Area Class B girls & boys, Class A girls begin play in state high school golf tournaments

BROOKINGS — Clark-Willow Lake freshman Brynn Roehrich is only three shots off the lead after the opening day of the state Class B high school girls golf tournament at the Edgebrook Golf Course.

Roehrich shot a 9-over 79 on Monday and trails overall leader Jadyn McDonald of Chester by three shots. Jayce Pugh, a former state Class B champion, is second at 79. Olivia Mikkelsen of Potter County, another area golfer, is fourth at 81.

The final holes of play are scheduled to start at 8 a.m. on Tuesday. The top six teams and 25 individuals receive awards.

Defending champion Chester shot 250 to take a seven-shot lead over Miller (257) after the first day of play. Clark-Willow Lake was third at 275, followed by Jones County and Burke at 277 each.

Team Scores — Chester 250, Miller 257, Clark-Willow Lake 275, Jones County and Burke each 277, Estelline-Hendricks 281, Platte-Geddes 287, Dell Rapids St. Mary 292, Selby Area and Philip each 294, Webster Area 298, McCook Central-Montrose 305, Baltic 308, Garretson 318 and Bennett County 326.

Other Top 10 Individuals — 5. (Tie) Kamri Kittelson, Jones County, and Olivia Olson, Sully Buttes, 83; 7. (Tie) Kaihlyn Anderberg, Miller, and Maddy Lauck, McCook Central-Montrose, 85; 9. (Tie) Taryn Hettick, Selby Area, and Eva Koisti, Hamlin, 86.

Other Area Golfers — 11. Annika Kriz, Deuel, 87; 17. Lita Fryer, Estelline-Hendricks, 91; 19. Brynlee Hansen, Deubrook Area, 92; 25. Ayla Texley, Estelline-Hendricks, 93; 29. (Tie) Victoria Preheim, Deuel, and Bailee Ninke, Webster Area, 94; 37. (Tie) Mallory Nelson, Clark-Willow Lake; Maize Baumann, Selby Area; and Sadie Johnson, Estelline-Hendricks, 97; 42. Anika Mueller, Faulkton Area, 98; 46. (Tie) Joslyn Haugen, Webster Area, Olivia Knox, Doland; Brooklyn Gladis, Deubrook Area and Jalen Holm, Clark-Willow Lake, 99.

53. Aedyn Raethz, Faulkton Area, 100; 62. (Tie) Harper Anderson, De Smet, and Mollie Simon, Ipswich, 103; 70. Baylie Somsen, Webster Area, 105; 73. Olivia Karst, Castlewood, 107; 78. Addison Walkins, Great Plains Lutheran, 110; 80. Braylen Baumann, Selby Area, 111; 84. Sage Gaikowski, Waubay-Summit, 112; 90. Peyton Lee, Clark-Willow Lake, 114; and 92. Mia Coester, Webster Area, 118.

Class B Boys

BROOKINGS — Blake Larson grabbed the individual lead with a 2-over-par 74 and helped Wessington Springs take control in the team standings on Monday during the opening round of the state Class B high school boys golf tournament at the Brookings Country Club.

Larson led Derek Brueggeman of Miller and Gavin Colson of Sully Buttes by one shot heading into the final 18 holes of play on Tuesday. Drake Mueller of Faulkton Area and Taylor Kriech of Colman_Egan are tied for fourth at 76.

Hamlin and Hanson are each tied for second at 246, nine shots behind Wessington Springs.

The top six teams and 25 individuals earn awards.

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Team Scores — Wessington Springs 237; Hanson and Hamlin each 246; Chester 247; Clark-Willow Lake 248; Edmunds Central and Hill City 249; Sully Buttes 251; Bon Homme, Miller and De Smet, each 252; Ipswich 254; Wall and Philip each 255; Castlweood and Webster Area each 259; Viborg-Hurley 261; Deuel 262; Faulkton Area 265; Freeman 268; Mount-Vernon Plankinton 279; Centerville, 280; and Potter County, 297.

Other Top 10 Individuals — 6. Ryan Gerlach, Ethan, 77; 7. Trevor Schulz, Wall, 78; 8. (Tie) Wyatt Larson, McIntosh; Chet Peterson, Ipswich; Landon Bares, Bon Homme; and Cade Gaikowski, Clark-Willow Lake, 79.

Other Area Golfers —12. (Tie) Aiden Abraham, Hamlin, and Gavin Landmark, Deubrook Area, 82; 18. (Tie) Ty Bergh, Florence-Henry; Harrison Beyers and Seth Hettick, Edmunds Central; and Jackson Wadsworth, Hamlin, 91. 24. (Tie) Max Keese, De Smet; Jared Hotzler, Deuel; and Kaden Wookey, Clark-Willow Lake, 82; 31. (Tie) Logan Vavruska, Florence-Henry; Tanner Drietz, Elkton-Lake Benton and Briggs LaBrie, Doland, 83; 39. (Tie) Danny Sudenga, De Smet; Blaize Amdahl, Webster Area; and Lane Tvedt, Castlewood, 84.

46. (Tie) Larz Tvedt, Castlewood; Carson Meadors, Waverly-South Shore, and Luke Fraser, Hamlin, 85; 54. (Tie) Ryker Warrington, Hamlin; Tom Aughenbaugh, De Smet; Tucker Kadlec, Ipswich; Michael Dorsett, Webster Area; and Kaiden Weinreis, Doland, 86; 64. (Tie) Maverick Clausen, Clark-Willow Lake; Trey Maaland, Deuel; and Trent Beyers, Edmunds Central, 87; 76. (Tie) Jace Konsor, Ipswich and Charlie Deiter, Faulkton Area, 89; 76. Seth Lesnar, Webster Area, 89; 82. Davis Gales, Castlewood, 90; 85. Thomas Kuecker, Webster Area, 91.

92. Emmett Schwiesow, Deuel, 93; 110. Wiley Cronin, Potter County, and Cooper Oxner, Bowdle, 94; 107. (Tie) Spencer Heflin, Arlington and Jaxon Krause, Potter County, 95; 110. Kadyn Fast, De Smet, 96; 113. Joshua Fargher, Eureka, and Adam Heyn, Castlewood, 97; 117. Layne Cotton, Faulkton Ara, 100; 118. Braxton Yackley, Selby Area, 101; 123. Cade Hexum, Estelline-Hendricks, 102; 125. Nate Bass, Ipswich, 103; 130. Cade Beitelspacher, Bowdle, 105; 132. Trey Machtemes, Faulkton Area, 107.

Class A Girls

SIOUX FALLS — Tori Peterson of Sioux Falls Christian, Hayden Thorton of Rapid City Christian and Kaitlin Strain of St. Thomas More each carded 6-over-par 77s to share the opening-day lead in the state Class A high school girls golf tournament at Bakker Crossing Golf Course.

Dakota Larson of West Central, Ronnie Wilharm of Vermillion, Katie Betsworth of Dakota Valley and Ari Jacobs of West Central each trail by one shot with the final 18 holes of play scheduled for Tuesday.

The top six teams and 25 individuals earn awards.

Team Scores — Sioux Falls Christian 319, Vermillion and West Central each 340, Madison 347, St. Thomas More 370, Aberdeen Roncalli 372, Chamberlain 371, Winner Area 403, Groton Area 405, Custer 412, Belle Fourche 415 and Mobridge-Pollock 448.

Other Top 10 Individuals — 8. (Tie) Ceceila VanDenTop, Sioux Falls Christian; Isabella McNaughton, Tea Area; Ashlee Sweeter, Lennox and Madison Rummel, Madison, 69.

Other Area Golfers —16. Elliot Hortness, Sisseton, 83; 18. Carly Guthmiller, Groton Area, 84; 22. Claire Crawford, 87; 26. Caitlyn Cradduck, Sioux Valley, 88; 38. Carlee Johnson, Groton Area, 93; 41. Grace Seyer, Aberdeen Roncalli, 94; 45. Morgan Helms, Aberdeen Roncalli, 95; 47. Mackenzie Wegehaupt, Aberdeen Roncalli, 96; 51. (Tie) Kensley Heath, Sisseton, and Claire Heil, Mobridge-Pollock, 98.

62. Ava Danielson, Aberdeen Roncalli, 103; 69. Shaylee Schuchard, Milbank, 107; 72. (Tie) Brooke Schlomer, Mobridge-Pollock and Claire Schuelke, Groton Area, 112; 78. Mia Crank, Groton Area, 116; 81. Arie Mound, Mobridge-Pollock, 118; 83. Becca Cox, Mobridge-Pollock, 120; 86. Skighe McCann, Mobridge-Pollock, 125; 88. Carly Gilbert, Groton Area, 128.

State Golf Results:https://www.sdhsaa.com/activity/golf-championships/

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