Haenel, Vaqueros place ninth in Eagle Classic

Cypress shot 70, 71 and 72 on Wednesday to capture the Eagle Classic at Soboba Springs GC in San Jacinto.

Matt Wotherspoon was the medalist at 70, Luke Bartram shot 71 and Juan Quisaboni added an even-par 72. Mt. San Jacinto hosted the 16-team tourney.

Cypress won the team title with 367 strokes, eight better than Reedley. Mt. SAC (378) was three shots back in third and one better than fourth-place finisher, College of the Desert (379).

Igor Haenel, a sophomore from Austria, led SBCC, tying his career low with a 73 that earned him a ninth-place tie. The Vaqueros had four players in the 70s and shot 388 to also finish ninth. Isaac Stone and Matt Pate fashioned 78s and Preston Gomersall shot 79.

The Vaqueros (31-15) will host WSC No. 3 on Monday at the Alisal Ranch in Solvang with a shotgun start at 11:30 a.m.

Eagle Classic
At par-72 Soboba Springs GC
 Team -- 1, Cypress 367. 2, Reedley 375. 3, Mt. SAC 378. 4, Desert 379. 5 (tie), Ventura 382, Irvine Valley 382, Mt. San Jacinto 382. 8, Saddleback 384. 9, SBCC 388. 10 (tie), Palomar 392, Riverside 392. 12, Orange Coast 398. 13, Bakersfield 400. 14, Cuyamaca 432. 15, Victor Valley 447. 16, El Camino, no score.
 Medalist -- 1, Matt Wotherspoon, Cypress, 70. 2 (tie), Mason Teron, Ventura, 71; Jordan Medlock, Mt. San Jacinto, 71; Luke Bertram, Cypress, 71. 5 (tie), John Kim, Desert, 72; Juan Quisaboni, Cypress, 72; Felix Tsui, Mt. SAC, 72; Tommy O'Rourke, Reedley, 72.
 SBCC scores -- 9 (tie), Igor Haenel 73. Isaac Stone 78, Matt Pate 78, Preston Gomersall 79, Preston Foy 80, Blake Bornand 84.
 SBCC overall record -- 31-15.