LIBERAL, Kan. – The Hays High boys golf team set a new school record and won the Liberal Invitational by one stroke over Garden City Tuesday at the Willow Tree Golf Course. The Indians shot a 291 which was six shots better than the old mark of 297 which was set in 1978 then matched in 2011.
Hays placed four in the top-10 led by Allen Zollinger and Tradgon McCrea who both fired a 1-under-par 71. Zollinger finished third and McCrea fourth. Peyton Kieffer was ninth with a 74 and Josh Norris 10th after a 75.
The Indians finish second in the final Western Athletic Conference standings. Zollinger and McCrea were both named First Team All-WAC with Josh Norris honorable mention.
Team Results
1. Hays High-291
2. Garden City-292
3. Dodge City-298
4. Liberal-318
5. Great Bend-372
Individual Top-10 Medalists
1. Taylor Larsen-Garden City, 66
2. Logan Durst-Garden City, 68
3. Allen Zollinger-Hays, 71
4. Tradgon McCrae-Hays, 71
5. Kelby Titus-Great Bend, 72
6. Luke Gleason-Dodge City, 72
7. Matthew Vogel-Dodge City, 73
8. Cameron Riley-Liberal, 74
9. Peyton Kieffer-Hays, 74
10. Josh Norris-Hays, 75
WAC STANDINGS
| Place | Points: | Team Standings: | HY | GC | GB | GC | LB | Total | ||||||||
| Strokes | WAC CHAMPIONS: Garden City | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 22.5 | Garden City | 307 | 312 | 294 | 302 | 292 | 1507 | ||||||||
| 2 | 20.5 | Hays High | 318 | 312 | 301 | 315 | 291 | 1537 | Player of the Year: Taylor Larsen | |||||||
| 3 | 17 | Dodge City | 328 | 308 | 322 | 324 | 298 | 1580 | ||||||||
| 4 | 10 | Liberal | 348 | 352 | 328 | 334 | 318 | 1680 | Coach of the Year: Jacob Waller | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | Great Bend | 402 | 378 | 352 | 394 | 376 | 1902 | ||||||||
| 75 | Tournaments | Hays | Dodge City | Great Bend | Garden City | Liberal | ||||||||||
| Place | Points: | Player: | school | score | points | score | points | score | points | score | points | score | points | TOTAL | ||
| 1 | 66.5 | Taylor Larsen | GC | 78 | 10.5 | 76 | 12 | 70 | 14.5 | 72 | 14.5 | 66 | 15 | 66.5 | All-WAC | |
| 2 | 59.5 | Sion Audrain | GC | 73 | 15 | 74 | 15 | 70 | 14.5 | 74 | 13 | 77 | 2 | 59.5 | All-WAC | |
| 3 | 56 | Allen Zollinger | HA | 76 | 13 | 75 | 14 | 73 | 12 | 80 | 4.5 | 71 | 12.5 | 56 | All-WAC | |
| 4 | 55 | Logan Durst | GC | 74 | 14 | 79 | 5 | 75 | 10 | 76 | 12 | 68 | 14 | 55 | All-WAC | |
| 5 | 48 | Kelby Titus | GB | 77 | 12 | 77 | 9 | 73 | 12 | 80 | 4.5 | 72 | 10.5 | 48 | All-WAC | |
| 6 | 43 | Tradgon McCrae | HA | 85 | 2 | 78 | 7 | 73 | 12 | 78 | 9.5 | 71 | 12.5 | 43 | All-WAC | |
| 7 | 41.5 | Cameron Riley | LB | 80 | 7.5 | 77 | 9 | 80 | 3 | 72 | 14.5 | 74 | 7.5 | 41.5 | HM-WAC | |
| 8 | 32.5 | Luke Gleason | DC | 82 | 5.5 | 77 | 9 | 78 | 7.5 | 86 | 0 | 72 | 10.5 | 32.5 | HM-WAC | |
| 9 | 31 | Matthew Vogel | DC | 80 | 7.5 | 79 | 5 | 82 | 0 | 78 | 9.5 | 73 | 9 | 31 | HM-WAC | |
| 10 | 27.8 | Dylan Ratts | DC | 83 | 3.5 | 76 | 12 | 81 | 0.75 | 78 | 9.5 | 77 | 2 | 27.8 | HM-WAC | |
| 11 | 26.5 | Josh Norris | HA | 78 | 10.5 | 79 | 5 | 79 | 5 | 84 | 0 | 75 | 6 | 26.5 | HM-WAC | |
| 12 | 21.5 | Canyon Owens | DC | 83 | 3.5 | 76 | 12 | 82 | 0 | 82 | 1.5 | 76 | 4.5 | 21.5 | HM-WAC | |
| 13 | 21 | Brent Koenigsman | HA | 79 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 79 | 5 | 79 | 7 | 79 | 0 | 21 | ||
| 17.75 | Peyton Kieffer | HA | 88 | 0 | 84 | 0 | 81 | 0.75 | 78 | 9.5 | 74 | 7.5 | 17.75 | |||
| 15 | 13 | Mason Shaddix | GC | 82 | 5.5 | 83 | 1 | 79 | 5 | 82 | 1.5 | 81 | 0 | 13 | ||
| 16 | 12.5 | Justin McCullick | HA | 86 | 0.5 | 80 | 3 | 76 | 9 | 87 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 12.5 | ||
| 17 | 12 | Alex Carrasco | LB | 91 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 78 | 7.5 | 88 | 0 | 76 | 4.5 | 12 | ||
| 18 | 5.75 | Sean Titus | LB | 86 | 0.5 | 98 | 0 | 81 | 0.75 | 80 | 4.5 | 86 | 0 | 5.75 | ||
| 19 | 4.75 | Adam Kessen | DC | 89 | 0 | 82 | 2 | 81 | 0.75 | 94 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 4.75 | ||
| 20 | 4.5 | Reid Richmeier | GC | 88 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 80 | 4.5 | 90 | 0 | 4.5 | ||
| 21 | 0 | Aaron Schafer | GC | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | 0 | Jared Divis | GB | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 96 | 0 | |||
| 23 | 0 | Payson Hatfield | DC | 91 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | 0 | Dylan Shellenberger | LB | 91 | 0 | 88 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 94 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | 0 | Tyler Morren | GC | 0 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 600 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 600 | ||||||||||
| WAC Golf is a round robin competition with points awarded at each tournament hosted by a league school. | ||||||||||||||||
| The top five players are chosen for ALL WAC Conference Players. Players 6-10 are recognized as Honorable Mention. | ||||||||||||||||
| The team with the most points at the end of the competitions is declared the WAC champ, | ||||||||||||||||