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MANHATTAN – Despite a furious second-round rally, the Hutchinson Community College men's golf team came up short on Monday at Jayhawk No. 1, the 2022 league opener at Colbert Hills Country Club.
For the first time since 2018, a Jayhawk Conference team other than the Blue Dragons won a league-designated tournament. Dodge City edged the Blue Dragons by three strokes on Monday. Dodge City shot a 36-hole total of 599 after rounds of 299 and 300. The Blue Dragons shot 307 in the morning round and improved 12 strikes to 295 in the afternoon round.
The second-place finish snapped a run of six-straight wins by the Blue Dragons in league-designated tournaments. Garden City was third at 614 and Barton was fourth at 617.
Defending KJCCC individual champion Ben Partridge won the individual title at 1-under 143. The Blue Dragons had two players in the Top 10 and four in the Top 12.
The morning round was the decisive round as Dodge City was more consistent in the cool and windy scoring conditions at Colbert Hills. The Conquistadors counted four players who scored in the 70s, led by George Fricker's 72.
The Blue Dragons trailed Dodge City by eight strokes after the first round, but led by Partridge's 2-under 70 and Harry Crocket's even-par 72, the Dragons posted a 295 afternoon round, but fell three strokes short of Dodge City, which had a 300 in the afternoon round.
Partridge won his first career KJCCC Tournament by three strokes after rounds of 73 and 70 to finish at 1-under 143. Partridge won the tournament by three strokes over Barton's Tom Gehring. Partridge trailed Dodge's Fricker by one stroke after the first round. Fricker finished with a 78 in the afternoon round.
Freshman Blake Saffell tied for seventh at 7-over 151 on Monday. Saffel had rounds of 74 and 77.
Both Crockett and sophomore Addison Alonzo tied for 12th at 10-over 154.
Crockett shot an 82 in the opening round and rallied with an even-par 72 in the afternoon. Alonzo had rounds of 78 and 76.
Freshman Dominic Clemons tied for 24th at 162 (84-78).
Individual Player Finn Nelson placed 20th at 160 (79-81). Brock Southern was 48th at 197 (99-98).
The Blue Dragons will play at Jayhawk No. 2, a 54-hole event on April 11-12 at Crestview Country Club's south course in Wichita.