Boys, girls golf tournaments plentiful next week

The Kansas Golf Association’s junior section team championship will be July 21 and 22 at Carey Park in Hutchinson.

Hutchinson’s Thane Ringler, Dylan Schmitt and Sam Schulte will play on their hometown course. Other area players who are scheduled to compete include Augusta’s Trey Hayden, Mulvane’s Jason Cain, McPherson’s Treg Fawl, Sterling’s Michael Gellerman and Michael Hendricks, Derby’s Shane Gilbert and Eric Mode, Marion’s Luke Gordon, El Dorado’s Dominic Lara and Salina’s Brooks Brown, Benjamin Hargrave and Ben Shoup.

Wichitans who plan to attend are Jared Burns, Grant Burnside, Caleb Childs, Joshua Cork, Matthew Gilbaugh, Caleb Haight, Craig Howell, Kramer Howell, Max Lazzo, Hunter Leichner, Andrew Munds, Colton Sorlie, Sam Stevens and Alec Wilbert. Western Kansas golfers slated to participate are Dodge City’s Levi Bone and Zach Kirby, Hays’ Trey Herman and Nick VonLintel, Garden City’s Taylor Larsen and Juan Ollarzabal, and Phillipsburg’s Jeff Jarvis.

On the same days – July 21 and 22 – girls golfers will be in action at Newton’s Sand Creek Station. The Kansas Women’s Golf Association Tournament of Champions will feature eight junior golfers in match play. They include Wichita’s Audrey Meisch, McPherson’s Audrey Yowell and Salina’s Hannah Martin and Lindsay Chapman.

Immediately following those tournaments, 16 boys will travel to Hutchinson for the junior match play championship July 23 and 24. This time, the site will be Cotton Hills Golf Club. The 16 golfers will be chosen following the junior section team championship.