Larned High School’s Ariana Meyer fired an 89 to edge out the Cheney duo of Hailey Wells and Ella Haar to capture first-place gold medalist honors at the Kansas Class 3-1A girls golf sub-state Monday.
Wells and Haar shot 93s to tie for second place. Hutchinson Trinity’s Clara Shank and Wichita Collegiate’s Whitney Teal tied for fourth place with 94s.
The sub-state tournament took place at the par-72, 5,385-yard Cherry Oaks Golf Course in Cheney.
The top three teams from each regional tournament advanced to the state tournament. Cheney won the regional team title with a 378 score. Wichita Collegiate placed second at 410 and Larned was third at 413.
Garden Plain placed fourth at 466, followed by Wichita Trinity Academy 472, Pretty Prairie 488, Kingman 497, Norwich 502, Marion 515, Hutchinson Trinity Catholic 517 and Hoisington 526.
Nickerson, Medicine Lodge and Haven did not enter enough players to post team scores.
The top five individual golfers whose teams did not qualify for state also advanced.
Cheney’s Emmerson Bearley and and Katy Wehrman placed sixth and seventh at 95 and 97.
Larned’s Taeten Reynolds placed eighth with a 99, followed by Cheney’s Nikki Wright and Collegiate’s Margaret Michaelis, who tied for ninth with 100s.
Wichita Trinity’s Landry Moore placed 11th, 101; Collegiate’s Alegra Fazio, 12th, 104; Pretty Prairie’s Jewelynn Reese, 13th, 105; Cheney’s Quinnian Dowell, 14th, 107; Garden Plain’s Tori Trimble, 15th, 108; and Kingman’s Tegan Dick, 16th, 110.
Collegiate’s Evie Ritchie and Larned’s Klhole Smith tied for 17th, 112; Larned’s Kinley Atteberry and Collegiate’s Reed Blanchaert tied for 19th, 113.
Larned’s other state qualifiers were Cammie DePeugh, who placed 33rd with a 122 score, and Harleigh Ehrlich, who tied for 47th with a 133.
Wichita Collegiate’s other state qualifier was Maria Schwab, who placed 40th with a 126 score.
Haven’s top golfer was Aubree Nikkel, who tied for 21st place with Kingman’s Jillian Hartman at 114. Brooklyn Steffen tied for 47th, 133; Hadley Sander placed 55th, 146.
Hutchinson Trinity’s Alison Moodie tied for 34th with a 123 score, followed by teammates Gentry Christensen, tied for 57th, 149; and Melany Tapia, tied for 59th, 151.
Pretty Prairie’s Lyndsey Hoyt tied for 37th, 125; followed by teammates Hallie Deel and Sommerleigh Mizell, tied for 43rd, 129; Ellie Hoyt, 62nd, 160; and Allison Tipton, 63rd, 179.
Nickerson’s Rylee Gilbert placed 61st at 156.
Hoisington was paced by Samantha Lovett and Rilynn Crawford, who tied for 37th with 125 scores. Alaina Rubio fied for 41st place, 127; and Olivia Chambers toed for 57th, 149.
Kansas Class 3-1A Cheney girls regional results — https://prep.golf/tournaments/
