Mitch Gillis of Williams Lake has advanced to the second stage of PGA Tour qualifying school after shooting one-under 71 in the final round of Stage 1 in Beaumont, Calif., on Saturday.
Gillis made four birdies and three bogeys and finished right on the number — he tied for 21st, with the top 23 and ties moving on to Stage 2 of Q-School. Gillis’s four-round total was even-par 288.
Gillis will play in the second stage from Nov. 15-18 in one of three locations — Brooksville, Fla., Humble, Texas, or McKinney, Texas. The final stage is scheduled for Nov. 30 to Dec. 5 in La Quinta, Calif.
Lindsay Wilson, an Australian living in Montreal, won the stage, shooting 275.
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Josh Hozack of Victoria won the Rick Cotter Junior Cashspiel Sunday at McArthur Island Curling Club.
Hozack beat fellow Victoria Curling Club curler Daniel Wenzek 9-2 in six ends in the final. Hozack, third Cory Chester, second Nolan Reid and lead Zac Capron earned $1,500 for winning, while Wenzek, third Cameron Dejong, second Sanjay Bowry and lead Thomas Thierback took home $1,000 for second.
Kamloops’ Corryn Brown lost to Hozack in a semifinal, but won $500.
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The South Kamloops Titans beat the Kelowna-Okanagan Mission Huskies 49-20 in an Okanagan varsity football game Friday at Hillside Stadium.
Blaine Boomer was terrific for the Titans, scoring two rushing touchdowns and passing for three others. He hit Spencer Hamer-Jackson for two scores, and also connected with Jacob Adams.
Tye Desrosier had a punt return touchdown in the victory, and Drew Weafer also scored a 34-yard rushing touchdown. Linebacker Todd Grant helped the defence with nine tackles and Adams had seven.
South Kam now is 3-3, but won’t make the playoffs. The Titans will finish their season on Friday against the Valleyview Vikings at Hillside Stadium.