SALINA — Central Prairie League champion Ellinwood (335) placed third at Monday's Salina regional to qualify for the 2A state golf championship May 27-28 at McPherson's Turkey Creek Golf Course.
Ellinwood's Luke Heinz (77) placed seventh. The Eagles also counted scores by 15th-place Braden Lewis (89); 17th Austin Brack (92); and 23rd Austin Shinliver (97).
Nine-time defending state champion Salina Sacred Heart (307) captured the team title. Sacred Heart's third-place state medalist Luke Newell shot 1-under-par 69 for medalist honors.
2A SALINA, MUNICIPAL GC, par 70
TEAM SCORES (top 3 teams)—1—Salina Sacred Heart, 307; 2—Hutchinson Trinity 319; 3—Ellinwood, 335 (4—Luke Heinz, 77; 15—Braden Lewis, 89; 17—Austin Brack, 92; 23—Austin Shinliver, 97; 27—Keaton Lewis, 104); 38—Zach Seifers, 139); 4—Smith Center, 390; 5—Solomon, 431; 6—Herington, 438; 7—Inman, 449; 8—Ell-Saline 480.
TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1—Luke Newell, SSH, 69; 2—Matteucci, SSH, 75; 3—Casebolt, HT, 76; 4—Luke Heinz, Ellinwood, 77; Tuttle, SSH, 77; 6—Blaylock, HT, 80; 7—Barnes, HT, 81; 8—Hogn, HT, 82; SQ—9—Morris, Sterling, 85; 10—Morris, SSH, 86.
SQ—16—Gehrke, Herington, 91; SQ—18—Kirchoff, Smith Center, 93; SQ—Sasse, Smith Center, 93; SQ—20—Coup, Solomon, 94.
KINGMAN — Hoisington's golf team (358) proved the value of every shot by qualifying for the 3A state tournament by one stroke over Garden Plain (359) in Monday's Kingman 3A golf regional. The Cardinals qualify for the 3A state golf championship May 27-28 at Garden City's Buffalo Dunes Golf Course.
Cardinal Logan Cossel (86) was fifth medalist and Peyton Kinman (89) was eighth medalist. Also counting were 11th-place Nolan Jacobs (91) and 14th Kayden Kennon (92).
3A KINGMAN, EAGLES GC, par 72
TEAM SCORES (top 2 teams)—1—Cheney 337; 2—Hoisington, 358 (5—Logan Cossel, 86; 8—Peyton Kinman, 89; 11—Nolan Jacobs, 91; 14—Kayden Kennon, 92; 26—Kobe Crawford, 99; 28—Karson Kinman, 102); 3—Garden Plain 359; 4—Kingman; 5—Ellsworth; 6—Lyons 394; 7—Larned (27—Jace Holopirek, 101; 29—Gavin Collins, 99; 31—Brennon Stahlecker, 104; 47—Joeb Ratzlaff, 138; 42—Koby Lang, 122)
TOP 10 MEDALISTS—SQ—1—Kory Meireies, Kingman, 79; 2—Schrant, Cheney, 84; 3—SQ—Williams, Chaparral, 85; SQ—Eck, Garden Plain, 85; 5—Cossel, Hois, 86; 6—SQ—Dugan Garden Plain, 87; SQ—7—Snyder, Kingman, 88; 8—Ditgen, Cheney, 89; 9—Peyton Kinman, Hois, 89; O'Connor, Cheney, 89; SQ—McBeth, Kingman, 91
5A WICHITA, AUBURN HILLS GC
TEAM SCORES (top 3 teams)—1—Maize South, 2—Hays High, 3—Newton, 4—Hutchinson, 5—Saline South; 6—Salina Central, 7—Newton, 8—Great Bend (—Ethan Somers, —Alec Premer, —Nash Lindberg, —Eli Somers, —Cal Schartz, Trent Rowe)
TOP 10 MEDALISTS (SQ)—1; 2—; 3—; 4—; 5—; 6—; 7—; 8—; 9—; 10—
1A, HESSTON GC, par 71
TEAM SCORES (top 3 teams)—Canton-Galva, Ellis, Goessel, Hutchinson Central Christian, Centre, Osborne, Pretty Prairie, Sedan, St. John (—Brody Vieux, —Weston Peterson, —Averi Fisher, —Dylan Vieux, —Cody Newdigger, —Josh Chapman), Stafford, Victoria, Wichita Independent
