MCPHERSON — Ellinwood's Luke Heinz battled for a top 20 medal with a 163 total (78-85) to tie for 18th place at the 2A state golf championship at Turkey Creek Golf Course Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Heinz birdied No. 17 and No. 18 to finish his first nine holes. Heinz birdied No. 9 to finish his round to tie for 11th place after 18 holes.
The Eagles finished eighth (376) by also counting scores by 62nd-place Austin Brack (96); 64th Braden Lewis, 98 with a birdie at No. 11; and 70th Keaton Lewis (104).
Reigning 2A state champion Salina Sacred Heart (611, 311-300) captured its 10th consecutive 2A state championship by overcoming a 10-shot deficit. Hoxie's Noah Dowell shot even-par 140 (68-2) to edge Oakley's Easton Fink 142 (72-70) by two strokes.
Syracuse placed runner-up at 628 (301-327) after trailing Sacred Heart by 27 strokes Wednesday.
2A STATE MCPHERSON
Turkey Creek G.C. par 70
TEAM SCORES—1—Salina Sacred Heart, 611 (311-300); 2—Syracuse, 628 (301-327); 3—Hoxie, 643 (322-321); 4—Topeka Cair Paravel, 644 (327-337); 5—Pittsburg Colgan, 668 (335-333); 6—Hill City, 674 (334-342); 7—Hutchinson Trinity Catholic, 340; 8—Ellinwood, 376 (11—Luke Heinz, 78; 62—Austin Brack, 96; 64—Braden Lewis, 98; 70—Keaton Lewis 104; 85—Austin Shinliver 117; 88—Zach Seifers, 123); 9—Horton 378; 10—Erie, 393; 11—Valley Heights, 407; 12—Hillsboro, 414
TOP 20—1—Noah Dowell, Hoxie, 140 (68-72); 2—Easton Fink, Oakley, 142 (72-70); 3—Dominic Matteucci, SSH, 149 (75-74); 4—Luke Newell, SSH, 152 (79-73); 5—Charlie Keller, Syracuse, 154 (75-79); 6—Jack Donovan, Rossville, 155 (76-79); Caleb Cleverdon, Cair Paravel, 155 (76-79); Len Hamilton, Colgan, 155 (79-76); 9—Brody Keller, Syracuse, 156 (74-82); Ethan Newell, SSH, 156 (79-77); Heuer Brungardt, TMP, 156 (79-77); 12—Grant Hite, Colgan, 157 (76-81); 13—Brock Keller, Syracuse, 158 (76-82); 14—Ty Casebolt, HT, 161 (82-79); 15—John Tevelde, Syracuse, 162 (76-86); Jon Hart, Rossville, 162 (78-84); Will Tuttle, SSH, 162 (86-76); 18—18—Luke Heinz, Ellinwood, 163 (78-85); Cam Morris, Sterling, 163 (84-79); Ben Marrs, SSH, 163 (79-84); Chase Drennon, TMP, 163 (83-80); Jarrett Scott, Syracuse, 163 (79-84); Sam Watkins, 163 (79-84)
EMPORIA — Great Bend's golf team finished 12th (357) in Tuesday's opening round of the 5A state golf championship at Emporia Golf Course.
Ethan Somers (81) placed 57th to nearly qualify for the second round. Also counting were 82nd-place Nash Lindberg (88); 86th Alec Premer (89) and 88th Eli Somers (95). The Panthers (375) earned a surprising 5A state berth May 19 at Wichita’s Auburn Hills Golf Course.
Lenexa St. James 552 (276-276) rolled to a dominating 29-stroke victory over Goddard Eisenhower (581). Andover Central's Colt Farrow scorched Emporia for a 7-under-par 64 to finish at 11-under-par 131, three shots ahead of St. James' Josh Fratzel (134).
5A STATE EMPORIA
Emporia Golf Course, par 71
TEAM SCORES—1—Lenexa St. James, 552 (276-276); 2—Goddard Eisenhower, 581 (287-294); 3—Maize South, 583 (289-294); 4—Andover High, 593 (293-300); 5—Spring Hill, 597 (298-299); Wichita Carroll, 602 (298-303); 7—DeSoto 301; 8—Emporia 305; 9—BV Southwest 311; 10—Topeka Seaman 332; 11—Salina South 338; 12—Great Bend, 353 (57—Ethan Somers, 81; 82—Nash Lindberg, 87; 86—Alec Premer, 88; 88—Eli Somers, 94; 92—Cal Schartz, 104; 93—Trent Rowe 117)
TOP 20—1—Colt Farrow, AC, 131 (67-64); 2—Josh Fratzel, SJ, 134 (68-66); 3—Jacob Fratzel, SJ, 135 (67-68); 4—Luke Springer, GE, 137 (69-68); 5—Jake Kolich, SJ, 138 (69-69); 6—Max Farber, WC, 142 (67-75); Conrad Parkhurst, MS, 142 (72-70); Grant Hatzenbuehler, Andover, 142 (69-73); Nolan Jacob, Emporia, 142 (74-68); 10—Seth Benjamin, Andover, 143 (74-69); 11—Drew Hines, SJ, 145 (72-73); 12—Joe Binger, MS, 146 (70-76); Braden Taylor, GE, 146 (72-74); Cohen Museously, Goddard, 146 (74-72); 15—Darren Powell, SJ, 147 (72-75); Colten Hoover, MS, 147 (73-74); Hudson Sauder, Emporia, 147 (76-71); Xay Garcia, Andover Central, 147 (73-74); 19—Colin Kaberline, 148 (72-76); Laken Matthews, 148 (74-74).
GARDEN CITY — Hoisington’s Logan Cossel barely missed a top 20 medal and finished in 24th place after back-to-back 82s for a 164 score at the 3A state golf championship at Garden City’s Buffalo Dunes Golf Course.
The Cardinals (366) finished 10th (366) Tuesday. Others counting for the Cardinals were 65th Nolan Jacobs (92), 71st Karson Kinman (94) and 82nd Kobe Crawford (98) and Peyton Kinman (98).
Wichita Collegiate 644 (315-329) edged rival Wichita Trinity 649 (316-333) by five strokes for the 3A state title. Hesston's Grant Waterson 147 (71-76) edged Council Groves Drew Buchman (149) and Humboldt's Connor Newman by two strokes (149) to win the individual state title.
3A STATE, GARDEN CITY
Buffalo Dunes G.C. par 72
TEAM SCORES—1—Wichita Collegiate, 644 (315-329); 2—Wichita Trinity, 649 (316-333); 3—Sabetha, 656 (326-330); 3—Marysville, 668 (330-338); 5—Wellsville, 683 (342-341); 6—Cheney, 689 (345-344); 7—Goodland, 348; 8—Caney Valley, 360; 9—Frontenac 361; 10—Hoisington, 366 (33—Logan Cossel, 82; 65—Nolan Jacobs, 92; 71—Karson Kinman, 94; 82—Kobe Crawford, 98; 82—Peyton Kinman, 98; 88—Kayden Kennon, 101); Olathe Heritage 366; 12—Norton 373.
TOP 20—1—Grant Waterson, Hesston, 147 (71-76); 2—Drew Buchman, Council Grove, 149 (73-76); Connor Newman, Humboldt, 149 (73-76); 4—Landon Langston, Collegiate, 151 (70-81); Marius Carlsen, Perry, 151 (73-78); 6—Jackson Rumford, 153 (73-80); Brennen Coffield, Iola, 153 (75-78); Cole Palmer, WT, 153 (74-79); 9—Roman Scoby, Sabetha, 154 (76-78); 10—Alex Gallegos, Colgan, 155 (72-83); Jacobi Salyers, 155 (79-76); 12—Eli Jones, Norton, 156 (77-79); 13—Syd Schrant, Cheney, 157 (78-79); Lucas Prado, Olathe Heritage, 157 (75-82); 15—Eli Sedlacek, Mission Valley. 159 (80-79); Jake Mooney, Rossville 159 (81-78); 17—Kory Meireis, Kingman, 160 (78-82); Alex Majors, WT, 160 (77-83); 19—Matt Newhouse, Wellsville, 161 (80-81); Gage Moser, Jeff West, 161 (79-82)
DODGE CITY — St. John (403) finished 12th at the 1A state golf championship Tuesday at Dodge City’s Mariah Hills Golf Course.
St. John's Weston Peterson 180 (89-91) placed 30th. Also counting for the Tigers were 53rd place Brody Vieux (98); 64th Easton Alpers (105) and 78th Dylan Vieux (111).
Hutchinson Central Christian (633, 318-315) beat South Gray (650) by 17 strokes for the 1A team championship. South Gray's Gavin Wahl (136) shot 6-under-par to capture the 1A state title.
1A STATE DODGE CITY
Mariah Hills G.C. par 71
TEAM SCORES—1—Hutchinson Central Christian, 633 (318-315); 2—South Gray, 650 (323-327); 3—Elkhart, 663 (320-343); 4—Washington County, 691 (341-350); 5—South Central, 738 (375-363); 6—Onaga, 743 (372-371); 7—Tribune Greeley County, 380; 8—Centralia, 383; 9—Rawlins County, 391; 10—Oberlin 392; 11—Ellis, 395; 12—St. John, 403 (30—Weston Peterson, 180 (89-91); 53—Brody Vieux, 98; 64—Easton Alpers, 105; 78—Dylan Vieux, 111; 78—Cody Newdigger, 111; 90—Averi Fisher, 130)
TOP 20—1—Gavin Wahl, South Gray, 136 (68-68); 2—Bodie Higgins, Elkhart, 145 (67-78); 3—Cameron Wahl, South Gray, 148 (72-76); Ryland Kooiman, HCC, 148 (73-75); 5—Cord Kellenberger, Ashland, 149 (71-78); Sawyer Campbell, Kiowa County, 149 (76-73); 7—Cael Kooiman, HCC, 150 (77-73); 8—Murray Houtz, Elkhart, 159 (80-79); Easton Glessner, Lakeside, 159 (81-78); Nathan Reed, HCC, 159 (80-79); 11—Jace Hoffman, BS, 160 (75-85); 12—Gray Votipka, WC, 167 (85-82); Lincoln Shafer, GC, 167 (85-82); ; 14—Andy Nelson, Win, 168 (84-84); 17—Tucker Huband, WC, 170 (83-87); 18—John McAtee, MD, 171 (86-85); 19—Levi Schrag, Goessel, 172 (85-87); 20—Gavin Schumacher, Elkhart, 173 (82-91).
STAFFORD—64—Jace Kreutzer, 105
COTTONWOOD FALLS — Chase Kat Layd’n Hinderliter (99) placed 41st at Wednesday's Sand Greens State Tournament at Cottonwood Falls Country Club.
Chase also counted scored by 44th Layton Winkleman (104); 47th Eli Gillespie (105) and 56th Kasen Wood (121).
Lakeside's Jace Cunningham shot 6-under-par 59 at the par 65 layout. Lakeside (277) beat Rock Hills (302) for the state title.
SAND GREENS STATE—1—Jace Cunningham, Lakeside, 59; 2—Eli Schmitt; Lakeside, 66; 3—Oliver Nobert, CC, 69; 4—Grant Goodaker, NST; 70; 5—Ty Vance, RH, 72; 6—Ethan Wirth, RH, 73; JW Listner, RC, 73; John Mick, BST, 73; 9—Sean Morgan, PV, 73; 10—Gabe Smith, Lakeside, 74.
TEAM SCORES—1—Lakeside 277; 2—Rock Hills 302; 3—Clifton-Clyde 318; 4—Logan 319; 5—Riley County 330; 6—Cottonwood Falls 336; 7—Lincoln 354; 8—Beloit St. John's 357; 9—Western Plains, 360; 10—Tipton 385; 11—Chase, 169 (41—Layd’n Hinderliter, 99; 44—Layton Winkleman, 104; 47—Eli Gillespie, 105, 56—Kasen Wood, 121)
