ABOYNE'S DANIEL THOMPSETT FRESHMAN OF YEAR IN MONTANA

Aboyne's Daniel Thompsett, a first-year student at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana, has been named Frontier Conference Freshman of the Year and also awarded a place in the All-Conference First Team, a line-up of the best players in the league in the opinion of the coaches.  Rocky Mountain College, the top seeds, were beaten 593-583 by Carroll College in a stroke-play play-off for the conference title at Larchmont golf course, Missoula, Montana. Thompsett, last year's North-east boys' champion, top scored for RMC with two rounds of 73 for 146 but Carroll College had more strength in depth. Rocky Mountain College had been expected to win and go forward to the NAIA national championships. contested by conference champions. Thompson averaged 73 over nine competitive rounds and came fourth in the conference individual standings. "Daniel is pretty disappointed not to be going to the Nationals but overall is happy with his first year in the United States," said his mother Jeni.