Whitson leads Advance back to golf state tournament

Advance senior Brian Whitson continued his hot run with a 5-over-par 75 to earn the medalist honor, leading the Hornets to the team title at the Class 1 sectional tournament Monday at The Oaks at Tan-Tar-A in Osage Beach, Missouri, and a spot in next week's state tournament.

The Hornets finished with a 343 team total to finish 17 strokes ahead of runner-up Bloomfield, which also advanced to the Class 1 state tournament, to be held May 16-17 at Fremont Hills Country Club in Nixa, Missouri.

Whitson, who finished one shot ahead of Crystal City's Tyler Andrews, also was the medalist at the Class 1 District 1 meet last week in leading the Hornets to the team title.

On Monday, Carson Miles (81), Spence Lorch (85) and Creighton Miles (102) contributed to Advance's winning score.

Advance finished sixth at last year's state tournament, with Whitson finishing second overall in the individual standings.

The top 10 individuals not on the top two teams also qualified for the state meet, and the list included St. Vincent's Andrew Mudd, who carded a 90.

ADVANCE (343) -- Brian Whitson 75, Carson Miles 81, Spence Lorch 85, Creighton Miles 102

BLOOMFIELD (360) -- Andrew Northern 78, Peyton Bell 80, Holden Duckworth 99, Michael Pulley 103

TIPTON (398) -- Tristan Bolin 82, Brock Bookout 95, Bryant Carpenter 110, Jon Petree 111

IBERIA (405) -- Jordan Barnett 82, Tanner Piggott 101, Tanner Duncan 104, Cody Limbach 118

THAYER (406) -- Zack Smith 88, Dagen Jones 93, Trevor Jenkins 107, Beau Kaffka 118

VIBURNUM (455) -- Blake Jimmerson 103, Dylan Johnston 116, Dalton Thompson 117, Collin Blount 119

Class 2 Sectionals

Saxony Lutheran's Karsten Short shot a 14-over-par 85 at the Class 2 sectional meet at The Falls Golf Club in O'Fallon to lead a group of three Crusaders who qualified individually for next week's state tournament.

Saxony had a 354 team total to finish 10 strokes behind sectional runner-up Whitfield (344), but the Crusaders' Olivia Voelker also qualified with an 87, as did Ben Daniel with an 89.

Trinity Catholic's Samuel Araujo shot a 7-over-par 78 to earn the medalist honor, while Lutheran St. Charles won the team title with a 340 total.

The Class 2 state tournament will be held May 16-17 at the Sedalia Country Club in Sedalia, Mo.

LUTHERAN (ST. CHARLES) (340) -- Robert Foshage 79, Eric Meindl 80, Brooks Von Deylen 86, John Lenox 95

WHITFIELD (344) -- Alex Freund 81, Colin Strege 83, Clayton Strege 87, Max Howes 93, Eric Padgette 96

SAXONY LUTHERAN (354) -- Karsten Short 85, Olivia Voelker 87, Ben Daniel 89, Anton Rhodes 93

ARCADIA VALLEY (368) -- Dawson Bennett 82, Christian Crites 91, Jon Inman 93, Austin Emert 102

CARUTHERSVILLE (372) -- K.J. Lynch 91, Jonathan Montgomery 93, Trevor Winchester 93, Hayden Tillman 95

WEST COUNTY (401) -- Carson Clabaugh 96, Rory Basden 97, Brendan Pingel 104, Noah Vinson 104

Class 3 Sectionals

Notre Dame posted a 14-shot victory at the Class 3 sectional meet at Raintree Country Club in Hillsboro, Missouri, to advance to next week's state tournament.

The Bulldogs, led by a 9-over-par 81 by junior Jonathan Bell, finished with a 346 total. Clayton finished runner-up in the four-team field at 360 to also advance.

Notre Dame's team score was made up by Bell, Jack Litzelfelner (84), Caleb Schnurbusch (90) and Lincoln Hunter (91).

The top 10 individuals not on the top two teams also qualified, which included Cape Girardeau Central senior Kobe Franklin, who tied for second overall with a 79, four strokes behind medalist Ethan Stevens of Dexter.

The Class 3 state tournament will be held May 16-17 at Rivercut Golf Course in Springfield, Missouri.

NOTRE DAME (346) -- Jonathan Bell 81, Jack Litzelfelner 84, Caleb Schnurbusch 90, Lincoln Hunter 91, Nathan Hulshof 100

CLAYTON (360) -- Robert Hogan 83, Elliot Ambort 84, Daniel Cho 92, David Cramer 101

LUTHERAN SOUTH (365) -- Mitchell Moellenhoff 86, Zach Shirley 87, Jack Walden 90, Zachary Hartwig 102

CENTRAL (PARK HILLS) (367) -- Brandon Wagner 80, Bret McDavid 88, Justin Halter 97, Peyton Bradley 102

Class 4 Sectionals

Jackson senior Hunter Asher and freshman Case Englehart qualified for the Class 4 state tournament with top-10 finishes at the sectional meet at the par-71 Algonquin Golf Club in Webster Groves, Missouri.

Asher shot a 10-over-par 81, while Englehart finished two shots back at 83.

Jackson placed seventh in the standings at 337 and did not qualify for the state meet as a team. Chaminade won the team title with a 304, which was 28 strokes ahead of Ladue Horton Watkins, Webster Groves, Saint Louis University High and Vianney -- all finished at 332. SLUH ended up taking second place and advancing to the state meet thanks to its fifth scorer Michael Rackers.

Poplar Bluff finished eighth, six strokes behind Jackson. Nathan Woolard and Justin Capps individually qualified for the state meet for the Mules.

Chaminade's Joseph Terschluse carded an even-par 71 to earn the medalist honors.

The Class 4 state tournament will be held May 16-17 at Silo Ridge Golf Club in Bolivar, Missouri.

CHAMINADE COLLEGE PREPARATORY (304) -- Joseph Terschluse 71, Andrew Horner 74, Colin Stolze 77, Patrick Mooney 82

ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY HIGH (332) -- Jonathan Wachter 80, Max Twardowski 83, Louis Perotti 84, Scott Berger 85, Michael Rackers 85

WEBSTER GROVES (332) -- Jameson Howard 82, Carter Doll 83, Andrew Schwager 83, Charles Scheipeter 84, Andrew Bennett 88

LADUE HORTON WATKINS (332) -- Kinder Jones 78, Reilly Ahearn 79, Daniel Song 84, Mitchell Peters 91, Michael Petersen 96

ST. JOHN VIANNEY (332) -- Alex Heib 78, Joshua Kleinheider 83, Johnathan Antonacci 85, Matthew Meyer 86, Jacob Zoellner 96

LINDBERGH (336) -- Christopher Ferris 75, Joseph Conroy 86, Trenton Feuerbacher 86, Nathaniel Conroy 89, Luke Fisher 90

JACKSON (337) -- Hunter Asher 81, Case Englehart 83, Ty LeGrand 86, Tanner Walton 88, Landry Moore 89

POPLAR BLUFF (343) -- Nathan Woolard 81, Justin Capps 83, Jake Richardson 86, Justin Pierce 93

KIRKWOOD (350) -- Carson Postal 79, Joseph Avery 83, James Anderson 92, Andrew Huertas 96

-- From staff reports