Notre Dame's Dixon fires 69 at district golf meet

Notre Dame senior Brady Dixon saved his best 18-hole high school round for the Class 3 District 1 tournament Monday at the Crowne Pointe Golf Club in Farmington, Missouri.

Dixon fired a 3-under-par 69 to claim the medalist honor and lead the Bulldogs in their successful defense of their district title. Notre Dame totaled 308 and finished 21 shots ahead of runner-up Farmington.

Notre Dame sophomore Jack Litzelfelner, the defending Class 3 state champion, finished second overall with a 2-under 70. Nick Cantoni (81) and Jonathan Bell (87) rounded out the Bulldogs' team score.

Notre Dame, which finished second at last year's Class 3 meet, and Farmington advance to Monday's sectional tournament at Quail Creek Golf Club in the suburban St. Louis area.

Team -- Notre Dame 308, Farmington 329, Sikeston 347, Dexter 351, Park Hills 359, North County 364, Potosi 385, Ste. Genevieve 390, Perryville 411, Fredericktown 427, Kennett 459

Notre Dame (308) -- Brady Dixon 69, Jack Litzelfelner 72, Nick Cantoni 81, Jonathan Bell 87

Farmington (329) -- John Burcham 78, Nicholas Westrich 83, Jordan Arnold 84, Christopher Ian Semar 84

Sikeston (347) -- Gabe Wheeler 76, Blake Below 88, Austin Bowman 88, Clark Atchison 95

Dexter (351) -- Ethan Stevens 84, Austin Chesser 88, Myles Urhahn 89, Drake Mitchell 90

Perryville (411) -- Brett Schnurbusch 93, Connor Stark 103, Garrett Zoellner 103, Chris Ponder 112

Kennett (449) -- Aaron Beck 88, John Byers 98, Chris Crawford 108, Will Heinen 155

Class 1 District 1

St. Vincent senior Levi Gotto shot an even-par 72 to earn the medalist honor at the Class 1 District 1 tournament at Ste. Genevieve Golf Club.

Gotto's score helped the Indians to a second-place finish with a 340 total, three strokes behind Barat Academy, and a spot in next week's sectional tournament

Karsten Short of Saxony Lutheran, and Spence Lorch and Brian Whitson of Advance were among the individuals to advance to the sectional meet. The top 15 golfers not on the top two teams qualified.

Team -- Barat Academy 337, St. Vincent 340, Bloomfield 381, Elsberry 388, Saxony Lutheran 424, Silex 434, Crystal City 501

St. Vincent (340) -- Levi Gotto 72, Alex Lipe 86, Zac Heberlie 88, Ethan Holdman 94

Saxony Lutheran (424) -- Karsten Short 89, Anton Rhodes 108, Joe Rubach 113, Kieran Griffin 114

Advance (NTS) -- Brian Whitson 78, Spence Lorch 93, Grant Woodfin 105

Class 2 District 1

Kelly's Derrick Garner and Joshua Riley each carded sectional-qualifying scores at the Class 2 District 1 tournament at the Terre du Lac Country Club in Bonne Terre, Missouri.

The Hawks did not qualify as a team, finishing seventh among the 10 teams.

Arcadia Valley (361) won the team competition and St. Pius X (391) was runner-up.

Team -- Arcadia Valley 361, St. Pius X 391, Caruthersville 393, Clearwater 395, Doniphan 396, Herculaneum 396, Kelly 398, West County 413, Malden 419, Grandview 448

Caruthersville (393) -- K.J. Lynch 94, Trevor Winchester 96, Jonathan Montgomery 99, Hunter Vaughn 104

Clearwater (395) -- Robert Jamieson 86, Matthew D'Amico 87, Dillon Davis 110, Dom Smith 112

Doniphan (396) -- Colton Smith 83, Trent Beeson 93, Will Michel 98, Stephen Murphey 122

Kelly (398) -- Derrick Garner 96, Joshua Roberts 97, Jacob Riley 102, Dilan Rucker 103

Malden (419) -- Nathan Pattillo 91, Cameron Hartle 99, Andrew Belcher 107, Tyler Manley 122

-- From staff reports

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