Sub-State golf results Monday and Tuesday
Class 6A and 4A area golfers had their sub-state on Tuesday, as area golfers hit the links in hopes of qualifying for state. The state golf tournaments will take place May 26-27. Class 6A is in Mayetta, Class 4A in Wichita, Class 3A in Topeka, Class 2A in Winfield and Class 1A in McPherson.
Class 6A area golfers made the short trip to Buffalo Dunes in Garden City. The three teams that qualified for state were Blue Valley Northwest, Olathe South and Lawrence Free State, as Garden City and Dodge City went fourth and fifth. The Buffaloes would qualify Brayden Walter and Jett Price for state, and the Red Demons will send Nathan Schulte and Ty Presley.
Class 4A saw two area golfers qualify for state at Cherry Oaks Golf Course, hosted by Andale. Lane Stand of Hugoton and Saven Rosales from Ulysses punched their ticket to state. Andale, Buhler and McPherson were the top three state qualifying teams.
In Class 3A at Meadow Lake Golf Course in Colby, the Goodland Cowboys would win the regional, edging Russell, while Colby was third. Only one area golfer qualified for state. Lakin’s Zavian Richter tied for fourth place, while there were several who missed the cut by just one shot.
Class 2A was at Prairie Pines Golf Courst in Johnson, where the Syracuse Bulldogs qualified their team for state with a first place finish. Oakley and Trego were the two additional qualifers. Individual area qualifiers included Sublette’s Ethan Webber and Tyson Peters from Wichita County.
Class 1A saw area schools spread within three different locations. At Sharon Springs Golf Course, Oberlin was the regional champion, while Ellis and Greeley County were the additional team qualifiers. In the St. John sub-state at the Stafford County Country Club, South Gray took the team title, while Kiowa County and Hodgeman County also qualified. And at Mariah Hills Country Club in Dodge City hosted by Meade, Elkhart was the regional champion, followed by Meade and Minneola rounding out the state qualifying teams. Satanta’s Erik Moreno, Kahne Cook and Jake Evans from Bucklin, as well as Moscow’s Lucas Howe qualified individually.