{"id":142987,"date":"2026-01-29T19:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/142987\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T19:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T19:20:07","slug":"four-chaparrals-tee-off-as-lone-star-conference-golfers-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/142987\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Chaparrals Tee Off as Lone Star Conference Golfers to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                 LUBBOCK, Texas (January 29, 2026) \u2014 The Lone Star Conference announced its 2026 Golfers to Watch on Thursday, recognizing 50 student-athletes across the league as the spring championship season approaches, including four representatives from Lubbock Christian University&#8217;s men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s programs.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe annual list features two golfers from each of the conference&#8217;s 13 women&#8217;s teams and 12 men&#8217;s teams, with honorees nominated by their respective institutions. The selections highlight returning standouts and emerging contributors as conference play nears its start in February.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLubbock Christian was represented on the men&#8217;s side by juniors <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/noel-bondesson\/4912\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4912\" target=\"_blank\">Noel Bondesson<\/a> Jr. and <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/hudson-reagan\/4906\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4906\" target=\"_blank\">Hudson Reagan<\/a>, while seniors <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/anaya-perales\/4897\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4897\" target=\"_blank\">Anaya Perales<\/a> and freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/womens-golf\/roster\/nadalie-cannell\/4899\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4899\" target=\"_blank\">Nadalie Cannell<\/a> earned recognition for the Lady Chaps. The quartet reflects the continued upward trajectory of both LCU programs under head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/lcuchaps.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/jeff-maciejewski\/2186\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"2186\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Maciejewski<\/a> following historic fall performances.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nBondesson, a native of Landskrona, Sweden, enters the spring with a regional ranking of No. 56 and a 73.92 scoring average across the fall schedule. He led the Chaparrals with 40 birdies and posted an average finish of 36th, serving as a steady presence in LCU&#8217;s lineup during a fall season that included two top-10 team finishes. Reagan, a sophomore from Brownwood, Texas, earned a regional ranking of No. 97 and recorded a 76.25 scoring average while leading the team with 133 pars.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe LCU men&#8217;s program is coming off one of the strongest fall campaigns in program history, highlighted by a program-record 54-hole score of 844 (-8) at the San Juan Intercollegiate in Colorado and the school&#8217;s first-ever international competition at the Shootout at PGA Riviera Maya in Mexico.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOn the women&#8217;s side, Cannell and Perales helped power a Lady Chaps squad that posted three top-10 finishes during the fall portion of the schedule. Cannell, a freshman from Hermiston, Oregon, finished the fall ranked No. 37 in the region with a 67.82 scoring average and an average finish of 15th place, leading LCU with 30 birdies. Perales, a senior from Midland, Texas, followed closely at No. 38 regionally with a 68.18 scoring average and a team-best 101 pars.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nConference-wide, the Golfers to Watch list includes 11 student-athletes ranked inside the top 50 of the Scoreboard national rankings, underscoring the league&#8217;s depth on both the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s sides. Four LSC women&#8217;s teams and three men&#8217;s teams finished the fall ranked or receiving votes in the final Division II coaches polls.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe 2026 women&#8217;s season begins as early as Feb. 2, while men&#8217;s competition opens Feb. 9. The Lone Star Conference Women&#8217;s Golf Championship is scheduled for April 13\u201315, followed by the men&#8217;s championship April 20\u201322, with both events set for Rockwall Golf &amp; Athletic Club in Rockwall, Texas.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nNCAA postseason play will follow in May, with the Division II Women&#8217;s Golf Championship slated for May 12\u201316 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and the men&#8217;s championship scheduled for May 18\u201322 in Boulder City, Nevada.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; LUBBOCK, Texas (January 29, 2026) \u2014 The Lone Star Conference announced its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-142987","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}