Deubrook girls win Region 2B golf tournament

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BROOKINGS – The Deubrook Area girls and James Valley Christian boys won team titles at the Region 2B Golf Tournament on Thursday at Edgebrook.

The Class B State Golf Tournaments are June 3-4 in Yankton, with the girls playing at Fox Run and the boys at Hillcrest.

The Dolphin girls won four consecutive state championships before placing second to Burke/South Central last year. They also won in 2011 and placed second in 2010 and 2013.

Girls

The Dolphins carded a team score of 279 to take the crown.

The top two teams and top 16 individuals qualified for state.

Flandreau was second at 286. Estelline/Hendricks (295) finished third but had three individual qualifiers.

Deubrook senior Courtni Frank defeated Flandreau freshman Keva Burshiem in a playoff to earn medalist honors after both golfers carded 87s.

Frank won the Class B title in 2017 and placed third last year.

The Fliers’ Grace Johanson shot 90 to place third in the region.

The Dolphins’ Mattie Nepodal was fourth at 91. Howard’s Piper Thompson (95) finished fifth.

Completing Deubrook’s team tally, defending Region 2B champion Maci Colberg was 11th at 101. Sarah Urevig (106) ended up 14th.

Flandreau’s third score came from Marley Barboza, who shot 109 in 16th place.

The Redhawks’ Jesade Siverson was seventh following a 97. Kaylee Johnson (98) and Sophie Johnson (100) were ninth and 10th, respectively, to also advance.

Boys

Austin Boomsma fired a 4-over-par 74 to win by eight strokes and lead the Vikings to the team title with a 249 total.

The top two teams and top 19 individuals qualified for state.

Deubrook was second in the team standings at 263. Arlington (272) finished third and Chester Area (279) fourth. De Smet (281) and Howard (283) were fifth and sixth, respectively, but both teams had three individual qualifiers.

The Flyers’ Chase McDonald was runner-up following an 82. JVC’s Carter Wells (84) placed third.

Luke Urevig led the Dolphins with an 86, putting him in fourth. The Cardinals’ Nick Kersting and Trey Ramstad also shot 86 while finishing fifth and sixth, respectively, to advance.

Rounding out Deubrook’s team score, Nash Colberg was eighth with an 87 and Carter Ekern took ninth at 90.

Lake Preston’s Nick Curd qualified for state after taking 12th with a 92. Flandreau’s Devon Burggraff placed 13th at 94 to move on.

Ethan Stahl (94) completed JVC’s team score, as he took 14th.

REGION 2B GOLF TOURNAMENT

Thursday at Edgebrook, Brookings

GIRLS

Team scores

State qualifiers – Deubrook Area 279, Flandreau 286. Others – Estelline/Hendricks 295, Howard 303, De Smet 322, Chester Area 336, Wessington Springs 378.

Individual state qualifiers

Top 16 (of 30)

1, Courtni Frank, DA, 87; 2, Keva Burshiem, F, 87; 3, Grace Johanson, F, 90; 4, Mattie Nepodal, DA, 91; 5, Piper Thompson, H, 95; 6, Kennedy Koepsell, H, 97; 7, Jesade Siverson, EH, 97; 8, Ayla McDonald, CA, 97; 9, Kaylee Jonson, EH, 98; 10, Sophie Johnson, EH, 100; 11, Maci Colberg, DA, 101; 12, Kennedy Ruml, DS, 105; 13, Sarah Urevig, DA, 106; 14, Savannah Vincent, DS, 108; 15, Skylar Meier, DS, 109; 16, Marley Barboza, F, 109.

BOYS

Team scores

State qualifiers – James Valley Christian 249, Deubrook Area 263. Others – Arlington 272, Chester Area 279, De Smet 281, Howard 293, Wessington Springs 310, Lake Preston 315, Flandreau 317, Colman-Egan 340, Dell Rapids St. Mary 366, Estelline/Hendricks 390.

Individual state qualifiers

Top 19 (of 47)

1, Austin Boomsa, JVC, 74; 2, Chase McDonald, CA, 82; 3, Carter Wells, JVC, 84; 4, Luke Urevig, DA, 86; 5, Nick Kersting, A, 86; 6, Trey Ramstad, A, 86; 7, Rhett Osthus, DS, 87; 8, Nash Colberg, DA, 87; 9, Carter Ekern, DA, 90; 10, Jevin Goertz, JVC, 91; 11, Lane Hodges, H, 91; 12, Nick Curd, LP, 92; 13, Devon Burggraff, F, 94; 14, Ryan Stahl, JVC, 94; 15, Ethan Cross, H, 95; 16, Jacob Messmer, WS, 96; 17, Cody Cavanaugh, DS, 96; 18, Noah Anderson, H, 97; 19, Cody Aughenbaugh, DS, 98.