During tournament play in the Statesman at the Preserve hosted by William Penn University, North Central Missouri College Men’s Golf placed in the top 10, coming in at seventh place at 36.

The women’s team came in 11th.

Before the tournament, the men’s team competed in the Hannibal-LaGrange Fall Invitational held at Norwoods Golf Club in Hannibal.

The NCMC men came away with a win in their first tournament with team scores of 303-302 for a 36-hole score of 605. NCMC finished eight strokes ahead of Mission University to claim the team title.

Dylan Groomer led the way with an even par round of 72. Kaleb Groomer was right behind him shooting an opening round 74. The NCMC men were in first place on the team leaderboard after day one of competition.

Day two saw the team improve their team score, posting a 302 to stay ahead in the team standings. Kaleb led the Pirates, firing a (-2) 70 and moving up three spots on the individual leaderboard and finishing as the tournament runner-up.

“Tom Billings and Dylan collected a Top 5 at the event, finishing T5th with Billings shooting a nice round of 73. Groomer finished with a final round 78. Lucas Viertaler earned a Top 10 after shooting a final round score of 72, including three birdies. Riley Gott tallied a birdie and finished Day 2 with a 79. Jack Donovan and Joseph Trevillion shot matching rounds of 81 to round out the team scoring,” reads a college release.