Sectional golf roundup: Jackson boys golf team sends two to state meet

Jackson's Elijah Pike and Hunter Asher each qualified for state at the Class 4 Sectional 1 boys golf tournament at Aberdeen Golf Club in Eureka, Missouri.

Pike shot a 3-over-par 75 to finish fifth, and Asher placed 11th with a 6-over-par 78. Joseph Williams' earned the medalist honor with a 1-over-par 73, and Poplar Bluff (315) edged St. Louis University High School (316) for first place in the team standings.

The Indians finished with a team score of 323. Caleb Likens (84), John Gabler (86) and Ty Legrand (89) also competed for Jackson.

The Class 4 state tournament will take place May 18 and 19 at Sedalia Country Club in Sedalia, Missouri.

Team scores -- 1. Poplar Bluff 315; 2. St. Louis University 316; 3. Chaminade 319; 4. Jackson 323; 5. Rockwood Summit 324; 6. Webster Groves 331; 7. Kirkwood 334; 8. Fox 339

State qualifiers

CHAMINADE -- Joseph Terschluse 74, Thomas Rudawsky 80, Matthew Sacchettini 80

FOX -- Tyler Ward 80

JACKSON -- Elijah Pike 75, Hunter Asher 78

KIRKWOOD -- Joseph Williams 73, Carson Postal 80

LADUE HORTON WATKINS -- Reilly Ahearn 78

LINDBERGH -- Christopher Ferris 75

POPLAR BLUFF -- Nicholas Woolard 76, Hunt Nagy 78, Tyler Norton 80, Nathan Woolard 81, Jake Richardson 86

ROCKWOOD SUMMIT -- Ryan Martin 74, Jason Greenwald 76

ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY -- Daniel Venker 74, Alexander Ciaramitaro 76, Jonathan Wachter 78, Max Twardowski 88, Scott Berger 95

VIANNEY -- Alex Heib 78, Connor Smith 78

WEBSTER GROVES -- Carter Doll 77

Class 2 Sectional 1

Saxony Lutheran's Karsten Short qualified for state with a 12-over-par 82 to finish seventh at Cape Girardeau Country Club.

Whitfield took first place with a team score of 326, and Lutheran St. Charles finished second at 342. Lutheran St. Charles' Eric Meindl (76) earned medalist honors.

Anton Rhodes (102) and Ben Daniel (105) also competed for the Crusaders, and Kelly's Jacob Riley missed the state-qualifying cut by one stroke at 92.

The Class 2 state tournament is scheduled for May 18 and 19 at Rivercut Golf Course in Springfield, Missouri.

Team scores -- 1. Whitfield 326; 2. Lutheran St. Charles 342

State qualifiers

ARCADIA VALLEY -- Dawson Bennett 86, Christian Crites 90, Jimmy Stricklin 91

CARUTHERSVILLE -- K.J. Lynch 85, Jonathan Montgomery 91

CLEARWATER -- Hayden Clark 90

JOHN F. KENNEDY -- Brandon Novak 91

LUTHERAN ST. CHARLES -- Eric Meindl 76, Zachary Franklin 84, Brooks Von Deylen 86, John Lenox 96, Robert Foshage 97

MALDEN -- Nathan Pattillo 91

ORCHARD FARM -- Eric Stelmacki 81

PRINCIPIA -- Joshua Greene 82

SAXONY LUTHERAN -- Karsten Short 82

SENATH-HORNERSVILLE -- Easton Satterfield 87

ST. PIUS X (FESTUS) -- Gregory Myles 90

TRINITY CATHOLIC -- Kyle Fite 79, Samuel Araujo 80

WHITFIELD -- Alex Freund 79, Chase Kinder 79, Colin Strege 82, T.J. Chulick 86, Kyle Stemme 92

-- From staff reports