By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural put three players in the top six places on the way to a 19-stroke victory in Tuesday's Hayden Invitational girls golf tournament at Shawnee Country Club.
Washburn Rural's girls golf team poses for a team picture after posting a 19-stroke victory in Tuesday's Hayden Invitational at Shawnee Country Club. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Senior Reece Randall shot a 78 and senior Natalie Peterson an 81 to place second and third place individually for the Junior Blues, who won their second straight tournament championship while junior Lauren Cox tied for sixth with an 86.
Washburn Rural senior Reece Randall sinks a putt in Tuesday's Hayden Invitational on the way to a runnerup individual finish. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Senior Natalie Peterson posted a third-place finish in Tuesday's Hayden Invitational at Shawnee Country Club. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
"I'm proud of Reece, Natalie and Lauren,'' Washburn Rural coach Jared Goehring said. "It was another strong showing for them and they've been pretty consistent all season.
"Reece has obviously been playing pretty consistent in our one bag spot and has had some good events here early on but we're looking for the depth to kind of get a little bit more consistent towards the end of the year.''
Senior Colbey Stead rounded out Rural's top four placers with a 91, tying for 11th place, as the Junior Blues finished with a team score of 336 while host Hayden finished second at 355.
Hayden junior Lauren Borjon finished fifth in Tuesday's Hayden Invitational at Shawnee Country Club, leading the Wildcats to a second-place team finish. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Hayden got a team-best fifth-place finish from junior Lauren Borjon (85) while junior Izzy Glotzbach and senior Addyson Baer tied for eighth place individually with 87s.
Seaman senior Jaycee Zimmerman shot an 82 to place fourth in Tuesday's Hayden Invitational at Shawnee Country Club. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman senior Jaycee Zimmerman shot an 82 to finish fourth individually as Seaman finished fifth as a team.
Topeka West senior Alex Baxter narrowly missed a top-10 finish, tying for 11th place with a 91.
The city tournament is on tap next Monday at Western Hills, beginning a stretch of league, regional and state competition, and Goehring said the Junior Blues will be looking to step up their game for the stretch run.
"We've got to go,'' Goehring said. "We're at the halfway point next week so it's about time that we kick it into gear, especially some of these older ones.''
HAYDEN INVITATIONAL
At Shawnee Country Club
Team scores
Washburn Rural 336, Hayden 355, Manhattan 359, Wamego 359, Seaman 398, Basehor-Linwood 416, Rock Creek 434, Piper 436, Marysville 444.
Individual results
1. Addison Douglass, Wamgo, 70; 2. Reece Randall, Washburn Rural, 78; 3. Natalie Peterson, Washburn Rural, 81; 4. Jaycee Zimmerman, Seaman, 82; 5. Lauren Borjon, Hayden, 85; 6. (tie) Ruby Wendt, Manhattan and Lauren Cox, Washburn Rural, 86; 8. (tie) Izzy Glotzbach, Hayden, and Addyson Baer, Hayden, 87; 10. Jiyeon Kim, Manhattan, 90.
Other Washburn Rural -- Colbey Stead 91, Kailyn Peterson 97, Taryn Jellison 98, Ella Taggart 98, Briley Miles 99.
Other Hayden -- Nora Allphin 96, Brooke Johnson 97, Kelyn Specht 113, Maura Tolin 114, Avery Becker 124.
Other Seaman -- Makenna Stuke 93, Anna McLaughlin 111; Molina Quintana 112; Chloe Schmidtlein 113.
Topeka West -- Alex Baxter 91, Lily Bowen 120.
