Cloquet, Dine, Duffy shoot 79 in windy WSC No. 3

SBCC placed fourth on Monday in the third WSC men's golf tournament on a cold, windy day at the Vaqueros' home course at Alisal Ranch in Solvang.

Canyons turned in a 379 and won by 24 shots over Hancock (393). Ventura was third at 396, followed closely by SBCC (398) and Glendale (399).

Gabe Cloquet, Felix Dine and Austin Duffy led Santa Barbara with 79s that earned them a tie for 12th place. Zack Silverman of Glendale was the medalist at 1-over 73.

"We didn't play super today," said SBCC coach Chuck Melendez. "It was a cold day in the 50s with winds up to 25 mph, which made it difficult. Overall, we needed a few scores closer to par. It just wasn't our day."

Canyons won its second WSC tourney in three tries. The Cougars lead the nine-team race with a 22-2 record. Ventura is second at 20-4 and the Vaqueros are third (19-5).

Santa Barbara (34-18 overall) will play in WSC No. 4, hosted by Ventura, on Monday at 11 a.m. at River Ridge GC in Oxnard.

WSC No. 3
At par-72 Alisal Ranch
Final scores
 Team -- 1, Canyons 379. 2, Hancock 393. 3, Ventura 396. 4, SBCC 398. 5, Glendale 399. 6, Bakersfield 415. 7, Antelope Valley 470. 8, Citrus 496. 9, Victor Valley, no score.
 Medalist -- 1, Zack Silverman, Glendale, 73. 2 (tie), Clemente Yanes, Canyons, 74; Adam Burrola, Hancock, 74. 4 (tie), Joey Herrera, Ventura, 75; Clayton Kucera, Canyons, 75.
 SBCC leaders -- 12 (tie), Gabe Cloquet 79, Felix Dine 79, Austin Duffy 79. Zach Steinberger 80, Jack Heavey 81, Ray Abels 85.
 WSC standings -- 1, Canyons 22-2. 2, Ventura 20-4. 3, SBCC 19-5. 4 (tie), Hancock 14-10, Glendale 14-10. 6, Bakersfield 10-14. 7, Antelope Valley 5-19. 8, Citrus 4-20. 9, Victor Valley 0-24.
 SBCC overall record -- 34-18.