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been play1ng good, but 69 for him is just an outstanding round. I couldn't be happier for him and he's pretty happy for himself."

Boles. 111 ho prepped at Clarkdale , fired a 1-under 71. He was 1-under on h s l1rst nine and had one birdie to go with one bogey on his final n re holes. Da'liel has been playing solid for the last two weeks," Hart said. ·Today he hit it really well and could have shot lower, but I'm real 01eased with a solid 71.

"'.'/i;n those two scores, that really started the day off well ."

'.'CC also got a 75 from Clinton Hales and a 78 from Brandon Laird.

We were looking to shoot around 290-295 , so this is excellent for t'le f'rst day," Martin said. "If we can just shoot a decent round ttoday), we should have it." Tt"le winner advances to the NJCAA Division II National Championship at Palm Valley Country Club in Phoenix, Ariz., May 21 -24. Gulf Coast was in second place in Division II after shooting a 306 . James Rentrop and Tim McCabe both had a 3-over 75, while Tyler Spruill shot a 76 and B.J. Stout an 80. Hinds was in third place with a 310. The Eagles got a 75 from Michael Granberry, a 77 from Dwayne Wooten, a 78 from Marko Matthews, and 80s from Trey Crum and Luke Jiminez. Closely behirid Hinds was well-balanced ltawamba at 311 . The Indians got a 77 from Scotty Patterson to go with 78s from Wade Fleming, Cain Myers, and Chris Moore. In fi fth place was Pearl River with a 323. Northeast Mississippi was nipping at the Wildcats' heels at 324. East Mississippi was in seventh place in Division II with a 328. The Lions were led by Devin Davis with a 79 and Matthew Downing with an 80. EMCC also got an 84 from Jon Luke Hazelwood and an 85 from Hayes Rector. Completing Division II with a 350 was Holmes. Jones came into the Division Ill portion of the tournament on a roll, having won its last two tournaments. The Bobcats continued their hot play Tuesday as they fired a 312 to grab a nine-stroke lead over Copiah-Lincoln. That's what we're looking forward to," Martin said.

Leading Jones was Nolan Green with a 74. Green had birdies on Nos. 12 and 13 to go with bogeys on Nos. 9, 10, 14, and 16.

The Bobcats also got a 78 from Adam Napier, a 79 from Tim Rasberry, and an 81 from Jacob Bynum.

"We've been playing good the last two weeks," Jones coach Ed Smith said. "We've had some kids that we're expecting some things out of that have actually started to play up to their potential. We're trying to peak at the right time."

Co-Lin was in second place with a 321. The Wolves got a pair of 79s from Matt Mooney and Zach Baldwin , an 80 from Joey Young , and

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