Colfax golfers advance to state finals at Tumwater

All three Colfax senior golfers qualified for the state finals next week after the second round of district finals Monday on the par-72 MeadowWood course at Liberty Lake. Seniors Augie Allenbach and Bennett Gray each carded 75s to finish behind Davenport’s Kristoff Pankey who booked a two-under 70 in Monday’s round.

The scores were combined with last week’s results from Deer Park which put Pankey in the top state spot with a 139, Allenbach second with a 150 and Gray third at 151.

The top 11 NE boys qualified for state which will be at the par-72 Tumwater Valley course next week.

Cassidi Shindler, also a senior, hit 128 for a combo score of 230 to place 12th on the girls side. Nineteen girls were allowed to advance to state because A division girls were mixed with the 2Bs in the playoff rounds.

Allenbach and Gray won the state trophy last year as juniors with senior Chance Weitze also in the lineup.

Coach Bill Chandler noted a key, under state scoring points, will be to get both seniors into the top 10.

Forty state qualifiers will play Tuesday in the first round at Tumwater, and the field will be cut to 20 Wednesday for the final round.