April 15, 2022, GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.  – The Grand Rapids Community College golf team returned to action after more than a month away, winning the Glen Oaks Community College Invitational Tournament on Friday.

The baseball team recovered from a 3-2 loss in the first game of a doubleheader against Kellogg Community College to win 9-6 in the nightcap.

In their first MCCAA conference match of the season, the golf team defeated the field of six opponents with a score of 302, 14 strokes better than second-place Muskegon Community College.

Sophomore Matthew Denhartigh earned medalist honors with a career-best four-under par performance. Arie Jackman, 75 and Connor Oman, 77 also earned All-Tournament Team honors.

Sam Foss finished with an 82 and Brad Vandenhout an 84 on the cold and windy course down in Centreville, Mich.

The baseball team managed a split against first place Kellogg Community College.

GRCC ace Jerad Berkenpas pitched a complete game and gave up two earned runs in the 3-2 loss. Dylan Chargo led GRCC, with two hits in three at-bats with an RBI double.

In the nightcap, GRCC trailed 6-2, but scored seven unanswered runs in the fifth and sixth innings to win 9-6.

GRCC out-hit Kellogg 15-10, led by Chargo and Zacarias Salinas who each had three hits. GRCC had three extra base hits; one by Salinas and the others by Andres Rivera-Calderon and Ryan Dykstra.

With the score tied at six, Camden Keatley scored the go-ahead run on a line drive to center field in the fifth inning.

Drew Murphy, Caden VanDeBurg and Eliott Traver pitched for GRCC, with VanDeBurg picking up the victory.

The Raiders, now 14-18 on the season, will travel to Battle Creek on April 16 to complete the four-game series. 

The golf team is set to compete April 22 at the Jackson Community College Invitational.