Indians earn 3A state berth
LARNED – Larned's Easton Fitzpatrick shot 2-over 72 with three birdies to spark the Indians' first-place finish (348) by two strokes over Cimarron (350). The teams qualify for the 3A state golf tournament at Hesston May 23-23. Fitzpatrick finished like a champion with birdies at nos. 15, 16 and 17. Larned's third-place medalist Talon Reynolds (80) birdied Nos. 6 and 15. Larned also counted 17th-place Gryffin Cowell (96) and 23rd-place Mark Hamrick (100).
3A LARNED C.C. par 70
2 teams, 5 state qualifiers (SQ)
TEAM SCORES–1–Larned, 348 (1–Easton Fitzpatrick 72; 4–Talon Reynolds 80; 17–Gryffin Cowell 96; 23–Mark Hamrick 100; 32–Canvas Lovesee 112; 37–Gage Donecker 117); 2–Cimarron, 350; 3–Hays Thomas More Prep 355; 4–Minneapolis, 393; 5–Hoisington, 413 (17–Noah Dolezal 96; 25–Aydan Davis 101; 27–Sam Baldyga 103; 33–Adam Baldyga 112; 37–Gage Britt 117; 44–Exavier Chambers 138); 6–Russell 416; 7–Lyons, 469
TOP 10 MEDALISTS–1–Easton Fitzpatrick, Larned, 72; 2–Joshua Weishapl, Cimarron, 78; 3–SQ Peke Dewey, TMP, 79; 4–Talon Reynolds, Larned, 80; 5–Caden Williams, Cimarron, 86; 6–SQ Stone Starbuck, Lyons, 87; SQ Caleb Burks, Beloit, 87; 8–SQ Huer Brungardt, TMP, 90; 9–SQ Tyler Moresco, Russell, 91; Colby Johnson, Cimarron, 91.
Panther misses state tourney
WICHITA – Great Bend's Scott Heilman missed qualifying for state golf by one shot with a 16-over-par 88 at the 5A Reflection Ridge regional. Heilman birdied No. 6 and shot 3-over-par 39. But a 4-over par 8 at No. 11 and 5-over-par at No. 16 made him miss the state cut by one stroke.
The Panthers placed seventh (403) by also counting Joseph Linenberger (92), Blake Parsons (108) and Eston Moore (115).
Emporia (324), Valley Center (341) and Maize High (354) captured 5A team berths. Emporia's Brooks Sander (75) earned medalist honors.
5A WICHITA
REFLECTION RIDGE C.C.
3 teams, 5 state qualifiers (SQ)
TEAM SCORES–1–Emporia 324; 2–Valley Center, 341; 3–Maize High, 354; 4–Salina South, 355; 5–Hays High, 357; 6–Newton, 392; 7–Great Bend, 403 (14–Scott Heilman 88, 18–Joe Linenberger 92, 38–Blake Parsons 108, 42–Eston Moore 115), 8–Salina Central, 405
TOP 10 MEDALISTS–1–Brooks Sander, E, 75; 2–Grier Jones, Maize, 76; 3–Caden Bastian, VC, 77; Caden Massey, E, 77; 5–SQ Jackson Perry, SS, 79; 6–SQ Blake Buckles, Hays, 82; 7–Nolan Jacob, Emporia, 83; 8–Colby Byers, VC, 84; 9–Luke Aaron, Maize, 85; SQ Maddox Xaysongkham, SS, 85; 11–SQ Grayson Ybarra, Newton, 86; 13–SQ Braxton Banker, Hays, 87.
Eagles flying high
MARION – Ellinwood medalist Drew Heinz shot 3-over-par 75 to spark the Eagles to first place (357) and a berth in the 2A state golf tournament May 23-24 at Emporia Municipal Golf Course. Heinz defeated Sterling's Zach Surface (75) in a playoff for medalist honors.
The Eagles also counted scored by third place Mason Moore (78), 13th-place Caden Rowan (100) and 17th-place Braden Lewis (104).
2A MARION G.C. par 72
3 teams, 5 state qualifiers (SQ)
TEAM SCORES–1–Ellinwood, 357 (1–Drew Heinz 75; 3–Mason Moore 78; 13–Caden Rowan 100; 17–Braden Lewis 104; 22–Trey Schofield 109), 2–Sterling 365, 3–Hillsboro 395; 4–Berean Academy 416; 5–Remington 481
TOP 10 MEDALISTS–1–Drew Heinz, Ellinwood, 75; Zach Surface, Sterling 75; 3–Mason Moore, Ellinwood, 78; 4–SQ Dawson McConnell, Inman, 78; 5–Frank Wichert, Hillsboro, 90; 6–Braxton Linden, Sterling, 94; SQ Noa Lobera, Sedgwick, 94; 8–Eli Dalke, Hillsboro, 96; Wyatt Beltz, Sterling, 96; 10–SQ Tate Nelson, Garden Plain, 97; 11–SQ Mac McGregor, Garden Plain, 97; 12–SQ Mark Entz, Berean Academy, 99.
3A CHENEY
NICKERSON (33 Aaron Armbrust 99; 39 Chance Barr 128; 44 Addrick Nelson 170)
Tiger qualifies for state
HALSTEAD – St. John's Connor Gillespie (90) snared a 1A state golf berth with a 90 at Wedgewood Golf Course.
1A HALSTEAD
WEDGEWOOD G.C. par 70
3 teams, 5 state qualifiers (SQ)
TEAM SCORES–1–Hutchinson Central Christian, 357; 2–South Central 398; 3–Pretty Prairie, 414; 4–Kiowa County, 468
TOP 10 MEDALISTS–1–Ryland Kooiman, HCC, 74; 2–SQ Cale Shorter, Dexter, 79; 3–Grant Theurer, SC, 83; 4–SQ Connor Gillespie, SJ, 90; 5–Davis Weis, HCC, 92; 6–Carson Hamby, HCC, 94; Landon Weide, PP, 94; 8–Gavin Uhl, SC, 95; 9–SQ Bryson Brown, KC, 97; Nathan Reed, HCC, 97; 13–SQ Caydan Pore, KC, 105; 21–Eli Schmidt, Burrton, 121
ST. JOHN–24–Fabian Garcia, 131
1A KINSLEY
EDWARDS COUNTY G.C. par 70
3 teams, 5 state qualifiers (SQ)
TEAM SCORES–1–South Gray, 367; 2–Meade, 384; 3–Ashland, 388; 4–Ingalls, 401; 5–Hodgeman County, 403; 6–Ness City, 417.
TOP 10 MEDALISTS–1–Cameron Wahl, SG, 81; 2–Landen McPhail, Ashland, 83; 3–Trace Hegwood, Meade, 85; 4–Jaxon Koehn, SG, 87; SQ Jackson Seib, Ness City, 87; 6–SQ Jaydon Hahn, HC, 88; 7–Cord Kellenberger, Ashland, 89; 8–SQ Mitchell Lehman, Ingalls, 90; 9–Ian Unruh, Meade, 92; 10–Braydon Norris, Meade, 93; 11–SQ Malachi Meador, Ingalls, 94; 11–SQ Sawyer Bowman, HC, 94
PAWNEE HEIGHTS–27–Cole Ewy, 114.
