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HUTCHINSON — Central Plains Oiler Alex Hickel shot 11-over par 82 to capture medalist honors at the Hutchinson Trinity Golf Invitational May 3 at Carey Park Golf Course.
St. John featured a trio of top 10 medalists — seventh-place Clayton Brummer (91), eighth-place Luke Mercer (92) and 10th-place finisher Braden Witt (92).
St. John (368) finished runner-up behind Hutchinson Trinity (358).

HUTCHINSON TRINITY INVITATIONAL
MAY 3
Carey Park GC, par 71
1—Hutchinson Trinity 358
2—St. John 368
3—Hutchinson Central Christian 391
4—Sedgwick 400
5—Hesston 419
6—Nickerson 425
7—Inman 429
8—Hutchinson 474

TOP 10 MEDALISTS
1—Alex Hickel, Central Plains, 43-39—82
2—Owen Gartner, Sedgwick, 40-46—86
3—Matt Labenz, HT, 45-42—87
4—Will Yates, HT, 45-43—88
5—Marshall Walton, CC 44-44—88
6—Grant Harden, HT, 50-41—91
7—Clayton Brummer, St. John, 46-45—91
8—Luke Mercer, St. John, 47-45—92
9—Bryce Cramer, HT, 46-46—92
10—Braden Witt, St. John, 45-47—92

ST. JOHN
7—Brummer, 46-45—91
8—Mercer, 47-45—92
10—Witt, 45-47—92
11—Mason Osborne, 49-44—93 
28—Quincy Smith, 52-52—104
33—Austin Woolf, 51-57—108

NICKERSON
16—Daniel Ochs, 53-48—101
29—Cayden Herrell, 54-52—106
32—Joe Tuxhorn, 58-50—108
35—Steven Hayse, 55-55—110
40—Dean Huddleston, 58-56—114
50—Austin Alexander, 73-72—145

CENTRAL PLAINS

1—Hickel, 43-39—82

12—Brett Thompson, 49-46—95

PRATT INVITATIONAL MAY 7
Park Hill CC, par 72
TEAM SCORES
1—Pratt 371
2—Cheney 410
3—Nickerson 429
4—Kingman 458
TOP 5 MEDALISTS
1—Mike McGurley, Winfield, 80
2—Caden Hampton, Cheney, 48-41—89
3—David Mathes, Pratt, 46-46—92
4—Ethan Wilson, Pratt, 49-44—93
5—Kael Bridges, Pratt, 48-45—93
NICKERSON RESULTS—11—Steven Hayse, 49 55—104; 13—Dean Huddleston, 58-47—105; 16—Cayden Herrell, 59-50—109; 18—Daniel Ochs, 60-51—111; 23—Joe Tuxhorn, 68-53—121

ELLSWORTH — Larned’s Hunter Barker (47) placed ninth in the nine-hole Ellsworth Golf Invitational May 1 at Ellsworth Golf Course. 
Hoisington’s Drew Nicholson (48) and Larned’s Jacob Simmons (48) tied for 13th.
ELLSWORTH INVITATIONAL MAY 1
Ellsworth GC, par 35
1—Hays-TMP 170
2—Ellsworth 189
3—Republic Co. 191
4—Russell 191
5—Larned 197
6—Hoisington 200
7—Beloit 251

TOP 10 MEDALISTS
1—Cameron Rozean, TMP, 36
2—Ryan Birky, Russell, 38
3—Dylan Pieschl, Minneaapolis, 39
4—Michael Braun, TMP, 39
5—McKenzie Cromwell, Riley Co. 42
6—Chris Fitzgerald, Ellsworth, 43
7—Easton Roth, Minneapolis, 44
8—Logan Waite, Riley Co. 46
9—Hunter Barker, Larned, 47
10—Ryan Stoecklien, TMP, 47

HOISINGTON
13—Drew Nicholson, 48
16—Paul Rziha, 49
17—Gavin Riedl, 49
30—Braeden Hopkins, 54
32—Ryan Woydziak, 56
33—Sean Urban, 56

LARNED
9—Barker, 47
13—Jacob Simmons, 48
21—Collan Ayre, 50

24—Colton Schmidt, 52

28—Reed McNett, 53
44—Layton Crosby, 68