Colt Golf wins Buck Brandon Classic

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Posted: Mar 12, 2024

NMMI Sports Press

The Colts won their first golf tournament of the young season Monday in Hobbs, topping the Goddard Rockets by a single stroke to win the Buck Brandon Classic with a combined score of 332.

Junior Mason Hicks finished third individually with a 77, three strokes behind winner Levi Fisher of Trinity Christian School in Lubbock, TX. Hicks saved some of his best golf of the day for the back nine, shooting an even 36 with three birdies and two pars.

Six of the eight Colt golfers finished in the top half of the 48 player field that featured 4A squads Goddard, Lovington and Trinity as well as 5A teams Hobbs, Clovis and Roswell High. Fellow A-3A members Clovis Christian, Tatum and Gateway Chritian finished in the bottom three.

A couple young Colts had top-15 finishes, with freshman Jay Payne in 11th with an 83 and sophomore Bruno Esocbar coming in 14th with an 84. Recent soccer state champion David Portugal finished 20th with an 88, the final score that made up the team total.

Right behind Portugal in 22nd was senior Tom Aspinall at 89 and junior Jose Lerma in 23rd with a score of 90.

For full hole-by-hole results, click here.

  • Fri, 05/03 | Baseball at Howard College L, 8-3 (Final)
  • Fri, 05/03 | Baseball at Howard College L, 6-5 (Final - 7 innings)
  • Thu, 05/02 | Colt Golf Colt Classic 9th place R | PH
  • Tue, 04/30 | Colt Golf Black/Murphy Invitational 4th place R
  • Tue, 04/30 | Colt Varsity Baseball Tucumcari HS vs. Colt Varsity Baseball 0 - 11 (4:00 pm MDT)
  • Tue, 04/30 | Colt Varsity Baseball Tucumcari HS vs. Colt Varsity Baseball 0 - 14 (6:00 pm MDT)
  • Sat, 04/27 | Baseball vs. Amarillo College W, 9-8 (Final) RC | BX | PH | V
  • Sat, 04/27 | Baseball vs. Amarillo College L, 14-1 (Final - 5 innings) RC | BX | PH | V
  • Sat, 04/27 | Colt Varsity Baseball Colt Varsity Baseball at East Mountain HS 5 - 10 (11:00 am MDT)
  • Sat, 04/27 | Colt Varsity Baseball Colt Varsity Baseball at East Mountain HS 20 - 21 (1:00 pm MDT)
  • Fri, 04/26 | Baseball vs. Amarillo College W, 10-2 (Final - 7 innings) RC | BX | PH | V
  • Fri, 04/26 | Baseball vs. Amarillo College W, 11-1 (Final - 6 innings) RC | BX | PH | V
  • Thu, 04/25 | Colt Tennis District 4 Tourney G1 - No. 3 @ No. 2 L 5-4 (3:00 pm) PH
  • Tue, 04/23 | Colt Golf Alien 8 Invitational 1st place R
  • Mon, 04/22 | Colt Golf Artesia Invite 4th place R
  • Sat, 04/20 | Baseball at El Paso Community College L, 12-2 (Final - 5 innings) BX
  • Sat, 04/20 | Baseball at El Paso Community College L, 5-4 (Final - 7 innings) BX
  • Sat, 04/20 | Colt Varsity Baseball Sandia Prep HS vs. Colt Varsity Baseball 1 - 5 (10:00 am MDT) RC | BX | PH | V
  • Sat, 04/20 | Colt Varsity Baseball Sandia Prep HS vs. Colt Varsity Baseball 3 - 7 (12:00 pm MDT) RC | BX | PH | V
  • Fri, 04/19 | Baseball at El Paso Community College W, 9-5 (Final) RC | BX
  • Fri, 04/19 | Baseball at El Paso Community College W, 7-0 (Final - 7 innings) RC | BX
  • Thu, 04/18 | Colt Golf Lovington Invitational 4th place R
  • Tue, 04/16 | Colt Tennis Artesia W, 5-4 (3:00 pm)
  • Tue, 04/16 | Lady Colt Tennis Artesia L, 9-0 (3:00 pm)