NIACC's Castle places 11th at DMACC Spring Invite

BOONE - NIACC sophomore Tim Castle placed 11th on Wednesday at the DMACC Spring Invitational at the Cedar Pointe Golf Course.

Castle shot 75-74 - 149 in the 36-hole event. The 149 is the careeer-best 36-hole round for the former Newman Catholic standout.

DMACC's Drew Teeter was the individual medalist with a 71-65 - 136 and the Bears' Spencer Clatt was second with a 71-67 - 138.

NIACC shot 312-309 - 621 and placed fifth. Iowa Central was the team champion with a 278-282 - 560.

"Conditions were perfect (Wednesday) for scoring," NIACC coach Chris Frenz said, "and hte course was there to get.

"We're disappointed we didn't go lower, but overall I liked our effort. We just ran into a buzzsaw (Wednesday) as Iowa Central shot 16-under as a team. Thirty-six holes is a lot to stay focused and I thought the guys did a great job to battle through a little adversity at times."

Also for the Trojans, sophomore Elic Fjetland shot 77-79 - 156, sophomore Jackson Koebernick shot 82-77 - 159, sophomore Anders Palmquist shot 80-79 - 159, sophomore Mitchell Staudt shot 81-78 - 159 and freshman Tommy Birdsell shot 80-84 - 164.

NIACC returns to action May 6-7 at the NJCAA North Central District Championships at Gates Park Golf Course in Waterloo.

"(Wednesday) was a good tuneup to get us ready for the regional tournament," Frenz said.

Team standings - Iowa Central 278-282 - 560, DMACC 287-276 - 563, DMACC B 294-302 - 596, Iowa Lakes 301-304 - 605, NIACC 312-309 - 621, Central College 311-313 - 624.