Asper is conference's Men's Athlete
of the Week

SAN
DIEGO (5-15-2013) --
Palomar
golfer Jordan Asper (left) has been
selected as Pacific Coast Athletic
Conference Men’s Athlete of the Week
for all sports for the two weeks
that ended on Sunday.
Aspera,
a sophomore from Mountain View High
School in Bend, OR and the Orange
Empire Conf. Player of the Year, won
the Southern California individual
title at Costa Mesa Golf & Country
Club, shooting a 68-72 – 140 for 36
holes last Monday.
He shared the conference
Athlete of the Week award with
Palomar baseball pitcher Zach
Wilkins.
Bellstrom is Palomar's top finisher
at state finals
CARMEL
(5-13-2013) --
Palomar's Nick Bellstrom (right)
carded a
73-75 -- 148 on Monday at the Rancho
Canada Golf Club and was the Comets'
top finisher in the CCCAA State
Men's Golf Championships.
PC
teammate Jordan Asper, the Southern
California champion, had an off day
and finished at 77-79 -- 156.
Reedley's Jacob Ruffino won the
state individual title with a 67-70
-- 137. College of the Canyons was
the team champion.
Asper won
the Southern California individual
championship last week with a 68-72
-- 140.
Comets' Asper wins SoCal title with
68-72 -- 140


COSTA
MESA (5-06-2013) --
Palomar's Jordan Asper (left) won
the Southern California Regional
individual men's golf championship
on Monday at Costa Mesa Golf &
Country Club.
Asper, the Orange Empire Conference Player of the Year, carded a
68-72 -- 140. He'll be joined in next week's CCCAA State
Championships at Rancho Canada Golf Club in Carmel by teammate
Nick Bellstrom (right), who tied for sixth place with a 74-71 --
145.
Palomar, which needed a top-two finish to qualify as a team,
placed fourth with a 379-372 -- 751. Orange Coast (721) and College of the Canyons (733) advanced their teams to state, with
Santa Barbara Cioty College finishing third at 746.
Trailing coach Mark Halda's Comets were Santiago Canyon in fifth
place with a 755, El Camino with a 761, defending state champion
College of the Desert (770) and Ventura (782).
OEC Player of Year Asper, Comets regional
bound

CHINO HILLS (4-29-2013)
--
Palomar's Jordan Asper
(left), the conference's overall
season average leader and Player of the Year, helped lead
Palomar to second on the North Course and third on the South
Course at Los Serranos Golf & Country Club on Monday.
That 36-hole performance,
coming in the OEC finals, gave coach Mark Halda's third
place in the eight-team conference for the season and qualified
the PC team for the CCCAA Southern California Regionals next
Monday at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club.
In the morning,
three Comets played on the 7,188-yard, par-74 South Course, with
Aspar shooting a 1-under 73, and Nick Bellstrom and Cody Ek each
carding a 1-over 75. "That put us in pretty good shape," Halda
said. Meanwhile, Eugene Wang (right) shot a 3-under 69 on the par-72,
6,698-yard North Course.Jordan Brown had a 75 and Christian
Chang a 76.
"We came into the conference finals tied with
Cypress for third and three shots behind Santiago Canyon for
second," Halda said. "We held the tie-break over Cypress but not
Santiago."
Cypress fired a 356 on the North course,
winning seven match points. "We had to finish at 6-1 or no worse
than 5-2 to keep our regional hopes alive," Halda said. "In the
afternoon, Asper shot a 74 on the North course and posted
his score. Santiago Canyon finished earlier and we knew we had to
shoot 366. That put the pressure on Nick and Cody to post low
scores."
Bellstrom came in next with an even-par 72. Ek
came in with a 76, the Comets finished at 366 and Ek won the
card-off, giving Palomar second place on the North Course.
Back on the South Course, Palomar had to finish with a
382 to land the regional berth. Chang, who had played in one
conference match all season, shot a 76. "That was a solid effort
and put us in a great position," Halda said. Bottom line was that
Wang had to finish strong and, after a string of holes that went
bogey, bogey, bogey, double bogey to put him 4 over, he responded
with two birdies.
Now 2 over par with two holes to play, Wang
bogeyed the next-to-last hole, a par-3 that Halda said "was
giving everyone trouble." That left Wang with a long par-5. He
had to make par or better to clinch the regional berth for the
team. His second shot was pin high left of the green and he was
able to make par, clinching the berth.
"As a team, we
shot 6 over on both the North and South courses," Halda said . "A
very strong showing especially considering we had started at
6:52 a.m. and did not finish until 6 the same evening -- 36 holes
of golf with a lot on the line."
Bellstrom also made
the all-conference team.
Brown's eagle, Asper's 71 lead Comets to a
2nd

CORONA (4-17-2013 --