Tonganoxie girls golf nabs 4th at Anderson County
The Tonganoxie USD 464 school board approved girls golf as the district's newest high school offering. The team's inaugural season is this fall, with THS boys golf coach Doug Sandburg also leading the girls team.
Tonganoxie finished fourth as a team Monday at the Anderson County Invitational at the Garnett Country Club.
Paityn Van Middlesworth led Chieftain golfers with a Top 10 finish. She shot an 88 and placed ninth.
May Stephens placed 15th (97) and Solara Garcia 18th (100). Audrey Wensel finished in 39th (119), Emilee Wehmeyer 43rd (122) and Madyson Leffert 53rd (128).
Baldwin won the team title with a 316. Eudora finished second with a 365 and Anderson County third at 397. Tonganoxie wasn’t far behind in fourth with 404.
Humboldt (483), Osawatomie (485) and St. Mary’s Colgan (496) finished out the field.
Baldwin’s Peyton Wright won the individual title with a 69.
Tonganoxie’s final regular season meet is 1 p.m. today Falcon Lakes Golf Course in Basehor.
Other teams there are Basehor-Linwood, Bonner Springs, De Soto, Eudora, Hayden Catholic, Jeff West, Leavenworth, Maur Hill-Mount Academy, Osawatomie, Ottawa, Paola, Piper, Spring Hill, Turner and Wamego.
Brush Creek Golf Course in Columbus will be the site for Tonganoxie’s Class 4A substate this coming Monday. The meet will begin at 9 a.m.
Other teams at the substate are Baldwin, Bishop Miege, Columbus, Eudora, Fort Scott, Frontenac, Louisburg and Paola.