The regional golf tournaments took place this week on Monday and Tuesday to determine who would earn the right to compete at state.
Here’s what you need to know for the state meet.
Kansas high school state golf tournament information
Who: For Class 3A, the top two teams at regionals qualified for state with the top three teams in all other classes continuing their season as well. Individually, the top five lowest individual scores not on qualifying teams qualified for the state tournament.
Where: 6A – Sand Creek Station Golf Course – Newton, Kansas, 67114
5A – Turkey Creek Golf Course – McPherson, Kansas, 67460
4A – Quail Ridge Golf Course – Winfield, Kansas, 67156
3A – Mariah Hills Golf Course – Dodge City, Kansas, 67801
2A – Hesston Golf Course – Hesston, Kansas, 67062
1A – Emporia Municipal Golf Course – Emporia, Kansas, 66801
When: 6A: 8:30 am tee time for holes 1 and 10
5A: 8:30 am tee time for holes 1 and 10 on Monday, 10 am on Tuesday
4A: 9 am tee time for holes 1 and 10 on Monday, 10 am on Tuesday
3A: 8:30 am tee time for holes 1 and 10 on Monday, 10 am on Tuesday
2A: 9 am tee time for holes 1 and 10 on Monday, 10 am on Tuesday
1A: 9 am tee time for holes 1 and 10 on Monday,
Topeka-area teams competing at state
For Class 3A, the top two teams at regionals qualified for state with the top three teams in all other classes continuing their season as well. Individually, the top five lowest individual scores not on qualifying teams qualified for the state tournament
6A
Washburn Rural
Washburn Rural (321) placed second at its regional behind Manhattan (315), with Wichita Southeast (379) rounding out the top three.
Senior Bryan Tyrell (T-4th, 79), senior Tyler Baumchen (T-7th, 80), sophomore Tadd Armstrong (T-9th, 81) and junior Hayden Glynn (T-9th, 81) scored for Washburn Rural.
5A
Shawnee Heights
The Shawnee Heights boys (314) cruised to a regional title beating out Emporia (340) and Basehor Linwood (344).
Senior Alex Valdivia (72) and senior Tyler Lincoln (74) took first and second, respectively, at the regional with senior Aiden Jones (T-5th, 83) and junior Jensen Crawford (T-9th, 85) rounding out the scoring for Shawnee Heights.
Seaman
Junior Zachary Weir 85 placed ninth at regionals and was the third-lowest individual score not on a qualifying team to qualify him for state.
Topeka West
Junior Myles Alonzo (79) took third individually at regionals, qualifying for state with the best individual score not on a qualifying team.
4A
Hayden
The Hayden boys (339) took third behind Wamego (318) and Bishop Meige (322) to qualify their team for state.
Sophomore James Kuta (7th, 80), senior Noah Haverjamp (T-8th, 81), sophomore Tagen Rodriguez (T-17th, 87) and sophomore Nick Gorman (T-24th, 91) scored for Hayden.
Rossville
The Rossville boys (339) took second at regionals behind Sabetha (329) to qualify for state.
Scoring for Rossville were freshman Jack Donovan (T-2nd, 79), sophomore Jonathan Hart (4th, 80), senior Kyser Lundin (T-7th, 84) and senior Manuel VanderPutten (20th, 96).
Silver Lake
Junior Bryce Badsky (77) won the individual regional title to qualify for state.
2A
Cair Paravel
The Cair Paravel boys (350) won the regional title, beating out St. Mary’s Colgan (379) and Lyndon (396).
Junior Rich Helmhold (78) won the individual regional title with the low score with junior Simon Everhart (6th, 89), sophomore Jase Pavlik (7th, 90) and freshman Caleb Cleverdon (8th, 93) scoring for Cair Paravel.
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This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: State golf tees off mon Monday. Here’s what you need to know.