Bulldogs keep golf title; Strobel finishes second

Chance Weitze, Augie Allenbach and Bennett Gray booked a second straight state All-B team championship at the two-day state finals which finished last Wednesday at Spokane’s Hangman Valley course. Colfax booked a 46 team point total to finish for a 16-point win over number-two Pomeroy.

Again this year, Colfax was the only team to have three players qualify to play in the final round Wednesday. Pomeroy, Crosspoint and DeSales each had two players in the final field of 20.

Blake Kukula of Ilwaco, who topped the field last year as a freshman, again took medalist honors with a 143 total, one under par for the two days.

Tekoa/Rosalia’s Dawson Strobel placed second, three strokes back of Kukula, with a 146 (73-73.)

Individual finishes for the Bulldogs were Weitze, fourth at 153 (73-80); Allenbach, tied for fifth at 158 (76-82), and Gray, tied for eighth at 160 (82-78.)

Par for the Hangman Valley course is 72.

The Colfax trio actually topped the 36 score they booked for the team win last year at state finals at Horn Rapids.

Colfax senior McKenna Davis finished with a 187 (99-88) to finish 24th on the girls side.

Tekoa/Rosalia’s Michaela Tee finished 20th with a 181 (84-97).Davenport senior Kaysa Panke finished with a 137 (69-68) on the shorter girls course for the lowest overall score of the tourney.

The boys event started with 40 golfers, and the cut score at the end of the first day was 85.

The girls event started with 87, with 50 advancing to the second day after scoring 100 or less on the first day.