Mitchell in 15th after day one of Class AA state tourney

Jaron Weich led the Mitchell High School golf team with a 78, putting him in a tie for 17th, in the first round of the Class AA state boys’ golf tournament Monday at Lakeview Golf Course.

The Kernels sit in 15th place with 351 strokes after the first day of the tournament behind Huron, which totaled a 346.

“Obviously we’re disappointed in our team standing after the first day,” head coach Sean Moen said. “We can play better than that in our home course. We expect to shoot in the middle of the pack and not anything less.”

After Weich, Jacob Rice finished the round in 57th with an 85, Aaron Sudbeck carded a 91 for 74th, Tyson Allen shot a 97 for 86th place, Ryan Solberg placed 88th with a 98 and Landon Pooley shot a 102 for 91st.

“It was a struggle with the wind,” Moen said. “The kids seemed pretty nervous to perform well in their hometown. Once they got into the round, they started to settle in.”

Weich said the team will need each player to better its score by a few strokes to make a big jump in the standings.

“I think everyone is used to the state tournament atmosphere now and we all feel like we can play a lot better,” Weich said.

Brookings’ Cayden Bartels hit his first hole-in-one on Hole 3, a 176-yard par-3.

Sioux Falls Lincoln leads the tournament with a total of 299.

“The most pleasing thing is that the all six players played better on the back than on the front,” Lincoln coach Lyle Pearson said. “We’re in a good position after day one but there are still a lot of other schools in the hunt.”

Sioux Falls O’Gorman is three strokes behind the Patriots in second place with a 302 on the day.

Three ESD schools round out the top five with Yankton in third with 308 and Aberdeen Central and Brandon Valley in a tie for 4th with 312 strokes in the first round.

Lincoln’s Tommy Vining and Parker Klitzke sit in the top two spots shooting 72 and 73 on the par-72 course. There is a five-way tie for third place with scores of 74.

“We need the same focus tomorrow and can’t get too excited about the outcome,” Pearson said. “We’re looking to even have a better day (today).”

The final round of the tournament begins at 9 a.m. today at Lakeview Golf Course in Mitchell.

Lead-Deadwood in first at Class A tournament

SPEARFISH —Lead-Deadwood is in first place after the first round of the Class A state boys’ golf tournament at Spearfish Canyon Country Club.

Lead-Deadwood is in front by 17 strokes with a 311. Harrisburg is in second with a 328 and Dell Rapids is in third place with a 330.

Parkston shot a 357 for 10th place, Chamberlain carded a team score of 373 for 13th and Mitchell Christian took 14th with a 398 after day one.

“It wasn’t where I wanted us to be after day one,” Parkston coach Tyler Hockett said. “I know we can shave off a ton of strokes and there’s only 19 strokes separating us between fifth place. We are capable of making up that.”

Lead-Deadwood’s Gabe Dirksen leads the individual race shooting a 69 in the first round.

Chamberlain’s Coleman Caldwell finished in third place after day one, sitting five strokes behind Dirksen with a 74. Two-time champion Ryan Medhaug, of Sisseton, is tied with Caldwell with a 74.

Parkston’s Jake Weber carded a 79 and finished 10th and Mitchell Christian’s Adam Bleeker shot an 85 for 27th place.

Class AA State Boys’ Golf Tournament Results

Monday in Mitchell (par-72)

First Round

Team: 1. Sioux Falls Lincoln 299; 2. Sioux Falls O’Gorman 302; 3. Yankton 308; 4. Aberdeen Central 312; 4. Brandon Valley 312; 6. Sioux Falls Roosevelt 316; 7. Watertown 318; 8. Rapid City Stevens 322; 9. Sioux Falls Washington 328; 10. Rapid City Central 329; 11. Pierre 340; 11. Sturgis 340; 13. Brookings 342; 14. Huron 346; 15. Mitchell 351; 16. Douglas/New Underwood 388

Individual: 1. Tommy Vining (SFL) 72; 2. Parker Klitzke (SFL) 73; 3. Collin Hammer (SFO) 74; 3. Jace Guthmiller (Y) 74; 3. Max Donohue (SFO) 74; 3. Noah Fenske (RCC) 74; 3. Thomas Hogg (AC) 74; 8. Chris Gaher (SFO) 75; 9. Logan Megard (Y) 76; 9. Sam Musch (RCS) 76; 9. Tate McVay (S) 76; 12. Ben Prisbe (SFL) 77; 12. Cole Peterson (SFL) 77; 12. Dustin Santjer (AC) 77; 12. Riley Duncanson (BV) 77; 12. Trevor Tobin (BV) 77; 17. Brandon Frick (Y) 78; 17. Ian Rinken (SFW) 78; 17. Jaron Weich (M) 78; 17. Jeremy Eich (SFR) 78; 17. Nick Mahowald (W) 78; 17. Payton Larsen (SFR) 78; 17. Tanner Wehrkamp (BV) 78; 17. Thomas Beck (SFL) 78; 25. Colton Hanson (W) 79; 25. Colton Kooima (SFR) 79; 25. Nick Bruhn (SFO) 79; 28. Andrew Sullivan (RCC) 80; 28. Austin Simon (SFO) 80; 28. Brett Bennett (RCS) 80; 28. Ethan Smith (W) 80; 28. Jake Steen (B) 80; 28. Jayson Heck (RCS) 80; 28. Mitch Schlingman (Y) 80; 28. Tyler Anderson (BV) 80; 28. Tyler Foster (AC) 80; 37. Ben Jensen (Y) 81; 37. Creighton Thompson (SFR) 81; 37. Dexter Herr (SFR) 81; 37. Logan Ramsey (AC) 81; 37. Tommy Healon (W) 81; 42. Andrew VanGerpen (P) 82; 42. Ben Rogers (SFO) 82; 42. Cole Peterson (H); 42. Greg Koehn (BV) 82; 42. Jake Cranny (SFW) 82; 42. Michael Whitney (BV) 82; 42. Trevor Hieb (AC) 82; 49. Cameron Huff (AC) 83; 49. Lee Radke (SFL) 83; 49. Seth Hoppe (S) 83; 52. Charlie Schuknecht (SFW) 84; 52. Dayton Schumacher (SFW) 84; 52. Jace Collins (B) 84; 52. Seth Peterson (SFR) 84; 52. Willie Welch (P) 84; 57. Drew Mahowald (W) 85; 57. Jacob Rice (M) 85; 57. Jon Scarpello (SFW); 61. Brandon Richardt (RCS) 86; 62. Cash Anderson (P) 87; 62. Drew Leif (P) 87; 62. Jake Preble (RCC) 87; 65. Connor McCormick (RCC) 88; 65. J.P. Noonan (H) 88; 65. Koby Dobler (S) 88; 65. Matt Booth (P) 88; 65. Steven Bendt (RCS) 88; 70. Austin Shaffer (D/N) 89; 70. Kayde Bartels (B) 89; 70. Mason Sundleaf (Y) 89; 70. Matt Eng (B) 89; 74. Aaron Sudbeck (M) 91; 74. Colin Claeys (H) 91; 74. Sam Frost (RCC) 91; 74. Taylor Schultz (RCS) 91; 78. Luke Wehrkamp (SFW) 92; 78. Nolan Weigel (H) 92; 80. Bryce Boser (D/N 93; 80. Casey Kreutz (S) 93; 80. Riley Goeller (H) 93; 83. Kieran Gray (P) 94; 84. Brady Wauer (RCC) 95; 85. Jake Schoenbeck (W) 96; 86. Derek Axelsen (B) 97; 86. Tyson Allen (M) 97; 88. Dalton Axelsen (B) 98; 88. Kody Kracht (S) 98; 88. Ryan Solberg (M) 98; 91. Damon Eames (D/N) 102; 91. Landon Pooley (M) 102; 93. Logan Soluri (D/N) 104; 94. Kyle Finsterwalder (D/N) 105; 95. Nic Forbes (S) 106; 96. Brennan Bartos (D/N)

Class A State Boys’ Golf Tournament Results

Monday in Spearfish (Par-71)

First round

Team: Lead-Deadwood 311, Harrisburg 328, Dell Rapids 330, Aberdeen Roncalli 335, Sioux Falls Christian 338, Madison 338, Dakota Valley 338, Sisseton 342, West Central 344, Parkston 357, St. Thomas More 358, Spearfish 371, Chamberlain 373, Mitchell Christian 398. Incomplete – Tri-Valley, Tea Area, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte, Sioux Valley, Winner, Bon Homme, Todd County, Mobridge-Pollock, Vermillion, Milbank, Beresford, Elk Point-Jefferson, Canton, Hot Springs, Redfield/Doland, Belle Fourche, Red Cloud, Custer.

Individual: 1, Gabe Dirksen, LD, 69; 2, Luke Rezac, H, 73; 3, (tie) Coleman Caldwell, Cham., Ryan Medhaug, Sis., 74; 5, Lee Wynja, SFC, 75; 6, Zach Schroeder, DR, 77; 7, (tie) Dylan From, WC, Thomas High, DV, 78; 9, (tie) Ben Williams, DV, Jake Weber, Park., Brooklyn DeVries, H, Brett Enright, LD, 79; 13, (tie) Cade McLaughlin, H, Ted LaCoursiere, DR, Garrett Mack, LD, 80; 16, (tie) Michael Duch, AR, Braxton Olson, Mad., Andrew Welk, DR, Dillon Orth, Spear., Kory Diefendorf, Bere., 81; 21, (tie) Tayler Anderson, Mad., Lane Shroyer, Cham., 82; 23, (tie) PJ Wetzel, HS, Brett Mattson, LD, 83; 25, (tie) Nick Stern, SFC, Blake Van-Ginkel, DV, 84; 27, (tie) Adam Bleeker, MC, Justin Ackerman, Mil., Cameron Enright, LD, Trae Vandeberg, Mad., 85; 31, (tie) Sean Zimny, Mil., Gabe Heller, AR, Adam Karst, DR, Jeren Laurenti, STM, Jordan Rolstad, Sis., Alex Montoya, STM, 86; 37, (tie) Ty Hoglund, DR, Keaton Deiter, AR, Marcus Schouten, SFC, 87; 40, (tie) JP Linquist, Mil., Jackson Roberts, Spear., Cole Rockafellow, WC, 88; 43, (tie) Riley Danielsen, WC, Caleb Ranschau, Can., Will Graves, BF, Devon Weber, DR, Evlin Rue, WC, 89; 48, (tie) Ty Kinneberg, Park., Brandon Burg, Mad., Joe Michalewicz, STM, Garret Brooks, Sis., Oliver Farmen, RD, 90; 53, (tie) Colin Murphy, TA, Luke Levington, BF, 91; 55, (tie) Luke Westland, BF, Tyler Villbrandt, MP, Andy Huntington, SFC, Eric Looyenga, MP, Sidney Williams, Sis., Brett Korn, SFC, Garret Hohn, Park., 92; 62, (tie) Cameron Stone, WC, Hunter Jamison, Mad., Kevin Frick, Can., 93; 65, (tie) Jayden Bruun, W, Alec Johnson, BH, Colton Sierra, RC, 94; 68, (tie) Nolan Keckler, CEB, Sam Viereck, EPJ, Henry O’Meara, STM, Jacob Lee, Park., Gunar Rang, H, David Jensen, MP, 96; 74, (tie) Jordan Sehr, Can., Kory Schwan, AR, Austin Chase, SV, Carter Andre, V, Tyler Schruck, DV, Hunter Sluka, STM, 97; 80, Luke Jedlicki, W, 98; 81, (tie) Blake Martinz, Custer, Rheet Larsen, Custer, 99; 83, (tie) Joe Fuhr, H, Will Storhaug, Spear., Brandon Koupal, EPJ, Blake Tchida, Sis., 100; 87, Wes Vanderpool, MC, 101; 88, (tie) Ryan Alley, Park., Vint Furnish, Spear., 102; 90, Adam Hutmacher, Cham., 103; 91, (tie) Brendon Boomsma, TV, Brady Fechner, TA, 104; 93, (tie) Anthony Bizardle, TC, Matt Peterson, Spear., 105; 95, (tie) Jackson Feiner, MC, Adam Rasmussen, MC, 106; 97, (tie) Charles Bad Milk, TC, Lincoln Stoebner, BH, 107; 99, (tie) Bobby Pourier, RC, Evan Kirkpatrick, HS, 109; 101, Tiegan Prieve, 114; 102, Luke Stewart, Cham., 115; 103, Brent Herman, RC, 118; 104, Zac Pederson, W, 120; 105, Chase Palo, HS, 124.

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