Blue Jay golf gets back to State, finishes fourth at WDA meet

Katie Ringer, The Jamestown Sun, N.D.
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Jun. 1—DICKINSON — For the first time since 2019, the Jamestown High School boys golf team is heading back to the state tournament.

The Jays wound up placing fourth out of 10 competing teams at Tuesday's WDA Golf Regional with 319 points. Century won its second-straight West Region Tournament title carding a 300. Minot High, St. Mary's, Jamestown, Legacy and Bismarck High also qualified for the Class A team tournament. Century, Minot High, St. Mary's, Legacy and Jamestown all had at least one golf finish in the top 10.

Jamestown's No. 3 man, Hunter Gegelman led the Blue Jays at Heart River on Tuesday, notching a 5-over-77. Senior Andrew Walz was two strokes behind the team leader with a 79 while Easton Romsdal put up an 81. The Jays' final three golfers, Camron Anderson, Nate Walz and Vaughn Romsdal scored 82, 83 and 84 respectively.

The All-WDA team was named as determined by golfers' regular season scoring average. Minot High's Kasen Rostad and Brock Jones earned all-WDA honors while Century's Lucas Schoepp, Aidan Kaufman, Cameron Wittenberg and Parker Beck were also recognized as all-region players.

Jayce Johnson of Mandan, St. Mary's duo Quinn Shilingstad and Caden Willer got their names on the All-WDA roster. Matt Souther was Legacy's one all-WDA selection.

Century's Lucas Schoepp was region medalist. Schoepp won a playoff over teammate Anders Alm. Both carded rounds of 73. Souther was named region Senior Athlete of the Year while Shane Hennegrefs was named WDA Coach of the Year.

West Region Tournament

Team totals

1. Century, 300; 2. Minot High, 314; 3. St. Mary's, 315; 4. Jamestown, 319; 5. Legacy, 323; 6. Bismarck High, 335; 7. Mandan, 339; 8. Dickinson, 346; 9. Williston, 351; 10. Minot North, 378; 11. Watford City, 385

Medalist: Lucas Schoepp, Century, 73*

All Region (Top 10 Finishers)

1. Lucas Schoepp, Century, 73; 2. Anders Alm, Century, 73; 3. Caden Willer, St. Mary's, 74; T4. Bennett Bartsch, Minot High, 75; T4. Matt Souther, Legacy, 75; T5. Aidan Kaufman, Century, 75; T7. Brock Jones, Minot High, 77; T7. Quinn Shillingstad, St. Mary's, 76; T9. Jace Johnson, Legacy, 77; T9. Hunter Gegelman, Jamestown, 77

Additional individual state qualifiers

Kasen Rostad, Minot High, 78; Dawson Lentz, Bismarck High, 78; Parker Beck, Century, 79; Andrew Walz, Jamestown, 79; Jayce Johnson, Mandan, 80

Team totals

Century (300): Lucas Schoepp, 73; Anders Alm, 73; Aidan Kaufman, 75; Parker Beck, 79; Fynn Sagsveen, 86; Cameron Wittenberg, 87

Minot High (314): Bennett Bartsch, 75; Brock Jones, 76; Kasen Rostad, 78; Easton Bradley, 85; Tyler Bast, 87; Parker Argent, 90

St. Mary's (315): Caden Willer, 73; Quinn Shillingstad, 76; Ryker Landers, 82; Mason Mrachek, 83; Rider Benning, 85; Matt Selensky, 86

Jamestown (319): Hunter Gegelman, 77; Andrew Walz, 79; Easton Romsdal, 81; Camron Andersen, 82; Nate Walz, 83; Vaughn Romsdal, 84

Legacy (323): Matt Souther, 75; Jace Johnson, 77; Gage Martell, 85; Josiah Will, 86; Sam Miller, 87; Kale Schultz, 88

Bismarck High (335): Dawson Lentz, 78; Luke Dockter, 85; Owen Haase, 85; Charlie Jerome, 87; Dane Beechie, 92; Reece Nagel, 95

Mandan (339): Jayce Johnson, 80; Logan Renner, 84; Bennett Leingang, 86; Jorey Johnson, 89; Braiden Bosch, 92; Stran Ressler, 93

Dickinson (346): Emersyn Lee, 81; Ty Nelson, 84; Shayden Jackson-Zietz, 89; Kaden Hintz, 92; Jace Belland, 96; Hunter Hauck, 87

Williston (351): Aiden Rustand, 86; Evan Fisher, 86; Kane Shannon, 87; Bode Ekblad, 92; Ty Watterud, 92; Parker Jackman, 105

Minot North (378): Walter Langhans, 83; Teegan Dangel, 93; Kaden Carlson, 98; Kyler Weishaar, 104

Watford City (385): Masyn Strom, 86; Konnor Winter, 90; Hayden Hutchison, 98; Derek Holen, 111; Jodus Talley, 111; Cooper George, 115

TMCHS (Inc.): Izayis Laducer, 101; Kael Davis 102; Kruze Laducer, 113; Trevor Azure, WD