By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Hayden's boys golf team put five players in the top eight spots individually on the way to a dominating 24-stroke team victory in Wednesday's Santa Fe Trail Invitational at Lamont Hills.
Hayden's boys golf team posted a 24-stroke victory in Wednesday's Santa Fe Trail Invitational at Lamont Hills. [Hayden golf]
Junior Nick Gorman finished third individually with a 73 while senior Jacob Padilla placed fourth with a 76, juniors James Kuta and Colin Scott tied for fifth with 77s and junior Tagen Rodriguez tied for eighth place with an 82.
Sophomore Austin Bean rounded out the Wildcats' lineup with a 94.
Hayden finished with a four-person team score of 303, while Council Grove was second with a 327 total and tournament host Santa Fe Trail third at 330.
Silver Lake finished sixth as a team at 363, led by sophomore Grady Bergmann, who tied for 11th place with an 85.
Council Grove's Drew Buchman and Santa Fe Trail's Lane Workman tied for first place individually with 71s.
SANTA FE TRAIL INVITATIONAL
At Lamont Hills
Team scores
Hayden 303, Council Grove 327, Santa Fe Trail 330, Osage City 358, Lyndon 361, Silver Lake 363, Baldwin 449.
Individual results
1. (tie) Drew Buchman, Council Grove, and Lane Workman, Santa Fe Trail, 71; 3. Nick Gorman, Hayden, 74; 4. Jacob Padilla, Hayden, 76; 5. (tie) James Kuta, Hayden, and Colin Scott, Hayden, 77; 7. Brycen Palmquist, Council Grove, 81; 8. (tie) Tagen Rodriguez, Hayden, and Ryan Cook, Santa Fe Trail, 82; 10. Dax Myers, Council Grove, 84.
Other Hayden -- Austin Bean 94.
Silver Lake -- Grady Bergmann 85, Ethan Adee 90, Brody Kelley 93, N. Langley 95, J.P. Whitehead 104, Jett Ross 117.
Free State dominates 11-school Seaman Invitational
Free State swep the top three individual spots in Wednesday's Seaman Invitational at Village Greens on the way to an 11-stroke win in the team standings.
Free State junior Aiden Graff-Hannah shot a 70 to take individual honors over Firebird teammates Cash Nelson and Jack Randall, who tied for second with 71s.
The Firebirds also got a tie for fifth place from Henry Thompson, who shot a 73 to round out Free State's top four.
Free State shot 285 as a team while Kansas City-Rockhurst, Mo. was second at 296.
Washburn Rural, which played a split squad in the Seaman event, finished fifth as a team with a 321 team score while Shawnee Heights placed seventh (332) and Seaman took eighth (338).
Rural's Parker Noller, Higgins Hawks and Michael Wilson all shot 80s to tie for 16th place while Brady Goeder carded an 81 to tie for 25th place.
Shawnee Heights' Jensen Crawford and Ayden Valdivia tied for 16th with 80s while Zack Hohman shot an 85 and Logan Hahn an 87 to complete the T-Birds' top four scores.
Host Seaman was led by Kaleb Mack, Zach Weir and Bradley Williamson, who shot 81s to tie for 25th place while Evan Michalski and Alexander Flanagan shot 88s.
SEAMAN INVITATIONAL
At Village Greens
Team scores
Free State 285, Rockhurst, Mo. 296, Blue Valley Northwest 308, Blue Valley North 319, Washburn Rural 321, Basehor-Linwood 321, Shawnee Heights 332, Seaman 338, Emporia 358, Lawrence 385, Lansing 504.
Individual results
1. Aiden Graff-Hannah, Free State, 70; 2. (tie) Cash Nelson, Free State, and Jack Randall, Free State, 71; 4. John Giocondo, Rockhurst, 72; 5. (tie) Joe Honn, Blue Valley Northwest, and Henry Thompson, Free State, 73; 7. (tie) JP Hepler, Rockhurst, and Liam Lake, Rockhurst, 74; 9. Carson Youngblood, Basehor-Linwood, 75; 10. (tie) Adam Hemker, Free State, and William Fitzgerald, Rockhurst, 76.
Washburn Rural -- Parker Noller 80, Higgins Hawks 80, Michael Wilson 80, Brady Goeden 81, Ben Carter 90, Peyton Goehring 96.
Shawnee Heights -- Jensen Crawford 80, Ayden Valdivia 80, Zack Hohman 85, Logan Hahn 87, Jasec Holladay 88, Connor Knernschield 91.
Seaman -- Kaleb Mack 81, Zach Weir 81, Bradley Williamson 81, Evan Michalski 88, Alexander Flanagan 88, Timothy Lister 91.
