ARTON COUNTY — Larned High’s Colton Massey earned his second consecutive medalist honor with a 78 Thursday at the Hoisington Golf Invitational at Lake Barton Golf Course. The players battled winds gusting past 30 mph and hard and fast greens.
Other top 10 finishers were Ellinwood’s Theron Sjopgren, third, 84; Central Plains’ Alex Hickel, fourth, 84; Ellinwood’s Connor Ewing, sixth, 85; Hoisington’s Steffan Dolechek, ninth, 90; and Larned’s Brandon Bartz, 10th, 90.
Trego-WaKeeney High School placed first (359) followed by Larned (368). Hoisington placed third (369) and Central Plains finished fourth (375).

HOISINGTON INVITATIONAL
Lake Barton GC, par 70
TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1. Colton Massey, Larned, 78; 2. Emmit Owens, WT, 79; 3. Theron Sjogren, Ellinwood, 84; 4. Alex Hickel, CP, 84; 5. Dion Reetz, WT, 84; 6. Connor Ewing, Ellinwood, 85; 7. Tanner Brown, Russell, 89; 8. Ryan Birky, Russell, 90; 9. Steffan Dolechek, Hoisington, 90; 10. Brandon Bartz, Larned, 90.

TEAM SCORES
1. Wakeeney-Trego 359; 2. Larned, 368 (Massey 78, Bartz 90, Braeden Corman 93, Jacob Simmons 106, Colton Schmidt 109, Devin Burger 129); 3. Hoisington, 369 (Dolechek 90, Ryan Broeder 92, Austin Brantley 92, Chris Wright 95, Gavin Riedl 108, Damon Luerman 119); 4. Central Plains, 375 (Hickel 84, Bryce Miller 94, Aaron Schnewwis 98, Cameron Hekele 99, John Ross Moran 101, Kyle Lewis 113); 5. Russell 384; 6. Ellsworth 388; 7. Ness City 436