 10. Monmouth 325, 11. Coe 328, 12. Black Hawk "B" 338, 13. Kirkwood "B" 339, 14. Buena Vista 351.

Kirkwood - 6. Eddie Doyle 73, 6. Mitch Williams 73, 9. Jordan Even 74, 12. Carson Whittington 75, 14. Dan Cutkamp 76.

Mount Mercy - 6. George Long 73, 12. Pedro Velasco 75, 14. Will Bruyeres 76, 14. Warren Bynoe 76, 14. Chad Nitz 76.

Coe - 19. Hunter Livermore 77, 39. Anthony Worden 81, 46. Jason Gingrich 83, 59. Seth Inman 87, 70. Hunter Mulnix 97.