O’NEILL – The Quail Run Golf Course in Columbus hosted the second and final day of the Class D State Golf Tournament on Thursday, May 29th!
The teams competing in the Class D Boys State Golf Tournament were Archangels Catholic, Bloomfield, Creighton, CWC, Deshler, Hitchcock County, Hi-Line, Johnson-Brock, Loomis, Neligh-Oakdale, North Central, North Platte St. Pat’s, Overton, Sandy Creek, and Sutherland.
The Class D State Champion is the Creighton Bulldogs as they finished with a team score of 683! The Bulldogs finished 17 strokes better than runner-up Loomis and were led by Calvin Wilmes who never left the top of the leaderboard for Creighton. Wilmes tied as the individual state champion after shooting 10 over par in two rounds of golf. Wilmes and Micah Gerlach of Cambridge had a playoff for the gold medal, and Wilmes won it in a four-hole playoff. Wilmes was the lone Bulldog to medal for Creighton in their pursuit of the State Championship!
The North Central Knights were just one stroke away from being the team runner-up and ended up finishing in 3rd place in Class D. North Central had two Knights finish in the top 10! Leading the way for North Central was Zak Swanson as he shot 21 over par to place 6th. Not far behind was Keian Fischer as he shot a 22 over par to finish in a tie for 7th place.
Neligh-Oakdale finished in 7th place as a team with a score of 732. The Warriors had one medalist as Corbin Hoefer finished in a tie for 13th place shooting 25 over par.
Finally, the CWC Renegades finished in a tie for 10th place as a team with a score of 734. The Renegades also had one medalist on the day as William Jesse finished in a tie for 13th place shooting 25 over par.
Moving over to the Class B State Golf Tournament that was hosted in Gering, Nebraska, the O’Neill Eagles had two golfers competing, but neither finished in the top 15 individually. James Eby led the Eagles as he finished in a tie for 29th place shooting a 159 in two days of golf. Logan Brabec ended in a tie for 57th place after shooting 27 over par in the two combined rounds.
Below are all the team scores and the individual scores from the area.
To find all the scores both individually and team for Class B click, here.
To find all the scores both individually and team for Class D click, here.
Class B Team Scores
1 Elkhorn North, 605
2 Norris, 617
3 Lincoln Piux X, 625
4 Bennington, 626
5 Scottsbluff, 628
6 Elkhorn, 632
7 Waverly, 642
8 McCook, 643
8 Adams Central, 643
10 Mount Michael, 661
11 Lincoln Christian, 678
11 York, 678
Class B Individual Score:
1 Andrew Nietfeldt, Elkhorn North, 141
2 Jaxson Hinze, York, 141
3 William Barth, Gretna East, 144
4 Grey Klucas, Waverly, 148
4 Grady Friedrichsen, Elkhorn, 148
6 Karter Negus, Central City, 150
6 Kaden Ellis, Elkhorn North, 150
8 Reid Loop, McCook, 151
9 Brenson Underwood, Adams Central, 153
9 Tyler Nietfeldt, Elkhorn North, 153
11 Austin Jochum, Bennington, 154
11 Henry Stempson, Lincoln Pius X, 154
11 Mason Schroder, Holdrege, 154
11 Cooper Rice, Norris, 154
11 Brent Elwell, Scottsbluff, 154
29 James Eby, O’Neill, 159
57 Logan Brabec, O’Neill, 171
Class D Team Results:
1 Creighton, 683
2 Loomis, 700
3 North Central, 701
4 Johnson-Brock, 702
5 Hitchcock County, 714
6 Hi-Line, 721
7 Overton, 725
8 Neligh-Oakdale, 732
9 Deshler, 733
10 CWC, 734
10 NPSP, 734
12 Archangels Catholic, 738
13 Sutherland, 755
14 Sandy Creek, 783
15 Bloomfield, 789
Class D Individual Medalists:
1 Calvin Wilmes, Creighton, 154 (Won a 4-hole playoff)
2 Micah Gerlach, Cambridge, 154
3 Tyson Essex, Loomis, 156
4 Lukas Armstrong, Red Cloud, 159
5 Brady Haake, Sandhills-Thedford, 164
6 Zak Swanson, North Central, 165
7 Keian Fischer, North Central, 166
7 Jacob Keller, Archangels Catholic, 166
9 Jacob Walker, Mullen, 167
9 Houston Billeter, Southwest, 167
9 Jack Baker, Hitchcock County, 167
9 Grady Dempcy, Sutherland, 167
13 Brayden Melchert, Hitchcock County, 169
13 Dante Horner, DCS, 169
13 Corbin Hoefer, Neligh-Oakdale, 169
13 William Jesse, CWC, 169
Other Area Scores:
18 Teegan Burns, Creighton, 170
27 Logan Lichtenberg, Neligh-Oakdale, 174
34 Ethan Kuhlman, Creighton, 177
46 Daniel Kluver, CWC, 181
49 Jonathan Condon, Creighton, 182
49 Carter Metschke, CWC, 182
60 Riar LeZotte, North Central, 187
62 Brandt LeZotte, North Central, 188
65 Tyson Blakeman, Neligh-Oakdale, 190
67 Karson Kallhoff, EPPJ, 191
72 Ethan Kuhl, Creighton, 193
77 Blaine Frizzell, North Central, 198
80 Andrew Henery, Neligh-Oakdale, 199
85 Mason Knox, CWC, 202
95 Wyatt Koinzan, Neligh-Oakdale, 227
97 Michael Jesse, CWC, 234
