Husker signee and York native Reed Malleck became the 31st Nebraska Junior Match Play Champion on Friday morning after a 2&1 win in the championship match at the Oakland Golf Club.
Malleck began the tournament by shooting a four-over 76 in the stroke-play qualifying round on Tuesday to give him the 13th overall seed in the field of 32. Malleck would control the majority of his first match taking a four-hole lead through 11 holes and would hang on for a 1 up victory.
In his round of 16 matchup, the match would be much tighter, as Malleck would be tied with his opponent through 16 holes, but Malleck was able to make par on the par 5 17th to take a one hole lead and would hold on to that lead on the 18th to send him to the quarterfinals.