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By John Mesh
The Hutchinson High School boys golf team placed fourth with a 378 score at the Kansas Class 5A golf tournament Tuesday at the par-72 Auburn Hills Golf Course and will send two golfers to the 5A state tournament.
Hutchinson senior Mitchell Rice placed second in the individual scoring with an 80 and qualified for the 5A state golf tournament May 27-28 (Tuesday and Wednesday).
Rice finished five strokes behind Maize South’s Laken Matthews, who placed first with 75. Rice led the Salthawks to a fourth-place team finish.
Hutchinson’s Alex Haas placed 14th with a 90 and also qualified for the 5A state tournament.
Hutchinson’s Landyn Powell tied for 17th, 93; Maks Dreiling, 35th, 115; and Brody Root, 39th, 142.
Maize South posted a 320 score to win the team title with a 55-stroke margin of victory.
In addition to Matthews’ first-place showing, Maize South placed five other golfers in the top seven: Conner Parkhurst, third, 81; Koen Ewertz and Cooper Bishop, tied for fourth, 82; Joe Binger, sixth, 83; and Colten Hoover, tied for seventh, 84.
Great Bend placed second with a 355 score and Salina South placed third with a 377 score.
Hutchinson and Hays both posted 378 scores, with Hutchinson finishing fourth because of a lower score by its No. 5 golfer.
Salina Central placed sixth at 396, followed by Newton in seventh place with a 428 score.
In Kansas Class 5A, the top three teams from each regional plus the next five individual scores not on a qualifying team, plus ties, will qualify for the state golf tournaments.
Each school may enter up to six players for regional and state. The lowest four scores count towards the team score.
Class 5A Maize South regional results — https://www.kansasgolfscores.com/ks_b_25/tourneyResults.php?tid=2787&db=boys
Hutchinson Central Christian rolls to 56-stroke victory at 1A Regional
The Hutchinson Central Christian boys golf team won the Heart of the Plains League title by 79 strokes.
Tuesday at the Kansas Class 1A Goessel Regional at the par-71 Hesston Golf Course, the Cougars claimed the team title by 56 strokes.
The three teams qualifying for the Kansas Class 1A state May 27-28 (next Tuesday and Wednesday) are Central Christian at 331, St. John Hudson 387 score and Ellis 403.
Sedan placed fourth with a 406 score, followed by Goessel 435 and Canton-Galva 481.
Central Christian’s Cael Kooiman and Ryland Kooiman placed first and second with a 77 and 80
Nathan Reed placed fifth with an 87, Tyler Reed was eighth with an 89, Tarren Scripsick placed 23rd with a 108 score and Brody Froese was 26th with a 110.
In Kansas Class 1A, the top three teams from each regional plus the next five individual scores not on a qualifying team, plus ties, will qualify for the state golf tournaments.
Each school may enter up to six players for regional and state. The lowest four scores count towards the team score.
Pretty Prairie’s Braden Woods competed in the regional; for the Bulldogs. He placed 33rd with a 125 score.
Kansas Class 1A Goessel regional at Hesston results — https://www.kansasgolfscores.com/ks_b_25/tourneyResults.php?tid=2828&db=boys
Halstead’s Maxx Linton qualifies for 3A state golf tournament
Halstead High School’s Maxx Linton qualified for the Kansas Class 3A state tournament May 27-28 (Tuesday and Wednesday) in Garden City with a 10th-place finish at regionals.
Linton shot an 88 to lead Halstead to an eighth-place finish at the Kansas Class 3A Wichita Trinity Academy regional Tuesday at the par-71 Tallgrass Country Club in Wichita.
Halstead’s Wesley Parks placed 22nd with a 96, followed by Jacob Rose, 41st, 117; Lance Anderson, 42nd, 123; and Harrison Wilson, 43rd, 131.
In Kansas Class 3A, the top two teams from each regional plus the next five individual scores not on a qualifying team, plus ties, will qualify for the 3A state golf tournament.
Each school may enter up to six players for regional and state. The lowest four scores will count towards the team score.
Wichita Trinity Academy won the tournament with a 339 score and Wichita Collegiate placed second at 343.
Council Grove and Hesston placed third and fourth with 358 scores, followed by Southeast of Saline 387, Beloit 397 and Burlington 402. Minneapolis placed ninth at 520.
Council Grove’s Drew Buchman captured the first-place regional title with a 3-over-par 74.
Class 3A Wichita Trinity Academy regional results — https://www.kansasgolfscores.com/ks_b_25/tourneyResults.php?tid=2838&db=boys
