HUTCHINSON, Kan. — High school girls golfers from across Kansas will compete for state championships Monday and Tuesday, with several Hutchinson-area athletes looking to close their seasons with strong performances at the Kansas State High School Activities Association state tournaments.
The two-day championships begin Monday, Oct. 19, with competition scheduled in four classifications. Three of the four tournaments will take place in central and south-central Kansas, including Class 5A in Hesston, Class 4A in McPherson and Class 3-1A in Wichita.
Buhler, Hesston, McPherson, Newton, Hutchinson, Trinity Catholic and Pretty Prairie are among the area schools represented.
Class 5A — Hesston Golf Course
Hutchinson's Darbie Wells will represent the Salthawks in the Class 5A tournament at Hesston Golf Course. Wells is scheduled to begin her opening round at 9:10 a.m. Monday from the 10th hole.
Newton will have three golfers competing, including Codi Rose, Audrey Webb and Naomi Koontz. Rose will tee off at 8:30 a.m., followed by Webb at 9 a.m. and Koontz at 10:10 a.m.
Other regional competitors include Great Bend's Sammy Fleming and Salina Central's Braelyn Diggs.
The opening round begins at 8:30 a.m. Monday, with Tuesday's final round scheduled to start at 10 a.m.
Class 4A — Turkey Creek Golf Course, McPherson
Buhler will send a full six-player lineup to the Class 4A state championship at Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson.
The Crusaders will be represented by Payton Polk, Ellie Goering, Addison Specht, Paityn Weber, Macy Miller and Anika Paulsrud.
Polk will lead off for Buhler at 9:30 a.m. Monday, followed by Goering at 9:40, Specht at 9:50, Weber at 10, Miller at 10:10 and Paulsrud at 10:20.
Hesston will also be well represented with four golfers competing. Brynn Thiesen, Elizabeth Bridgeman, Wendy Roth and Elizabeth Hosford will take the course for the Swathers.
Thiesen will begin at 8:50 a.m., followed by Bridgeman at 9, Roth at 9:10 and Hosford at 9:20.
McPherson will have four golfers competing on its home course. The Bullpups' qualifiers include Amelia Moody, Ari Prose, Pera Bauer and Lleyton Kuhn. Moody is scheduled to tee off at 8:40 a.m., followed by Prose at 8:50, Bauer at 9 and Kuhn at 9:10.
The Class 4A tournament was originally scheduled for Emporia Municipal Golf Course but was moved to Turkey Creek because of course conditions.
Competition begins at 8:30 a.m. Monday, with Tuesday's final round scheduled for 9 a.m.
Class 3-1A — Tallgrass Golf Club, Wichita
Two Hutchinson-area golfers will compete individually in the Class 3-1A state championship at Tallgrass Golf Club in Wichita.
Trinity Catholic's Clara Shank will begin her opening round at 9 a.m. Monday from the 10th hole.
Pretty Prairie's Jewelynn Reese will also compete, with her opening tee time scheduled for 9:30 a.m. from the first hole.
Larned will have a full six-player lineup competing, including Harleigh Ehrlich, Kinley Atteberry, Cammie DePeugh, Khloe Smith, Taeten Reynolds and Ariana Meyer.
The opening round begins at 8:30 a.m. Monday, with the final round scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday.