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HUDSON – The Marshfield boys golf team had its season come to an end with a sixth-place finish at a WIAA Division 1 Sectional on Tuesday at Troy Burne Golf Club.
Eau Claire Memorial finished with a team score of 311 and Hudson placed second with a 320 to earn the two automatic team berths at the 2024 WIAA State Boys Golf Tournament, which will be held June 3-4 at the Meadows at Blackwolf Run in Kohler.
The top three individuals not on the qualifying teams also earn spots at state. Those were taken by River Falls’ Connor O’Malley, who placed third with a 75, and Wausau East’s Ted Schlindwein and New Richmond’s Cole Langeness, who tied for fifth with 77s.
Marshfield ended up sixth with a team score of 345. Tyler Heiman had an 82, Keegan Fredrick and Afton Hamill had 87s, Maxx Oertel shot 89 and Magnus Machtan had a 92 for the Tigers.
Sam Swavely of Hudson was the individual sectional champion with a 70, two shots better than Eau Claire Memorial’s Will Schlitz.
WIAA Division 1 Boys Golf Sectional
May 28, at Troy Burne Golf Club, Hudson
(*denotes state meet qualifiers)
Team scores: *1. Eau Claire Memorial 311; *2. Hudson 320; 3. River Falls 335; 4. Wausau East 336; 5. New Richmond 339; 6. Marshfield 345; 7. Wausau West 347; 8. Merrill 349.
Individual scores: 1. Sam Swavely (HUD) 70; 2. Will Schlitz (ECM) 72; 3. *Connor O’Malley (RF) 75; 4. Adam Diller (ECM) 76; 5. *Ted Schlindwein (WE) and *Cole Langeness (NR) 77; 7. Connor Lingen (Medford) 79; 8. Tyler DeBruyckere (ECM) and Riley Viergutz (Medford) 80; 10. Aiden Kampke (HUD) and Canton Langeness (NR) 81; 12. Ryan Trucco (WW), Tyler Heiman (MAR) and Russell Harder (WW) 82; 15. Caden Hebert (ECM) and Oscar Grothaus (HUD) 83; 17. Sawyer Kramb (WE) and Ryan Swanson (RF) 84; 19. Parker Klebenow (MER) and Alex Fehl (WW) 85; 21. Drake Card (HUD), Sam Barthels (WE) and Chase Klebenow (MER) 86; 24. Will Benedict (RF), Brody Kowieski (Rhinelander), Keegan Fredrick (MAR) and Afton Hamill (MAR) 87; 28. Zander Maier (Chippewa Falls), Thomas Cole (ECM) and Evan Elliot (MER) 88; 31. Cooper Bjerke (WE), Maxx Oertel (MAR), Jack Wendtland (Eau Claire North), Daniel Linn (RF), William Brinkman (NR), Zach Hinchcliffe (SP) and Brody Trantow (WE) 89; 38. Beckett Thatcher (Chippewa Falls) and Colton Burrows (MER) 90; 40. Lance Howard (NR), Magnus Machtan (MAR) and Matthew Unger (NR) 92; 43. Jace Acker (Menomonie) 93; 44. Archimedes Xiong (RF) 96; 45. Nic Logan (HUD) and Jacob Schmeltzer (MER) 97; 47. Drew Schwabe (WW) 98; 48. Will Butalla (WW) 100.