By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural had a lot to celebrate in Monday's city boys golf championship at Topeka Country Club.
The Junior Blues extended their city title streak to 16 straight seasons while sweeping the top three individual places and capping the day with a special father-son moment.
Washburn Rural boys golf ran its city championship streak to 16 straight Monday at Topeka Country Club. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn Rural took the team championship by a 326-335 margin over Seaman while the Junior Blues put four players in the top 10, led by a one-two-three sweep from Peyton Goehring, Keaton Stoner and Wyatt Dean.
Senior teammates Goehring and Stoner both shot 77s to tie for the city individual title and force a playoff, with Goehring winning with a bogey on the first playoff hole.
Washburn Rural senior teammates Peyton Goehring (left) and Keaton Stoner exchange a hug after finishing one-two in a playoff in Monday's city tournament. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Goehring admitted that it was tough going up against a teammate in the playoff.
"Obviously it's a team game and I really didn't want to beat him because he played tremendous, too,'' Goehring said. "I'd rather beat an opponent, but a win's a win I guess.''
Peyton Goehring is congratulated by his father and coach, Jared Goehring, after winning the city title Monday at Topeka Country Club. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Making Goehring's first city title even more special was the fact that it came in Peyton's final city tournament for his father, Jared Goehring, the longtime Washburn Rural coach.
"It means a lot,'' Peyton said. "He's obviously coached me my whole life and I had a goal this year to place top 10 in the city individually, but I guess I did a little bit better than that.
"It does mean a lot though to do it for my team and obviously my dad coaching.''
Dean finished third in the city meet with an 81 while Hayden's Austin Bean, Topeka West's Blake Schultz and Seaman's Hunter Gerhardt shot 82s to tie for fourth.
Rural's Michael Wilson and Seaman's Noah LaRosh tied for seventh with 83s while Topeka High's Caleb Cleverdon and Seaman's Evan Michalski tied for ninth with 84s.
Rural also got an 85 from Higgins Hawks and an 86 from Camden Ismert while Rural's Lane Witrock competed in the Topeka Country Club Invitational, held in conjunction with the city tournament, shooting an 80.
"I'm proud of all of them today because it got pretty tough there at stages in the round and I thought they put their heads down and really battled for one another,'' Jared Goehring said.
"This was a goal we had at the beginning of the season, to defend this title, and hat's off to this senior class for getting it done today.''
Blue Valley North won the team title in the Topeka Country Club Invitational by four strokes over Blue Valley West (293-297).
Drew Krystyn of Blue Valley North claimed the individual title in a playoff over Free State's Henry Thompson after both players carded 69s.
TOPEKA CITY GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
At Topeka Country Club
Team scores
Washburn Rural 326, Seaman 335, Shawnee Heights 355, Topeka High 357, Hayden 358, Topeka West 403.
Individual results
1. Peyton Goehring, Washburn Rural, 77 (won playoff); 2. Keaton Stoner, Washburn Rural, 77; 3. Wyatt Dean, Washburn Rural, 81; 4. (tie) Austin Bean, Hayden; Blaze Schultz, Topeka West, and Hunter Gerhardt, Seaman, 82; 7. (tie) Michael Wilson, Washburn Rural, and Noah LaRosh, Seaman 83; 9. (tie) Caleb Cleverdon, Topeka High, and Evan Michalski, Seaman, 84.
Other Washburn Rural -- Higgins Hawks 85, Camden Ismert 86 Lane Witrock (TCC Inv.) 80.
Other Seaman -- Jordan Burghart 86, Nicholas Hill 91, Leyton Eckert 96.
Shawnee Heights -- Ayden Valdivia 85, Joey Hohman 88, Evan Jones 89, Deegan Benton 93, Keaton Hornbaker 94, Andrew Schulte 94.
Topeka High -- Chase Hastert 85, Luke Budden 90, Brady Budden 98, Jude Varney 101, Oliver Ellis 125; Brock Rogers (TCC Inv.) 117 .
Hayden -- Carter Compton 87, Caleb Fox 92, Bobby Day 93, Reese Renyer 97, Caden Kuckelman 99.
Topeka West -- Landon Schultz 99, Mark Rodriguez 110, Solomon Roark 112, Shawn Rush 128.
TOPEKA COUNTRY CLUB INVITATIONAL
Team scores
Blue Valley North 293, Blue Valley West 297, Shawnee Mission East 303, Olathe Northwest 306, Manhattan 310, Blue Valley 313, Free State 315, Blue Valley Northwest 318, Shawnee Mission Northwest 323, Washburn Rural 326, Olathe West 330, Dodge City 334, Seaman 335, Santa Fe Trail 337, Lawrence 340, Emporia 348, Shawnee Heights 355, Topeka High 357, Hayden 358, Junction City 370, Salina South 387, Topeka West 403.
Individual results
1. Drew Krystyn, Blue Valley North, 69 (won playoff); 2. Henry Thompson, Free State, 69; 3. Brady Rapp, Blue Valley North, 71; 4. (tie) Jack Butterbaugh, Olathe Northwest, and Lukas Nelson, Blue Valley West, 72; 6. Luke Taylor, Shawnee Mission East, 73; 7. Jack Jerwick, Blue Valley West, 74; 8. (tie) Kyle Elliott, Olathe Northwest; Parker Bennett, Blue Valley West; Cash Nelson, Free State, and Charlie Haney, Manhattan, 75.
