Both the Hays High and TMP-Marian boys golf teams have qualified for next week’s 4A state tournament after finishing first and second at the Holcomb 4A Regional Monday at the Buffalo Dunes Golf Course in Garden City. The Indians shoot a 341 to win their third straight regional title by 11 strokes over the Monarchs.
Payton Ruder fired a 4-over-par 76 to win his second straight individual regional title. TMP-Marian’s Max Megaffin was secpmd with a 78. Hays High’s Allen Zollinger shot an 86 to finish fourth, Cash Hobson was ninth with an 89 and Nathan Romme 10th with a 90.
Hayden Rohr was the only other top-10 finisher for the Monarchs, coming in seventh with an 88.
Both teams advance to the 4A state tournament next Tuesday at the Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson.