HAYS — Larned’s Colton Massey overcame a nightmarish 10 at No. 13, but rallied for an 81 to earn his fourth consecutive trip to the state golf tournament at Smoky Hill Country Club. Massey birdied Nos. 2, 5 and 14. Larned’s Braeden Corman finished ninth (85) and Brandon Bartz placed 10th (87). Hunter Barker (113), Jacob Simmons (115) and Colton Schmidt (118) also qualified for 4A state May 22 at Wamego Country Club.
Goodland’s Garin Ihrig was medalist (73).

4A, HAYS SMOKY HILL CC, par 71
TEAM SCORES—1—Hays High 321; 2—Larned 366; 3—Goodland 389; 4—Ulysses 399; 5—Colby 406; 6—Holcomb 413; 7—Scott City 415; 8—Nickerson 515

TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1—Garin Ihrig, Goodland, 37-36—73; 2—Allen Zollinger, HH, 40-38—78; 3—Tradgon McCrae, HH, 40-39—79; 4—Joshua Norris, HH, 39-41—80; 5—Colton Massey, Larned, 37-44–81; 6—Brandon Peters, Ulysses, 44-39—83; 7— Justin McCullick, HH 42-42—84; 8— Peyton Kieffer, HH, 44-41—85; 9—Braeden Corman, Larned, 45-40—85; 10—Brandon Bartz, Larned, 44-43—87

LARNED—5—Massey 81; 9—Corman 85; 10—Bartz 87; 29—Hunter Barker, 56-57—113; 31—Jake Simmons, 58-57—115; 36—Colton Schmidt, 59-59—118

NICKERSON—28—Dalton Beshears, 56-56—112; 43—Jakob Tuxhorn, 65-65—130; 44—Daniel Ochs, 65-66—131; 46—Joe Tuxhorn, 71-71-142; 48—Michael Shea, 76-76-152