Eight teams converge on Soboba Country Club to determine CCCAA Men's Golf State Champion
SAN JACINTO - Eight teams will compete for the 2022 California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Men's Golf State Championship on Monday, May 16 at the Soboba Country Club in San Jacinto and hosted by Riverside City College.
The one-day, 36-hole melee will feature the South’s College of the Canyons, Cypress, Saddleback and Ventura, while the North will send Folsom Lake, Monterey Peninsula, Reedley and Sierra.
These teams are not new to the state championships scene as the past five winners have come from this grip of competitors. College of the Canyons is the most recent winner as they carded a field low 734 in 2019 at the Silverado Country Club in Napa, CA. Cypress was the winner in 2018 with a field-low 736, while Canyons won in 2015 and in 2017. Reedley snapped a potential Canyons three peat by earning the title in 2016 and brought the championship trophy back to the North for the first time since 2011.
| Schools | State Championships | |
| College of the Canyons | 9 | |
| Saddleback | 6 | |
| Monterey Peninsula | 3 | |
| Reedley | 1 | |
| Cypress | 1 | |
| Ventura | 0 | |
| Folsom Lake | 0 | |
| Sierra | 0 | |
The Southern California Regional Championships was a close finish that came down to a card off that sent Cypress home with the title. The Chargers finished the round with a 733 matched by Saddleback who took home the second place trophy after winning the Orange Empire Conference (OEC) Championship the previous week. Canyons (734) was a close third place, while Ventura (742) snagged the final spot.
Canyons’ Hugo Amsallem shot a field low 137 to haul in the individual title. Ventura’s Nick Burns followed with a 140. Brian Urip was the next best finisher (142), while Saddleback’s Dennis Watson (143), Ventura’s Steen Zeman (143) and Citrus’ John Dearth (144) rounded out the 2022 All-Southern California Team.
It was more of a clear cut finish in the North California Regional Championships with Monterey Peninsula (762) taking home the title. Reedley (765) followed in second place, while Sierra (772) and Folsom Lake (776) followed behind.
Folsom Lake’s Hayden Herrick (144) was crowned the Northern Individual Champion, backed by Monterey Peninsula’s Caleb Martin (147) earned the silver medal. Reedley’s Emil Eriksson (148) and Cole Obrigewitsch (150) landed consecutively, while Sierra’s Samon Bartells (151) and Arun Bruns (151) each landed in the top six to make up the All-Northern California team.
There will be 12 individual competitors looking to haul in the individual trophy to complete the 60-man field.
(Nicho DellaValle, CCCSIA President)