Hays-area students competed in four events across western Kansas in June as part of the Kansas Junior Golf Association West Region.

The West Region covers 40 of the 105 counties in Kansas. Hays had several athletes qualify for the Kansas Junior Golf State Team Championship, which will be played in Emporia on July 26 and 27. To qualify, boys golfers in the West Region had to place top 5 in points for age 16 and older; boys top 4 in 14 & 15 and the 12 & 13 divisions; boys top 3 in the 11 & under divisions; and, for girls, the top 2 girls qualify.

Hays schools had seven students qualify out of 18 available spots. Two qualified as alternates.

In the girls division, Taylor DeBoer and Katie Brungardt of Hays qualified. In the 16 & over boys division, Allen Zollinger of Hays qualified. In the 14- & 15-year-old division, Tradgon McCrae, Josh Norris and Cameron Rozean qualified.

In the 11 & under division, Landon Rozean qualified. Last year’s state high school champion, Karee Dinkel, is the first alternate for the Girls Division. Taleia McCrae chose to compete in the boys 11 & under division and qualified as the first alternate.