SEAN BOSTON
Hutch Post
DODGE CITY, Kan. — The 2025 Kansas Junior Amateur Championship tees off Tuesday at Mariah Hills Golf Course, with more than 150 of the state’s top youth golfers competing in a 54-hole stroke-play event that runs through Thursday.
Among those in the field are Hutchinson's Race Lusk (Buhler High School) and Miles Blaylock (Trinity Catholic), as well as Anika Paulsrud (Buhler High School) on the girls' side. Naomi Koontz of Newton is also set to compete in the girls’ division.
Lusk is scheduled to tee off Tuesday at 8:45 a.m. on Hole 1, alongside Jackson Taylor (Dodge City) and Owen Young (Wichita). Blaylock begins his first round at 12:39 p.m. on Hole 1, paired with Cohen Hageman (Wichita) and Braeden Masterson (Wichita). Paulsrud will start at 2 p.m. on Hole 1 with Mya Niehues (Concordia) and Ali Perry (St. Joseph, Mo.). Koontz is grouped with Hadley Neese (Overland Park) at 2:09 p.m. on Hole 10.
The championship includes five age divisions for boys and one for girls, with the field cut after Wednesday’s second round to determine Thursday’s final-round qualifiers. An overall boys and girls champion will also be crowned.
In 2024, Wichita’s Asher Whitaker and Emerie Schartz claimed the respective titles. Schartz returns to defend her girls’ crown.
Play begins each day with tee times off both No. 1 and No. 10 at 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The course is set up at approximately 6,900 yards for boys and 5,700 yards for girls.
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