The Buhler High School varsity girls golf team captured the Kansas Class 4A regional tournament championship Monday at the par-72, 5,448-yard Carey Park Golf Course in Hutchinson.
The Crusaders posted a 336 score and qualified for the Kansas Class 4A state girls golf championship tournament next Monday and Tuesday (Oct. 19-20) at McPherson’s Turkey Creek Golf Course.
Buhler’s Anika Paulsrud placed second for the silver medal with a 79. Teammate Addi Specht placed third for the bronze medal with an 82.
Buhler’s Paityn Weber fifth with an 87, Macy Miller seventh with an 88, Ellie Goering 11th with a 96 and Payton Polk 16th with a 100.
Hesston placed second with a 370 score and Rock Creek finished third with at 377. The top three teams from each regional tournament advanced to the state tournament.
McPherson placed fourth at 379, followed by Clay Center 441, Towanda-Circle 444 and Andale 473.
The top five individual golfers whose teams did not qualify for state also advanced.
Hesston’s Elizabeth Hosford captured the regional gold medal with a 6-over par 78, followed by teammates Wendy Roth, fourth, 86; Brynn Thiesen, 17th, 101; and Elizabeth Bridgeman, tied for 19th, 105.
Rock Creek’s top scoring golfer Jordyn Schreiber placed eighth with an 89, followed by teammates Jovi Griffith, tied for ninth, 94; Makenna Wallace and Elliott Barnes, tied for 12th, 97; Lily Win, tied for 23rd, 108; and Ella Karnes, 29th, 112.
McPherson, which just missed going to state as a team by two strokes, placed four players in the top 20 and qualified them for state: Lleyton Kuhn tied for sixth place, 88; Pera Bauer tied for ninth, 94; Ari Prose placed 14th, 98; and Amelia Moody placed 15th, 99.
McPherson did not qualify Abby Schieferecke, who tied for 19th with 105 score or Addisen French, who tied for 26th with a 109.
Clay Center’s Bria Link qualified for state as an individual by placing 18th with a 103 score.
Andale’s top-scoring golfer was Emily Waite, who tied for tied for 26th with a 109 score.
Andale’s Peyton Jantz placed 30th, 116; Mikalah Chavez, 31st, 117; Bailey Mertes, 36th, 131; and Morgan Holstein, 39th, 149.
Towanda-Circle’s top-scoring golfer was Ella Kern, who tied for 19th with a 105 score.
Kansas Class 4A girls golf regional results from Carey Park in Hutchinson — https://prep.golf/tournaments/
