NORFOLK — Three Individual golfers will compete in next week’s state tournament after finishing in the top 10 at Monday’s C-3 district golf tournament, held at Fair Play Golf Club.
Ben Jorgensen of Tri County Northeast and Jace Wahls of Ponca both had rounds of 76 to finish in a three-way tie for second, four shots behind medalist Will Brockhaus of Norfolk Catholic, who carded an even-par 72.
Also qualifying from the area is Ponca’s Landon Uthof, who finished in a tie for seventh with a round of 79.
As a team, Ponca placed sixth in the 14-team field with a team score of 340. Tri County Northeast tied for 10th with a 379 and Homer shot 391 to place 12th.
Norfolk Catholic (309), Battle Creek (325) and Pender (336), along with the top 10 individuals, will compete in the Class C State Golf Championships May 28-29 at Jackrabbit Run Golf Course in Grand Island.
Scores for each team were as follows:
PONCA — Jace Wahls 76, Landon Uthof 79, Austin Dendinger 88, Trystan Bevelhymer 97, Pierce Ehlers 98.
TRI COUNTY NE — Ben Jorgensen 76, Gabe Olesen 94, Landyn Servine 97, Jaxon Hall 112.
HOMER — Spencer Elsea 86, Gavin Alrecht 89, Bodie Nelsen 104, Brody Barto 112, Deegan Pishna 121.
