By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Four Shawnee County schools qualified their entire teams for girls state golf, which will get under way Monday across the state, while three county schools will have individual qualifiers at state.
Washburn Rural finished second in the Class 6A state tournament a year ago while Hayden earned a third-place finish in 4A.
Fou returning state medalists headline the county contingent, led by Seaman senior Lois Deeter, who has posted top-five finishes in 5A in her previous two state tournaments.
Washburn Rural senior Avery Scott tied for 12th in last year's 6A state meet while Hayden junior Hannah Reynoldson tied for 19th in 4A and Silver Lake sophomore Taylor Zordel tied for 16th in 3A-1A.
Seaman is coming off a regional team championship in 5A while Hayden finished second in a 4A regional, Rural third in a 6A regional and Silver Lake fourth in a 3A-1A event to earn state team berths.
The 36-hole state tournaments will get under way at 9 a.m. on Monday, with the field cut to the top six teams and the top 18 individuals after 18 holes for Tuesday's final round.
Here's a class-by-class look at state, followed by a list of country participants:
CLASS 6A
Washburn Rural led the 6A team standings at the halfway point a year ago on the way to a runner-up finish and qualified for this year's state tournament at Salina Municipal Golf Course with a third-place finish in the Lawrence regional at Eagle Bend.
Washburn Rural senior Avery Scott tied for 12th in last season's Class 6A state tournament, helping the Junior Blues finish second as a team. [File photo/TSN]
The Junior Blues finished with a season-low team score of 330, taking third behind Olathe West (322) and Olathe Northwest (323). Manhattan earned the fourth team berth for state with a 343 total.
Sophomore Reece Randall had a breakout performance for Washburn Rural, placing sixth with an 80 to lead the Junior Blues.
Seniors Mallory Nelson and Scott tied for eighth individually with 83s while freshman Lauren Cox tied for 11th with an 84.
Junior Raegan Petersen tied for 14th with an 85 and sophomore Natalie Peterson was 19th with a 90.
Topeka High junior Avery Zimmerman, a state qualifier as a sophomore, earned a return trip to state, tying for 23rd with a 92.
CLASS 5A
Seaman won last Tuesday's 5A regional at Lake Shawnee in a tiebreaker over St. Thomas Aquinas to qualify the Vikings entire team for Monday's state tournament at Hesston Golf Course.
Seaman senior Lois Deeter has posted a pair of top-five Class 5A state finishes in her only two state tournament appearances. [File photo/TSN]
Deeter shot an 83 to finish second individually while junior Avery Samuelson was third with a 94, junior Riley Adams tied for sixth with a 100 and sophomore Anna McLaughlin tied for 12th with a 102 to round out the Vikings' top four.
Both Seaman and St. Thomas Aquinas finished with a four-person score of 379, with sophomore Jaycee Zimmerman giving the Vikings the title with a fifth score of 105.
Topeka West sophomore Alex Baxter tied for 10th place with a 101, earning an individual berth for the state tournaments, while Shawnee Heights junior Karlyn Bowman also earned a state berth, shooting a 104 to tie for 16th place.
CLASS 4A
Hayden punched its ticket to Monday 4A state tournament at Emporia Municipal Golf Course with a runner-up finish in last Monday's regional at Shawnee Country Club.
Hayden junior Hannah Reynoldson sinks a putt in last Monday's Class 4A golf regional at Shawnee Country Club en route a ninth-place individual finish with an 88. [Photo by Kyle Grunert/Special to TSN]
Hayden junior Avery Grunert shot an 89 to tie for 10th in last Monday's Class 4A golf regional at Shawnee Country Club. [Photo by Kyle Grunert/Special to TSN]
The Wildcats got a ninth-place finish at regionals from Reynoldson, who carded an 88, while junior Avery Grunert was right behind, tying for 10th with an 89.
Freshman Izzy Glotzbach tied for 12th with a 90 while freshman Laureen Borjon rounded out the Wildcats' top four, shooting a 97 to finish 16th.
Hayden junior Kyleigh Johnson tied for 17th (100) and sophomore Addysen Baer tied for 22nd (107).
CLASS 3A-1A
Silver Lake earned the fourth and final team berth out of last Monday's 3A-1A regional at Lake Shawnee for Monday's state tournament at Hutchinson's Carey Park.
Taylor Zordel
Zordel tied for sixth individually with a 90 to lead the Eagles.
Silver Lake junior Madeline Fieger finished 16th (104), senior Tristyn Boxberger in a tie for 21st (108), senior Jaiden Whitehead 29th (112), junior Avri Broxterman in a tie for 36th (119) and junior Kate Osterhaus 39th (120).
Osage City finished six strokes ahead of Silver Lake in third at 408 while the Eagles were 11 strokes ahead of Anderson County for the final team berth for state (414-425).
SHAWNEE COUNTY GIRLS GOLF STATE QUALIFIERS
Class 6A
Topeka High -- Avery Zimmerman.
Washburn Rural -- Lauren Cox, Mallory Nelson, Raegan Petersen, Natalie Peterson, Reece Randall, Avery Scott.
Class 5A
Seaman -- Riley Adams, Lois Deeter, Anna McLaughlin, Avery Samuelson, Makenna Stuke, Jaycee Zimmerman.
Shawnee Heights -- Karlyn Bowman.
Topeka West -- Alex Baxter.
Class 4A
Hayden -- Addysen Baer, Lauren Borjon, Izzy Glotzbach, Avery Grunert, Kyleigh Johnson, Hannah Reynoldson.
Class 3A-1A
Silver Lake -- Tristyn Boxberger, Avri Broxterman, Madeline Fieger, Kate Osterhaus, Jaiden Whitehead, Taylor Zordel.
