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South cruises to seventh straight golf title

Fargo South easily won its seventh straight Class A golf title and 12th in the last 14 years on Wednesday, beating runner-up West Fargo by 25 shots. The Bruins' 299 at Riverwood Golf Club was 13 strokes higher than their 285 Tuesday, but they sti...

Fargo South easily won its seventh straight Class A golf title and 12th in the last 14 years on Wednesday, beating runner-up West Fargo by 25 shots.

The Bruins' 299 at Riverwood Golf Club was 13 strokes higher than their 285 Tuesday, but they still ran away from the field.

West Fargo cut two strokes from Tuesday and finished second at 610.

Bismarck Century (623), Bismarck High (626) and Fargo Shanley (631) rounded out the top five.

Coy Papachek claimed medalist honors, defeating teammate Bill Carlson in a 1-hole playoff on the Bismarck course.

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Papachek was 2 shots off the pace entering the final round, but leaders Carlson (74), Trent Olson (77) and Lukas Davison (81) stumbled after shooting sub-par rounds on Tuesday.

Kavin Dvorak of Bismarck Century, the 2008 medalist, finished third (146).

Bismarck's Oliver Boeckel was named the Senior Athlete of the Year.

Class A state golf tournament

At Riverwood Golf Club, Bismarck

Par 72

Team scores

1, Fargo South 286-299--585. 2, West Fargo 306-304--610. 3, Century 312-311--623. 4, Bismarck 312-314--626. 5, Fargo Shanley 310-321--631. 6, St. Mary's 327-314--641. 7, Minot 322-320--642. 8, Grand Forks Central 316-332--648. 9, Grand Forks Red River 324-326--650. 10, Wahpeton 329-326--655. 11, Dickinson 333-323--656. 12, Turtle Mountain 345-349--694.

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Individuals results

(Top 10, all-state)

1. Coy Papachek, Fargo South, 73-72--145. Bill Carlson, South, 71-74--145. 3. Kavin Dvorak, Bismarck Century, 75-71--146. 4. Logan Palmer, West Fargo, 72-75--147. 5. (tie) Brock Ellingson, South, 75-73--148; Trent Olson, Fargo Shanley, 71-77--148. 7. Connor Holland, West Fargo, 77-72--149. 8. Oliver Boeckel, Bismarck, 75-75--150. 9. (tie) Dylan Ferrell, Wahpeton, 78-74--152; Lukas Davison, South 71-81--152; Jacob Dehne, Century, 76-76--152.

By team

Fargo South (585): Coy Papachek 73-72--145. Bill Carlson 71-74--145. Brock Ellingson 75-73--148. Lukas Davison 71-81--152. Tanner Jones 71-85--156. Landon Poss 80-80--160.

West Fargo (610): Logan Palmer 72-75--147. Connor Holland 77-72--149. John Sund 79-79--158. Jared Cowden 78-82--160. Payton Johnson 82-78--160. Riley Johnson 80-DQ.

Bismarck Century (623): Kavin Dvorak 75-71--146. Jacob Dehne 76-76--152. Sean Ternes 80-82--162. Sam Barney 81-82--163. Troy Ressler 90-87--177. Jordan Dahl 92-98--190.

Bismarck (626): Oliver Boeckel, 75-75--150. Alex Gustafson 76-78--154. Jordan Bosch 81-80--161. Brittian Bentz 80-81--161. Cody Fried 85-88--173. Matt Schirado 89-87--176.

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Fargo Shanley (631): Trent Olson 71-77-148. Grady Meyer 79-81--160. Nick Skajewski 86-76--162. Tyler Rivard 77-87--164. Dan Jordan 83-88--171. Cam Hager 88-92--180.

Bismarck St. Mary's (641): Jake DeForest 78-76--154. Casey Dohm 82-77--159. Josh McCormick 86-78--164. Davis Becker 82-83--165. Tanner Megal 86-84--170. Andrew Nelson 85-86--171.

Minot (642): Rand Hammer 78-75--153. Cole Eckmann 78-81--159. Cliff Butler 85-79--164. Ryan Rasanen 81-86--167. Drew Groves 85-85--170. Devin Blada 88-90--178.

Grand Forks Central (648): Danny Ray 75-80--155. Jared Sorlien 78-82--160. Ty Kennedy 82-85--167. Drew Jaeger 84-85--169. Jeremy Zahradka 81-89--170. Justin Moody 87-85--172.

Grand Forks Red River (650): Brady Ohman 81-77--158. James Arnason 80-82--162. Brian Lillemoen 82-81--163. Matt Beehler 81-90--171. Jack Eickhof 86-86--172. Riley Anderson 91-89--180.

Wahpeton (655): Dylan Ferrell 78-74--152. Ryan Ames 82-85--167. Dustin Thompson 82-85--167. Ethan Miksche 87-94--181. Evan Sitz 103-92--195.

Dickinson (656): Chandler Pender 83-75--158. Jarl Abrahamson 80-78--158. Tanner Halter 86-83--169. Austin Fournier 84-88--172. Luke Hanel 87-87--174. Tyler Cooper 94-94--188.

Turtle Mountain (694): Laramie Keplin 78-79--157. John Ross Desjarlais 80-83--163. Clarence Davis Jr. 92-91--183. Weston Poitra 96-96--192. Ian Pays 95-102--197. Zach Hall 105-103--208.

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Mandan: Branden Boff 79-93--172.

Postseason awards

Senior athlete of the year: Oliver Boeckel, Bismarck.

Co-coaches of the year: Steve Anderson and Chuck Gad, West Fargo.

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