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Ellinwood, Larned earn state golf berths
KSHSAA golf regionals
Drew Heinz

5A HAYS 

2A JOHNSON CITY

JOHNSON CITY —Ellinwood's returning state runner-up Drew Heinz earned medalist honors with a 1-under-par 71 to spark the Eagles (336) to the 2A regional golf championship at Prairie Pines Golf Course. Heinz (75) was 2A state runner-up last year at Emporia Municipal Golf Course. He placed 10th in 2021.

Teammate Mason Moore (78) tied for fourth medalist honors after placing 10th (81) last year.

Ellinwood's 14th-place Braden Lewis (86) and 33rd-place Alex Bowyer (101) also counted Monday.

PRAIRIE PINES G.C. par 72

TEAM TOTALS—1—(SQ) Ellinwood, 336 (1—Drew Heinz, 71 (36-35); 4—Mason Moore, 78 (39-39); 14—Braden Lewis, 86 (43-43); 33—Alex Bowyer, 101 (50-51); 38—Asher Miller, 104 (50-54); 51—Devyn Johnson, 128 (61-67); 2—(SQ) Elkhart 337; 3—Syracuse 354; 4—Sublette 356; 5—Hutchinson Trinity 358; 6—Wichita County 371; 7—Garden Plain 374; 8—Meade 393; 9—Sterling 407; 10—Stanton County 408 

MEDALISTS/STATE QUALIFIERS—1—Drew Heinz, Ellinwood, 71; 2—Clayson Nave, Elkhart, 77; 3—Mason Moore, Ellinwood, 78; (SQ) Lincoln Barnes, HTC, 78; 5—(SQ) Tate Nelson, GP, 80; (SQ) Gage Lee, Sublette, 80; Bodie Higgins, Elkhart, 80; 8—(SQ) Braxton Linden, Sterling, 81; 9—(SQ) Eric Armour, HTC, 82; 10—(SQ) Kyle Keller, Syracuse, 84

3A LAKIN

LAKIN — Larned medalist Easton Fitzpatrick tied for medalist honors with a 7-over-par 77 at Lakin Country Club and joined teammate Talon Reynolds (80) in qualifying for the 3A state championship May 22-23 at Dodge City's Mariah Hills Golf Course.

Fitzpatrick placed 25th (83) and Reynolds (87) finished 39th in last year's 3A state championship at Salina Municipal Golf Course.

LAKIN C.C. par 70

TEAM TOTALS—1—(SQ) Scott City 335; 2—(SQ) Colby 350; 3—(SQ) Goodland 359; 4—Lakin 367; 5—Larned, 370 (1—Easton Fitzpatrick, 77 (39-38); 5—Talon Reynolds, 81 (43-38); 30—Gryffin Cowell, 108 (54-54); 25—Jameson Smith, 104 (55-49); 39—Gage Donecker, 118 (65-53); 42—Carter Atteberry, 130 (63-67); 6—Cimarron 398; 7—Holcomb 400; 8—SW Heights 415 

MEDALISTS/STATE QUALIFIERS—1—(SQ) Easton Fitzpatrick, Larned, 77; Jackson Rumford, SC, 77; 3—Jaden Lewis, SC, 78; 4—(SQ) Kaleb Scripsick, SW Heights, 80; 5—(SQ) Talon Reynolds, Larned, 81; Hunter Vaughn, Colby, 81; 7—Dylan Metzger, SC, 82; 8—Zane Betz, Colby, 84; (SQ) Ryan Burman, Cimarron, 84; 10—(SQ) Maddux Beltran, Lakin, 85; (SQ) Cole Moore, Lakin, 85

5A HAYS

HAYS — Great Bend Panther Nash Lindberg birdied Nos. 16 and 18 for a 4-over-par 39 to battle into state contention at Smoky Hill Country Club after nine holes. However, Lindsberg carded a 20-over-par 56 on the front nine to finish with a 95 to miss qualifying by four strokes.

Last year's 5A state runner-up Ty Adkins of Hutchinson High (78) earned medalist honors. Salina South (353), Hutchinson (355) and Hays High (359) earned team berths at McPherson's Turkey Creek Golf Course May 22-23.

SMOKY HILL C.C. par 71

TEAM TOTALS—1—(SQ) Salina South 353; 2—(SQ) Hutchinson High 355; 3—(SQ) Hays High 359; 4—Valley Center 360; 5—Maize 362; 6—Great Bend, 398 (21—Nash Lindberg 95 (56-39), 23—Ethan Somers 97 (45-52); 31—Blaike Parsons 103 (48-55), 31—Joe Linenberger 103 (56-47); 7—Newton 402; 8—Salina Central 480  

10 MEDALISTS/STATE QUALIFIERS—1—Ty Adkins, Hutchinson, 78; 2—Jackson Perry, SS, 81; 3—Maddox Xaysongkham, SS, 82; 4—(SQ) Caden Bastian, VC, 84; 5—(SQ) Grier Jones, Maize, 86; 6—Landen Clark, Hays, 88; 7—Ashton Bickle, Hays, 89; 8—(SQ) Jack Cain, SC, 90; 9—(SQ) Arnoldo Cavazos, Maize; 10—Blake Buckles, Hays, 91; 11—(SQ) Colby Byers, VC, 91; (SQ) Holden McDaniel, VC, 91; (SQ) Grayson Ybarra, Newton, 91 

3A RUSSELL

RUSSELL — Hoisington's 20th-place Nolan Jacobs (104) and 22nd-place Shawn Ingram (110) led the Cardinals to a 461 team total at the Russell 3A golf regional.

Concordia (341) and Phillipsburg (363) captured the team berths. Concordia's Lewis VanMeter (81) earned medalist honors.

RUSSELL MUNICIPAL, par 72

TEAM TOTALS—1—(SQ) Concordia 341; 2—(SQ) Phillipsburg 363; 3—Norton 373; 4—Russell 386 386; 5—Hoisington, 461 (20—Nolan Jacobs, 104 (52-52); 22—Shawn Ingram, 110 (48-62); 30—Peyton Kinman, 123 (61-62); 33—Kayden Kennon, 124 (53-61); 43—Tyrece Patterson 135 (66-69); Lyons 461 

MEDALISTS/STATE QUALIFIERS—1—Lewis VanMeter, Concordia, 81; 2—(SQ) Jake Mooney, Russell, 82; 3—Tyler Davis, Phillipsburg, 83; Lukas Donovan, Concordia, 83; (SQ) Eli Jones, Norton, 83; 6—Jesse Blackburn, Phillipsburg, 84; 7—Aden Plymesser, Concordia, 85; 8—(SQ) Stone Starbuck, Lyons; 9—Karson Lister, Concordia, 92; Lennon Ninemire, Concordia, 92, (SQ) Austin Vowinckel, Beloit, 92; 12—(SQ) Trevan Enfield, Norton, 95 

1A OBERLIN

OBERLIN C.C. par 72

PAWNEE HEIGHTS—Reed Stedje, 129 (58-71); Cole Ewy, 135 (66-69) 

1A HALSTEAD (3 holes, resumes Wednesday)

WEDGEWOOD G.C. par 70

TEAM TOTALS—St. John (Conner Gillespie +1, Weston Peterson +7, Daniel Portillo +6, Brody Vieux +8, Christopher Fernandez +8, Averi Fisher +6); Wichita Classical;  Hutchinson Central Christian; Attica.Burrton; South Central; Goessel; Kiowa County; Pretty Prairie; Stafford