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Texas native Blake Hartford has lead at ZDGA Amateur, but locals lurk
CAMBRIDGE — ol’ Texas Tornado ripped although Guernsey County on Saturday in full pressure.
Houston-area native Blake Hartford, now dwelling in suburban Norwich, made three birdies in a five-hole stretch on the again 9 en path to a 3-under-par 69, which was ok for a one-shot lead within the forty fifth annual Zanesville District Golf Affiliation Novice match at Cambridge Nation Membership.
Hartford, who shot 2-under 34 on the again, leads Tri-Valley grad Michael Rosza (70) by one shot and Cambridge alum Ian Smith by two after a 71.
Gavin Gress, a 13-year-old from River View, is at 72, and West M and Ohio Northern product Teddy Loewendick at 73, adopted by Tom Crowley and Owen Lutz at 74. Lutz performs at Maysville.
Nineteen gamers shot within the 70s on a pleasing day with little wind, with 18 nonetheless inside 10 photographs of the lead coming into Sunday’s last round at Jaycees. Tee instances start at 11 a.m.
Hartford performed collegiately at Texas A&M-Commerce however at the moment lives in Norwich. He’s a member at Zanesville Nation Membership, however has expertise at Cambridge as effectively.
He performed with former champion J.J. Mickey and battle-tested Joe Lemon, probably the most tournament-tested gamers within the discipline.
“It was wonderful,” Hartford mentioned. “I undoubtedly have all kinds of occasions that I play in, some member-guest stuff with guys of all ability ranges, after which I play in some occasions with Tour-level guys. I get pleasure from enjoying with all ranges and I truly assume it’s extra enjoyable that manner. Our grouping immediately, we had 20s, 30s, 50s. It was very cool to play with that selection.”
Hartford made birdies on the par-5 1st and par-4 second, however performed the following seven 1-over to show at 1-under 35. He unleashed the fury on the flip, making birdies on the tenth, a brief par-5, then made two extra on the par-4 twelfth and par-4 14th, respectively.
He left feeling he achieved his main objective.
“I’ve performed this course an honest quantity,” Hartford mentioned. “There are some gettable holes and I simply wished to get it to a few underneath (par), simply wished to place myself the place I might go maintain doing what I’ve been doing the final couple of days.”
Hartford mentioned ball positioning and technique is the important thing at CCC, which performs within the 6,300-yard vary, however encompasses a multitude of undulation and loads of slender fairways.
“There are occasions if you get manner too aggressive and get your self in hassle off the tee,” Hartford mentioned. “I simply tried to maintain the ball within the fairway, hit loads of irons off the tee to offer myself probabilities.”
Gress nonetheless is not sufficiently old to play in highschool, however he has confirmed greater than able to competing in opposition to gamers a lot greater and extra skilled having made the ultimate minimize final yr.
He had a sizzling putter engaged on Saturday, making a pair of tough downhill thrillers on 16 and 18, respectively, to take care of his spot on the leaderboard.
He sank birdies on the par-4 second and par-5 ninth, then buried one other on the par-3 eleventh to get himself to 1-under by way of 13.
The putts on 16 and 18 have been par savers. He practically holed out his pitch shot on the sixteenth.
“My chipping was a bit of off at first however I lastly obtained it again,” Gress mentioned.
Gress mentioned he owes credit score to his dad, River View golf coach Chad Gress, for serving to him with the psychological points of enjoying in tournaments. Usually instances he his youthful brother, Colton, are grouped with adults in occasions just like the ZDGA Am.
“He makes positive I hit it straight makes positive I haven’t got a foul angle,” Gavin Gress mentioned.
On Saturday Gavin bested ZDGA Corridor of Famer and defending champion Brad Baker, a principal within the River View district, by three photographs. Baker had three bogeys on the entrance 9 and completed with 75, six photographs again of the lead.
“He says you simply must take it one shot at a time, you’ll be able to’t take into consideration the sphere,” Gavin Gress mentioned. “It’s important to deal with the course and hit your photographs. That is about it. If I can hit it straight sufficient, I am good.”
He made 4 putts within the 20-foot vary on Saturday, one thing he would like to see proceed into the second spherical. He has some familiarity with Jaycees, one other course with a lightweight structure that requires positioning off the tee to attain.
“I performed Jaycees earlier within the yr, so I am going to know what to do,” Gavin Gress mentioned. “Hopefully they do not set the pins like they did within the (2-man) greatest ball. How they performed final time was a bit of bit excessive.”
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ZDGA Leaderboard
Blake Hartford 35-34 — 69
Michael Rosza 35-35 — 70
Ian Smith 37-34 — 71
Gavin Gress 36-36 — 72
Teddy Loewendick 37-36 —73
Tom Crowley 37-37 — 74
Owen Lutz 38-36 — 74
Brad Baker 39-36 — 75
Justin Adair 38-38 — 76
Dalton Crowley 39-37 — 76
Hoyt Dodson 40-36 — 76
Joe Lemon 39-37 — 76
J.J. Mickey 39-38 — 77
A.J. Wilkin 40-37 — 77
Owen Carney 37-41 — 78
Noah Dever 42-36 — 78
Jake Moore 37-41 — 78
Jack Porter 38-40 — 78
Brian Pierce 41-38 — 79
Derek Graham 40-40 — 80
Ethan Miller 45-36 — 81
Charlie Peterson 40-41 — 81
Mike Gardner 41-41 — 82
Ben Harris 38-44 — 82
Mike Shook 40-44 — 84
Michael Falk 44-41 — 85
Lucas Huston 41-44 — 85
Kevin Terry 44-43 — 87
Ryan Sheppard 42-46 — 88
Austin Campbell 52-49 — 101
Matthew Johnson 55-53 — 108
Parker Erichsen 51-58 — 109
Texas A&M will be without its leading scorer for this weekend’s top-10 matchup against Alabama. The Aggies listed senior point guard Wade Taylor IV as out in its SEC-mandated availability report on Friday night.
Meanwhile, Alabama will be without backup guard Houston Mallette, who was listed as out for the matchup against Texas A&M. Earlier on Friday, Alabama head coach Nate Oats said Mallette is having his knees evaluated as the team decides whether or not to sit him for the rest of the season and apply for a medical redshirt.
Taylor leads Texas A&M in both scoring (15.7 points per game) and assists (4.8 per game. The 6-foot, 180-pound senior has scored in double digits in all of his 13 games this season. During Texas A&M’s 100-75 loss at Alabama last year, the Tide held Taylor to 10 points and five rebounds on 4 of 15 shooting, including 2 of 5 from beyond the arc.
According to a report from KWKT FOX 44, Taylor experienced knee tightness during Texas A&M’s 80-60 win over Texas on Jan. 4. The guard left for the locker room during the second half against the Longhorns but was able to return to action, finishing with 13 points on 25 minutes. Taylor did not play during the Aggies’ 80-78 win over Oklahoma on Wednesday. He was replaced by senior Manny Obaseki in the starting lineup.
With Taylor out, Texas A&M leaned on senior guard Zhuric Phelps, who scored a career-high 34 points against Oklahoma, making 11 of 25 shots from the floor, including 6 of 10 from beyond the arc.
Alabama (13-2, 2-0 in the SEC) is set to tip off against Texas A&M (13-2, 2-0) on Saturday at 7 p.m. CT inside Reed Arena in College Station, Texas. The game will be televised on ESPN.
On Friday night, two of college football’s iconic programs will meet with a spot in the College Football Playoff National Championship game on the line.
The Ohio State Buckeyes and Texas Longhorns have their fingerprints all over the sport’s history yet somehow have squared off only three times.
A Fiesta Bowl meeting after the 2008 season. A home-and-home series in 2005 and 2006. That’s all the history the Buckeyes and Longhorns share on the gridiron — until they take the field in the CFP Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Friday.
Here’s how each of those three matchups played out.
Jan. 5, 2009: Texas 24, Ohio State 21
Although the 2009 Fiesta Bowl experienced a low-scoring first 30 minutes (the Buckeyes led 6-3 at halftime), the fourth quarter offered an ending to remember.
First, Ohio State roared back into the lead with 17 unanswered points after entering the final period trailing 17-6. With just two minutes to respond, Texas put together an impressive 11-play drive that culminated in quarterback Colt McCoy finding wide receiver Quan Cosby for the winning touchdown with 16 seconds remaining.
The McCoy and Cosby connection dominated all game, with the pair linking up 14 times for 171 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Sept. 9, 2006: Ohio State 24, Texas 7
McCoy’s first encounter with Ohio State wasn’t as pleasant as the Fiesta Bowl.
In a battle of the then-No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the land, it was the top-ranked Buckeyes who made an early-season statement against the defending national champion Longhorns on the road in Austin. Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith, who would go on to win the Heisman Trophy that season, threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns as the Buckeyes scored in all four quarters of the win.
Sept. 10, 2005: Texas 25, Ohio State 22
The first meeting between the Longhorns and Buckeyes came with nearly the same high billing as the 2006 contest, with the two squads squaring off as the No. 2 and No. 4 teams in the country, respectively.
As in 2006, it was the higher-ranked visiting side that came out on top, although the game itself proved to be much closer. Texas jumped out to an early 10-0 lead, but Ohio State battled back and eventually entered halftime, and then the fourth quarter, ahead.
Said final quarter, however, belonged to the Longhorns. Quarterback Vince Young’s 24-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Limas Sweed proved to be the winner, with Texas adding some insurance in the game’s final moments with a safety-inducing sack of Troy Smith in the end zone.
The top-five win was the Longhorns’ first major statement in a campaign that would end with a national championship.
NORTH TEXAS – This week’s snow event will end with a “few flurries” during Friday’s morning commute, according to CBS News Texas meteorologist Jeff Ray.
“But roads will have frozen over,” Ray said.
Expect hazardous road conditions in the morning, as it will be “the worst” the roads have been since the event started on Thursday morning, Ray said.
Late in the morning, temperatures will rise above freezing, which will “help drivers get around the Metroplex,” Ray said.
A cold front is expected Friday, he said.
“We are going to have wind chills in the 20s all day,” Ray said. “By nightfall on Friday, temperatures will drop quickly and water will re-freeze on the roads across the evening. This ice will remain until mid-morning on Saturday before the sun and warmer temperatures in the mid-40s clear the roadways.”
CBS News Texas will continue to provide updates as information becomes available.
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