By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Four Shawnee County schools earned team berths in four different classes for state golf, which will be contested across the state Tuesday and Wednesday.
Cair Paravel Latin posted an eight-stroke team victory in last Monday's Class 2A golf regional at Horton while Hayden qualified for state with a runnerup finish in the 4A regional at Wamego, Washburn Rural was third in the 6A regional at Topeka Country Club and Seaman placed third in the 5A regional at Lake Shawnee.
This week's state tournaments at a glance:
Washburn Rural golf earned a Class 6A state tournament berth with a third-place finish in last Monday's regional tournament at Topeka Country Club. [Washburn Rural golf]
Class 6A at Winfield
Washburn Rural qualified for the Class 6A state tournament at Winfield with a solid third-place finish in last Monday's regional tournament at Topeka Country Club.
All of the Junior Blues' top four posted top-10 individual medals as Rural carded a team score of 316 to finish behind Manhattan (306) and Free State (313). The Junior Blues earned their state berth by a whopping 41 strokes over fourth-place Gardner-Edgerton.
Senior Tagan Monasmith tied for fourth place with a 77 to lead Rural while senior Tadd Armstrong tied for seventh with a 79 and junior Higgins Hawks and senior Brady Goeden tied for 10th with 80s.
Juniors Michael Wilson (81) and Peyton Goehring (91) rounded out the Junior Blues' lineup, tying for 13th and 23rd, respectively.
SHAWNEE COUNTY QUALIFIERS
At Quail Ridge Golf Course, Winfield
(Tuesday's tee times in parentheses)
Washburn Rural -- Peyton Goehring, jr. (10 a.m, No. 10); Brady Goeden, sr. (10:10 a.m., No. 10); Michael Wilson, jr. (10:20 a.m., No. 10); Higgins Hawks, jr. (10:30 a.m., No. 10); Tagan Monasmith, sr. (10:40 a.m., No. 10); Tadd Armstrong, sr. (10:50 a.m., No. 10).
Seaman golf earned a team berth for the Class 5A state tournament on a tiebreaker. [Seaman golf]
Class 5A at Emporia
Seaman earned a team berth for the Class 5A state tournament at Emporia Municipal Golf Course by the narrowest of margins last Monday at Lake Shawnee, topping Basehor-Linwood on a tiebreaker to claim the third and final state berth.
The tie with Basehor-Linwood was broken by the score of the fifth man of each team and Seaman’s Alex Flanagan shot an 88 while the Bobcats’ fifth man recorded a 92.
Leading the Vikings' regional performance was sophomore Evan Michalski with an 82 while senior Bradley Williamson was right behind with an 83.
Joining the Vikings at state will be Shawnee Heights junior Ayden Valdivia, who shot an 81 to qualify as an individual for his second straight state tournament.
SHAWNEE COUNTY QUALIFIERS
At Emporia Municipal Golf Course
(Tuesday's tee times in parentheses)
Seaman -- Jordan Burghart, jr. (10 a.m, No. 10); Nicholas Hill, so. (10:10 a.m., No. 10); Hunter Gerhardt (10:20 a.m., No. 10); Evan Michalski, so. (10:30 a.m., No. 10); Alexander Flanagan, sr. (10:40 a.m., No. 10); Bradley Williamson, sr. (10:50 a.m., No. 10).
Shawnee Heights -- Ayden Valdivia, jr. (9:40 a.m., No. 10).
Hayden golf finished second in last Monday's Class 4A regional at Wamego, qualifying for the state tournament. [Hayden golf]
Class 4A at Newton
Hayden golf qualified for the Class 4A state tournament at Newton's Sand Creek Station with a second-place finish in Monday's regional tournament at Wamego Country Club.
Tournament host Wamego won the team title by a 300-314 margin over Hayden while Bishop Miege was third at 337.
Hayden senior James Kuta tied for third place individually with a 75 while junior Mateo Garcia finished eighth with a 79 and seniors Colin Scott and Tagen Rodriguez tied for ninth place with 80s.
Hayden junior Austin Bean tied for 12th with an 81 while senior Nick Gorman tied for 19th with an 85.
SHAWNEE COUNTY QUALIFIERS
At Sand Creek Station, Newton
(Tuesday's tee times in parentheses)
Hayden -- Austin Bean, jr. (9 a.m, No. 1); Colin Scott, sr. (9:10 a.m., No. 1); Mateo Garcia, jr. (9:20 a.m., No. 1); Nick Gorman, sr. (9:30 a.m., No. 1); James Kuta, sr. (9:40 a.m., No. 1); Tagen Rodriguez, sr. (9:50 a.m., No. 1).
Cair Paravel Latin golf won last Monday's Class 2A Horton regional by eight strokes. [Cair Paravel Athletics]
Regional champion Jack Donovan (left) and Rossville teammate Jonathan Hart qualified for the Class 2A state tournament as individuals last Monday at Horton. [Rossville golf]
Class 2A at McPherson
Cair Paravel Latin posted an eight-stroke team victory in last Monday's Class 2A regional at Horton while Rossville junior Jack Donovan ran away with the individual title by 12 strokes.
The Lions placed all of their top four players in the top 12 spots individually en route to a 333-341 win over host Horton while Donovan shot a sizzling four-under-par 68 to set a school record.
Cair Paravel freshman Chase Hastert and senior Jase Pavlik shot 82s to tie for seventh individually while junior Caleb Cleverdon placed 10th with an 83 and junior Luke Budden was 12th with an 86.
Rossville senior Jonathan Hart joined teammate Donovan as an individual state qualifier, tying for third place with an 81.
SHAWNEE COUNTY QUALIFIERS
At Turkey Creek Golf Course, McPherson
(Tuesday's tee times in parentheses)
Cair Paravel Latin -- Blaine Durbin, fr. (10 a.m, No. 1); Brady Budden, fr., (10:10 a.m., No. 1); Luke Budden, jr. (10:20 a.m., No. 1); Chase Hastert, fr. (10:30 a.m., No. 1); Caleb Cleverdon, jr. (10:40 a.m., No. 1); Jase Pavlik, sr. (10:50 a.m., No. 1).
Rossville -- Jonathan Hart, sr. (9:20 a.m., No. 10); Jack Donovan, jr., (9:40 a.m., No. 10).
