Falk Named CCC Player of the Year, Jeff Gaskill Voted CCC Coach of the Year
 
Complete Results

WILDER, Idaho – Northwest Christian's Tyler Falk erased a five-shot deficit over the final nine holes to claim medalist honor at the 2014 Cascade Conference Championships, presented by U.S. Bank, at Ridgecrest Golf Club.
 
Falk recorded four birdies over the final five holes – including a birdie on 18 to top Jesse Heinly of Concordia by one stroke – earning a berth to the NAIA National Championships in Daytona Beach, Fla. Falk (77-74-68 – 219) finished the tournament at three-over par, with his four-under 68 in the final round equaling the low score for the tournament. It was his third consecutive tournament win.

Day 1 leader, Jared Lambert (72-72-77 – 221) of Corban held a four-shot lead on Heinly and a five-shot lead on Falk at the turn on Tuesday, but a disastrous quadruple bogey on the 226-yard, par-3 12th, turned the final group into a three-way match-play event for the final six holes. Heinly (74-75-71 – 220) birdied the short par-four 13th to take a two-stroke lead on the others – a lead he would take into the long uphill par-4 17th. Falk birdied the hole, while both Heinly and Lambert made bogey – pulling the NCU player into a tie for the lead with Heinly.
 
On the par-5 18th, Falk capped his comeback with a birdie, while his playing partners each made par, giving him the title.
 
In the team race, Concordia (309-305-294 – 908) shot a blistering six-over 294 in today's final round to earn the team title and automatic berth to Nationals, 10 shots clear of NCU (310-305-303 – 918). The Beacons were just one shot behind the Cavaliers heading into the final round and had their best 18-hole score of the tournament, but it wasn't enough to keep pace with the regular-season champions.
 
Also competing for the Beacons, Freshman Sam Mar finished in 5th place individually, shooting a 74-74-78—226. Senior Calvin Green closed out his golfing career with a 12th place finish (76-80-77—233) while James Demopoulos took 18th (83-78-80—241). Cody Gardner finished in 24th place (87-79-84—250).
 
Falk finished the conference season with a 72.20 stroke average to claim his second CCC Player of the Year trophy, beating out Heinly by seven strokes. Falk, Heinly, Lambert, Kyle Delorey (College of Idaho), Josh Vizcaino (Concordia), Ryan Melnychuk (Concordia), and Kolton Kyne (Concordia) made up the All-Conference team.
 
Voted on by the conference coaches, NCU's Jeff Gaskill was named the Cascade Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year.