Tiger golfers suffer drop off in 2nd outing

PITTSBURG — In the first Southeast Kansas League designated golf tournament at Independence April 6, Fort Scott High’s team shot a 365 which was good enough for them to lay stake to second place in the league standings.

But here on Tuesday, the Tigers added 5 strokes to their score. That may not seem like much, but their 370 was good for only seventh place at the Pittsburg Invitational, the second SEK tournament, and saw the Tigers fall two places in team standings.

Chanute, the tourney champ with a 317, leads with a two-tourney total of 664. Pittsburg is second at 727 followed by Independence at 729 and Fort Scott at 735.

Nick King just missed medaling, losing a scorecard playoff to Independence’s Corbin Hugo after both shot 83. King shot 40 on the front nine and 43 on the back. Hugo shot 42 going out and 41 coming back in.

Austin Liudahl of Chanute won the tournament’s individual title with his 35-38—73, which also vaulted him into the lead in SEK individual standings with a two-tournament total of 156. Drew Fuentez of Parsons is now in second place at 158 with Chanute’s Cole Wheeler third at 161. King, the league leader going into the tournament, is now tied for fifth with Chanute’s Clete Carlson at 164.

Girard finished second in the tournament even though it didn’t have anyone in the top 10. The Trojans’ 344 trailed Chanute by 24 strokes.

Lucas Harryman was the Tigers’ next-best golfer, finishing tied for 28th with a 43-51—94. Tanner Fox followed at 46-49—95. Brett Pickert finished with a 49-49—98. Hudson Horn turned in a 50-50—100. And Kaleb Guilfoyle shot 58-51—109.

The Tigers’ next tournament is Monday at Woodland Hills Golf Course. This is not one of the SEK designated tourneys.

Team scores

1. Chanute (CH) 317 (Liudahl 73, Carlson 77, Wheeler 78, Chance 89, 2. Girard 344 (S.Warner 84, Brown 86, Sieber 87, C.Warner 87), 3. Lamar, Mo. (LA) 354 (Poland 78, McArthur 82, Cleveland 87, Davey 107),

4. Pittsburg (PT) 357 (Parks 82, Maceli 90, Russell 91, Bishop 94), 5. Coffeyville (CF) 362 (Becker 81, Hoggatt 93, Peck 93, Wright 95), 6. Independence (IN) 364 (Hugo 83, Pasternak 86, Carroll 87, King 108),

7. Fort Scott 370 (King 83, Harryman 94, Fox 95, Pickert 98), 8. Labette County 373 (Leake 87, Carson 90, Gartner 98, Dean 98), 9. Colgan 411 (Barnes 85, Bolinger 92, Sanchez 117, Goetting 117),

10. Iola 451 (Waldman 99, Hagerman 105, Dougherty 117, Wiltse 130).

Incomplete teams: Humboldt (H), Parsons (PA).

Medalists

1. Austin Liudahl, CH, 35-38—73; 2. Ryan Sellman, H, 39-36—75; 3. Drew Fuentez, PA, 38-37—75; 4. Clete Carlson, CH, 36-41—77; 5. Cole Wheeler, CH, 36-42—78;

6. Kip Poland, LA, 40-38—78; 7. Cameron Becker, CF, 41-40—81; 8. Ely Parks, PT, 40-42—82; 9. Nathan McArthur, LA, 41-41—82; 10. Corbin Hugo, IN, 42-41—83.

SEK STANDINGS

Parsons has not been able to field a team eligible for scoring.