Five golfers roll on to state tourney

Colfax freshman Bennett Gray carded an 81 Tuesday in the second lap of the district golf qualifications at Meadowwood to finish second overall. Gray logged a 161 combo score to finish back of medalist Palmer Guhlke of

Davenport who hit a 73, one under his first round score, and finished at 147 for the two laps.

Guhlke and Gray lead a field of 11 qualifiers who will be in the the state round.

Dawson Strobel, Tekoa/Rosalia, finished third with a 166, and Augie Allenbach of Colfax, finished fourth at 169.

Chance Weitze qualified for state with a 174 to finish seventh.

The three Colfax qualifiers in the top 11 again netted Colfax a team win with a team score of 41.5, a huge edge over number-two Wilbur Creston at 17.

Other scores for Colfax; A.J. Miller 200, Cody Muir 217 and Brian DeYoung 220.

James Heer of Tekoa/Rosalia carded a 210.

McKenna Davis qualified sixth on the girls side at 182 behind medalist Kaysa Panke of Davenport (171).

Michaela Tee of Tekoa/Rosalia carded a 228 combo score, and Sarah Pugh of Colfax carded a 230.