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Region 1B Golf: Great Plains Lutheran's Hansen, Clark-Willow Lake's Roehrich earn medalist honors

Roger Merriam
Watertown Public Opinion
Webster Area's Jacob Pereboom looks over a putt on No. 1 Yellow on Monday during the Region 1B high school golf tournament at Cattail Crossing Golf Course.

A week after winning pre-region titles, Sam Hansen of Great Plains Lutheran and Brynn Roehrich of Clark-Willow Lake made it official by earning medalist honors Monday in the Region 1B high school boys and girls golf tournament at Cattail Crossing Golf Course.

Hansen shot a 3-over 75 and won by the boys division by five shots over Carson Pedersen of Hamlin. Roehrich's 86 helped her win the girls division by five shots over Darby Koenecke of Deuel.

Hamlin won the boys division team title with a 257, nine shots better than runner-up Great Plains Lutheran. Castlewood topped Clark-Willow Lake by nine shots in the girls division, 301-310.

Mali York of Great Plains Lutheran follows through after hitting a tee shot on No. 6 Red on Monday during the Region 1B high school golf tournament at Cattail Crossing Golf Course.

The top 19 boys and top 15 girls, along with the top two teams in each division, qualified for state June 6-7 at Rapid City. The girls will play at the Hart Ranch Golf Course and the boys at the Elks Golf Course.

With three individual qualifiers apiece, Castlewood and Doland's boys and Deuel and Webster Area's girls also will compete for team honors at state.

Boys Division

• Team Scores — Hamlin 257, Great Plains Lutheran 266, Doland 269, Webster Area 271, Castlewood 272, Florence-Henry 278, Deuel 295, Britton-Hecla 298, Clark-Willow Lake 303, Waubay-Summit 331, Wilmot 422.

Hamlin's Jackson Wadsworth hits an approach shot to No. 1 Yellow on Monday during the Region 1B high school golf tournament at Cattail Crossing Golf Course.

• Individual State Qualifiers — 1. Sam Hansen, Great Plains Lutheran, 39-36—75; 2. Carson Pedersen, Hamlin, 40-40—80; 3. Logan Vavruska, Florence-Henry, 39-42—81; 4. Jacob Pereboom, Webster Area, 48-39—87; 5. Ryker Warrington, Hamlin, 45-42—87; 6. Lane Tvedt, Castlewood, 45-43—88; 7. Aidan Fredrickson, Britton-Hecla, 44-44—88; 8. Kaiden Weinreis, Doland, 43-45—88; 9. Aiden Abraham, Hamlin, 45-45—90; 10. Blaize Amdahl, Webster Area, 45-45—90; 11. Teagan Mason, Doland, 43-47—90; 12. Dave Prohl, Castlewood, 42-49­—91; 13. Briggs LaBrie, Doland, 41-50­—91; 14. Gavin Dornbusch, Great Plains Lutheran, 48-44—92; 15. Brandon Fieber, Deuel, 46-46—92; 16. Adam Heyn, Castlewood, 50-43—93; 17. Jared Hotzler, Deuel, 50-43—93; 18. Ryder Juntunen, Clark-Willow Lake, 45-48—93; 19. Will Schuller, Britton-Hecla, 44-49—93.

Girls Division

• Team Scores — Castlewood 301, Clark-Willow Lake 310, Deuel 315, Webster Area 323, Britton-Hecla 367, Great Plains Lutheran 394, Wilmot 510.

Wilmot's Madeline Remund pitches to No. 6 Red on Monday during the Region 1B high school golf tournament at Cattail Crossing Golf Course.

• Individual State Qualifiers — 1. Brynn Roehrich, Clark-Willow Lake, 44-42—86; 2. Darby Koenecke, Deuel, 47-44­—91; 3. Maddie Horn, Castlewood, 50-45­—95; 4. Olivia Karst, Castlewood, 55-47—92; 5. Hayley Isler, Webster Area, 49-53­—102; 6. Mackenzie Everson, Castlewood, 55-49­—104; 7. Morgan Jager, Webster Area, 54-51—105; 8. Chloe Furman, Britton-Hecla, 54-52—106; 9. Annika Kriz, Deuel, 60-51—111; 10. Jalen Hohm, Clark-Willow Lake, 59-52—111; 11. Tori Preheim, Deuel, 58-55—113; 12. Brynlee Patterson, Britton-Hecla, 58-55­—113; 13. Ashleigh Moeller, Clark-Willow Lake, 58-55—113; 14. Skylar Meier, Hamlin, 60-55—115; 15. Bailee Ninke, Webster Area, 62-54—116.