Submitted photo – Talon Vigil in action at Baywood on Monday.

Eureka’s Talon Vigil took a big step toward a league title in H-DNL boys golf on Monday, while the Loggers closed in on the team championship.

Vigil posted the low score for the fourth time in five rounds of league play to break a tie with St. Bernard’s Jack Kramer at the top of the season standings and lead the Eureka boys to a second-place team finish.

Competing at Baywood Golf and Country Club, Vigil shot a 77 to lead the field by two strokes and move four strokes clear in the season standings with just one round of league remaining.

The Eureka senior has been the most consistent golfer this season, with two rounds of 76, two of 77 and a season-best round of 70 at Eureka recently.

Kramer, who had the fifth best round of the day on Monday with an 82, remains second in the league standings and still in contention for the league title just four strokes back.

Arcata’s Joaquin Ponce shot a 79 for the second-best round of the day, followed by McKinleyville’s Jake Gardner with an 80 and Arcata’s Lucas Wemberley with an 81.

Ponce and Wemberly led the Tigers to their first team win of the season after placing second to Eureka in each of the first four rounds.

The Arcata boys shot a combined 335, which was two strokes better than Eureka.

However, the Loggers remain in pole position to win the season championship and hold a 29-stroke lead over the Tigers heading into the season finale, which will also take place at Baywood next Monday.

Eureka’s Julian Goodman and Fortuna’s Dawson McWhorter tied for the sixth best round on Monday with 83s.

Five different Arcata boys shot a 91 or better.

In addition to Ponce and Wemberly’s big performances, Mason Alway shot an 86, while Ryzen Miller shot an 89 and Zayne Morris-Slattery shot a 91.

Talon Vigil

Four different Loggers shot a 90 or better, including Wyatt Zerlang (87) and Jerome Lyons (90).

Also impressing on Monday, St. Bernard’s Braedon Simpson shot an 84, while teammate Carson Johnson shot an 88.

Fortuna’s Robbie Shoemaker shot a 91, while McKinleyville’s Morgan Zhao shot an 89 and Carter Reeves shot a 91.

Blake Larson led Del Norte with a 90, while Braeden Rice led Ferndale with a 112 and Littlefoot Williams paced Hoopa with a 119.

St. Bernard’s (353) had the third best team score of the day, with Fortuna (360) and McKinleyville (361) rounding out the top five.

The race for the top seven individual places in league, which decides the all-league selections, could be set after Monday’s round with seven strokes separating the top seven from the rest of the field.

Gardner is third in the season standings with a combined 322, which is 19 strokes behind Kramer, followed by Ponce (325), Alway (326), Goodman (330) and Wemberly (334).