Eastern Wyoming College’s George Cordall competes at the Regional IX Golf Tournament Thursday, Sept. 15 at Cottonwood Golf Course in Torrington, Wyoming. Cordall was the top golfer at the tournament with a -5.

Eastern Wyoming College golfers finished the Region IX Tournament in a tie with McCook Community College. EWC’s George Cordall was the tournament’s top golfer with a -5.

“George played very well again this week, earning his second win in 3 starts as a freshman golfer,” EWC head golf coach Zach Smith said. “We had some other positive takeaways, we look forward to playing in Sterling next week. ”

Three EWC golfers finished in the top 10 with Oscar Behle finishing third with a -2 and Noah Taylor finishing in a tie for 8^th place with a +2.

Six community colleges competed in the Region IX Tournament held at Cottonwood Golf Course in Torrington, Wyoming Sept. 15-16.

Eastern Wyoming College and McCook Community College finished tied at -5 on top of the leader board. Northeastern Junior College and Otero College tied for third with a +26, Central Wyoming College finished fifth with +32 and Lamar Community College finished sixth with a +35.

“It was great to be home this week and play well,” Smith said. “We left some strokes out there on Thursday but bounced back Friday to shoot a better team score. McCook played very well on Friday, resulting in us sharing the team win with them at -5.”

Eastern Wyoming College’s Oscar Behle hits the ball onto the green Thursday during the Regional IX Golf Tournament Thursday, Sept. 15 at Cottonwood Golf Course in Torrington, Wyoming. Behle finished in third place with a -2.