Blaine Hale. Photo by Tim Cowie.

Blaine Hale is waking up this morning a national champion. His 5-man Oklahoma University golf team defeated Oregon, the defending titleholders, in the NCAA national championship Wednesday.

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“This week’s been so special for us,” said Blaine in an interview with the Golf Channel.  “I’ve just had a peace and a calmness about me this week. I felt really good about this week and it obviously ended in the right way.”

The Sooner sophomore and LHHS 2015 grad defeated Oregon’s Norman Xiong in head-to-head play, televised live on the Golf Channel. Blaine’s teammates are Max McGreevy, Rylee Reinertson, Grant Hirschman and Brad Dalke. Congratulations, all.