MANHATTAN -- Fort Scott High School senior Chris Brown finished his career by earning his third State medal after the Class 4A State Golf Tournament at Stag Hill Golf Course here Monday.

Brown also won an individual medal at State last year and a team medal when the Tigers placed in 2006.

"Three State medals for a high school athlete is a tremendous achievement," Fort Scott head coach Ken Klassen said.

Brown finished in an six-way tie for 11th place. There were actually eight golfers who finished with scores of 76 but the playoff was only held long enough to determine the ninth and 10th medalists. The ties from 11th on down are not broken.

Buhler's Brian Schulte (37-39) won the playoff for ninth. Topeka Hayden's Kurt Walker (39-37) won 10th place. Brown (37-39) and the others remained tied for 11th.

Brown's score was a season best. He had shot 77 on three occasions.

Brandon Falley of Topeka Hayden won the individual title with a score of 38-31--69. Hayden also won the team title with a score of 294 while Andover was second at 301 and cross-town rival Andover Central was third with a 309.

Cole Murrin shot 41-38--79 for the Tigers to finish in a five-way tie for 21st. Paul Norris shot 44-43--87 and Dylan Renfro carded 46-43--89 to add to Fort Scott's team score of 331, which placed eighth in the field.

Rounding out Fort Scott's scores, Tanner Beckham shot 43-48--91 and Andrew Defebaugh scored a 53-48--101.

"Cole's 79 was a good score," Klassen said. "The rest of the squad didn't play as well as they have during the year but they can all be very proud to end their year at the State Tournament. I'm proud of all of them."

Team scores

1. Topeka Hayden (TH) 294 (Fellay 69, B.Walker 73, K.Walker 76, Piles 76),

2. Andover (A) 301 (Mihelic 74, Morgan 75, Meisch 76, Helland-Driver 76),

3. Andover Central (AC) 309 (Sherman 73, Carney 75, Belt 77, Vautravers 84),

4. Buhler (B) 320 (Schulte 76, Donner 79, Esau 81, Brown 84), 5. Paola (P) 326 (Pfaltzgraff 77, Crawford 80, Plummer 84, Bryson 85), 6. Andale 327 (Steven 80, Schwartz 81, C.O'Hair 83, Seller 83),

7. Chanute (CH) 328 (Gant 76, Hale 77, Hudson 87, Gard 88), 8. Fort Scott (FS) 331 (Brown 76, Murrin 79, Norris 87, Renfro 89), 9. Wamego 338 (Clark 79, Jacobson 83, Able 86, Bulk 90),

10. Meriden-Jefferson West 341 (C.Steele 84, Debus 85, Baker 86, Fechter 88), 11. Louisburg 351 (Dixon 83, Deland 87, Fenske 90, Barker 91), 12. Concordia (Backstram 81, Deal 86, Huber 92, Tremblay 95) 354.

Medalists

1. Brandon Falley, TH, 38-31--69; 2. Bryan Walker, TH, 39-34--73; 3. Andy Sherman, AC, 37-36--73; 4. John Reimer, Hesston, 36-37--73; 5. Corbin Mihelic, A, 37-37--74;

6. Myles Miller, Wellington, 40-35--75; 7. John Morgan, A, 36-39--75; 8. Alex Carney, AC, 40-35--75; 9. Sam Schulte, B, 37-39--76; 10. Kurt Walker, TH, 39-37--76;

11. (tie) Jeremy Gant, CH, 39-37--76; Riley Piles, H 37-39--76; Luke Meisch, A, 38-38--76; Chris Brown, FS, 39-37--76; Cooper Michel, TH, 39-37--76; and Zach Heiland-Driver, A, 39-37--76;

17. (tie) Mitchell Hale, CH, 38-39--77; J.D. Heatherly, Girard, 41-38--77; Brad Pfaltzgraff, P, 38-39--77; and Brett Belt, AC, 38-39--77.