HAWKS PREPARE FOR REGION XI PREVIEW WITH HOME INVITATIONAL

NORFOLK, Neb. – The No. 11 Northeast Community College golf team hosted their home event Monday at the Norfolk Country Club in Norfolk. Midland University, Southeast Community College, Central Community College and Northeast were the four teams that battled in the tournament.

The Hawks were split up into two different teams on a rather windy day in Norfolk. Rockney Peck (Wisner, Neb.) was the highest finisher for the Hawks as he placed fifth in the tournament. The Northeast A group took second place in the event and the Northeast B group finished fifth.

STAT SHEET

Rockney Peck (Wisner, Neb.): 5 – 77

Ty Heimes (Battle Creek, Neb.) 6 – 78

Riley Keuhn (Hartington, Neb.): 7 – 79

Santiago Valdes (Mexico City, Mexico): 11 – 79

Everette Caroll (Harlan, Iowa): 15 – 82

Braxton Lind (Evanston, Wyo.): 19 – 84

Ted Bengston (Hartington, Neb.): 23 – 85

Jakeb Scherer (Gothenburg, Neb.): 24 – 86

Kody Sander (Lincoln, Neb.): 25 – 86

HEAR FROM THE HAWKS COACH

Head golf coach Wes Bernt's positive takeaways from the Northeast Invitational today:

"It was encouraging on the backend of the lineup that we still got a 77 and a 78 out of Rockney (Peck) and Santiago (Valdes)," Bernt said. "That's been our weakness so far is the top playing really well. Nice to see those guys play better."

How Bernt wants to approach the next few weeks before the Region XI Preview:

"We're going to spend a lot of time hitting wedge shots and a lot of the little stuff," Bernt said. "Looking at the course, we can't practice there, so we'll just look at the course online and try and get a feel for it as much as we can."

UP NEXT

The Hawks will head into postseason play next. The Region XI Preview will be held on Saturday, April 30 at The Preserve at Lake Rathbun in Moriva, Iowa.

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