Local golfers competed in state golf tournaments on Monday and Tuesday, with Lawrence and Free State having golfers at Firekeeper Golf Course and Eudora, Baldwin and Tonganoxie having golfers at Turkey Creek Golf Course.

4A GOLF TOURNAMENT

Baldwin was the runner-up in the 4A state golf tournament with a 664 team score, behind only Wamego’s 653.

The highlight for the Bulldogs was the performance Peyton Wright, who won the individual title by shooting a 144 across the two days. Wright had five bogeys on the first day but finished with birdies on the sixth, 15th and 18th holes to finish 2-over. On the second day, Wright finished at par with five birdies. Her two-day score was two strokes above the runner-up.

Jada Sansome placed 17th individually, shooting an 83 on the first day and an 85 on the second. Sansome had two birdies on the first day and one on the second day. Carson Chambers took 20th by finishing 13 strokes over par on Day 1 and 16 strokes over par on Day 2. Chambers birdied on the 10th hole on both days but also had a birdie on holes two and 18 on the second day.

Charity Thompson tied for 34th by shooting a 181. After finishing 22 strokes above par on the first day, Thompson improved by five strokes on Day 2. In total, Thompson had two birdies and a hole-in-one on the sixth hole, a par 3. Addy Scraper tied for 45th and shot a 95 on both days and had a birdie on the 15th hole on Day 2.

Eudora’s golf team missed the cut on advancing to the second day as a team, but the Cardinals still had three golfers represented on the final round. Brooklynn Akers shot an 84 on the first day, with 10 holes at par. Henley Kueffer finished 17 strokes above par on the first day with two birdies, and Lily Wright shot a 94 and had a birdie on hole 13. Wright was the final Cardinal to score low enough to advance to Day 2.

Brynn Deterding and Josie Vogt both shot a 97 in the first round. Deterding finished four holes at par, while Vogt finished two holes at par and had a birdie on the seventh hole. Leslie Cundiff shot a 106 on Day 1.

Kueffer had the best Day 2 for Eudora, finishing 18 strokes above par with six holes at par. Akers finished two strokes behind Kueffer on Day 2 and had a birdie on hole 18. Lily Wright finished with a 96 score. With the two scores combined, Akers led the team by tying for 24th with a 175 score. Kueffer shot a 177 total score, which put her 29th, and Wright’s 190 score put her tied for 45th.

Two Tonganoxie Chieftains golfed at the 4A golf tournament. May Stephens placed 87th and shot a 197 across both days. She shot a 94 on the first day and a 103 on the second. Paityn Van Middlesworth shot a 99 on Day 1 but didn’t qualify for Day 2.

6A golf tournament

Free State’s golf team finished eighth in the 6A golf tournament and had two golfers advance to and compete on the second day. The Firebirds finished with a 368 team score on the first day, which was tied for eighth.

Claire Cummins led the Firebirds in the first round, shooting an 83 with birdies in the eighth and 17th holes, and Tola Jankowski shot an 86 with a birdie on the 12th hole. Both qualified for Day 2 due to their individual scores.

Laurel Stancil just missed the cutoff to advance to Day 2 after she shot a 98 with a birdie in the seventh hole. She finished tied for 55th individually. Mallory White placed 62nd after shooting a 101. Avery Lonnberg shot a 115, which was 80th in the individual leaderboard.

Lawrence’s Cami Nauholz finished Day 1 shooting a 118 that put her 83rd in the golf tournament. She finished at par on the third and 16th holes.

Cummins improved on the second day, shooting a 75 with two birdies and finishing at par on 12 holes. Her two-day score of 158 put her tied for 10th in the individual leaderboard. Jankowski shot a 93 with five holes at par. Her total score of 179 was 24th individually.