Parkland College

In their final golf tournament of the fall season the Parkland Men's Golf team finished 1-2 at the Danville Invitational held at Turtle Run Golf Course in Danville. For this tournament, Coach Zach McNabney divided up his 10 golfers into Green and Gold squads and the Green team rallied from seven strokes back to win the tournament by four strokes.

Parkland's Corbin Sebens (79-70 149) and Drew Meiner (72-77 149) tied for third place over-all as Dean Wright from Rend Lake (137) ran away with medalist honors. Willy Wilner and Jack Wagner each shot two-day totals of 150 while Bryan Ideus and Matt Schopp both shot 151.

Teams

Parkland Green 595

Parkland Gold 599 (won second on playoff)

Rend Lake 599

Vincennes 608

Springfield 611

Kaskaskia 612

Danville 625

ICC 635

Lincoln 670

Top Individuals

Dean Wright (RL) 137

Koester (Springfield) 146

Wright (Kaskaskia) 149

Leibering (Danville) 149

Sebens (Parkland) 149

Meiner (Parkland) 149

Manley (Vincennes) 149

Other Parkland Scores

Parkland (Green)

Willy Wilner 69-81-150

Corbin Sebens 79-70-149

Bryan Ideus 78-73-151

Joe Smith 83-73-156

Ross Leary 75-78-153

Parkland (Gold)

Sam Wells 78-75-153

Drew Meiner 72-77-149

Michael Peters 74-79-153

Matt Schopp 75-76-151

Jake Wagner 75-75-150

Freshman Willy Wilner handled the tough windy conditions at the JUCO State Tourney firing a 74 to finish one stroke off the lead after Day 1 at Piper Glen Golf Course in Springfield. No other PC golfer could break 80 as the Cobras find themselves in 6th place after the opening day but just two strokes out of 3rd place headed into Monday's final round. Weather conditions today are expected to be even more difficult on the course with cooler temps and windier conditions.

John A Logan 302

Rend Lake 311

Rock Valley 317

Blackhawk 317

College of DuPage 317

Parkland 319

Carl Sandburg 323

SCI 324

IVCC 325

Danville 327

ICC 328

Kaskaskia 331

Highland 332

Elgin 353

Lincoln 354

Waubonsie 355

John Wood 366

Top Five Individuals

Joe Goelzhauser (JAL) 73

Willy Wilner (Parkland) 74

Filip Timmerman (JAL) 74

Preston Medlin (RL) 74

Ryan Whittingham (DuPage) 75

Connor Gillund (Blackhawk) 75

Troy Bauer (IVCC) 75

Luke Kane (Carl Sandburg) 75

Other Parkland Scores

Drew Meiner 81

Joe Smith 82

Bryan Ideus 82

Corbin Sebens 83

The Parkland Men's Golf team finished in 6th place at the Robert Morris Invitational held at Midlane Golf Course in Wadsworth, IL. The Cobras were the only NJCAA school in the field as they went up against a field of NCAA D-II/III and NAIA programs.

Sophomore Corbin Sebens was a bright spot for Parkland as he rallied from an opening day 80 to fire a two-under par 69 on day two to finish in 4th place just three shots off the lead. Blake Blumenstock of North Park took medalist honors with a 146 while St. Francis University of Joliet won the team trophy by 6 strokes over Bethel College of Indiana. Next up for PC is their biggest tournament of the fall season when the Cobras travel to Springfield for the State of Illinois JUCO Championships on 9/27-28 at Piper Glen Golf Course.

St. Francis, U of IL 309 305 614

Bethel College IN 318 302 620

Carthage College 320 305 625

Viterbo University 314 311 625

Olivet Nazarene U. 316 312 628

Parkland CC 327 309 636

St. Francis, U of IN 330 312 642

North Park U. 334 309 643

Holy Cross (IN) 331 315 646

Robert Morris U.-IL 347 315 662

Judson College 331 338 669

Calumet College 342 349 691

Top Five Individuals

Blake Blumenstock North Park 80-66-146

Seth Doran Olivet Naz 74-72-146

Martin Hetelle St Fran IL 72-75 -147

Corbin Sebens Parkland 80-69-149

Ben Schroeder Carthage 76-74-150

Other Parkland Scores

Bryan Ideus 85-75-160

Drew Meiner 83-83-166

Ross Leary 84-82-166

Joe Smith 80-89-169

The Parkland Golf team will see plenty of action this weekend as they will play 72 holes in two different tournaments. On Friday, the Cobras take part in the one-day 72-hole Rend Lake Fall Preview and after a day off will be in Marion for the two-day John A Logan Invite.

The Cobras should see plenty of top competition as the defending National Champions from Logan will be there as well as Rend Lake, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Shawnee, and several other top JUCO programs.

For the first time in two seasons the Cobras will not be lead by two-time All-American Michael Davan. The co-Male Athlete of the Year for the past two years is now playing at IUPUI and the Cobras also will be without fellow graduates Kevin Mast, Bob Huey, and Trevor Wiesner off last years team that won the M-WAC title and placed 8th in the Nation.

This fall, the Cobras will be lead by a trio of local products. Sophomore Corbin Sebens (Monticello HS) came on strong last spring and emerged as one of the Cobras top threats. He will be joined by Centennial graduate and Toledo University transfer Joe Smith and Willy Wilner (Judah Christian). Wilner was impressive earlier this week, carding back to back 73's at Iron Horse in Tuscola during qualifying for this week's events.

Joining them this weekend will be Michael Peters (Champaign Central), Drew Meiner (Normal West) and Matt Schopp (LeRoy). Two more local players Sam Wells (St. Thomas More) and Bryan Ideus (Rantoul) are also expected to be big contributors along with Ross Leary (Normal West) and Jake Wagner (Lafayette Jefferson HS).

Zach McNabney's Cobras will be in six events this fall while the bulk of their play and tournament qualifying takes place in the spring.