After the first day at the 2012 State Golf Tournament in Spearfish, the Dell Rapids Quarriers are currently third as team with a combined score of 330.  Lead-Deadwood is in the lead with a team score of 311.  Harrisburg is second with a first round score of 328.

Individually for the Quarriers, Zach Schroeder shot a 77 and is currently in 6th place, Ted LaCoursiere shot an 80 and is tied for 13th place, Adam Karst shot an 86, Ty Hoglund shot an 87, and Devon Weber shot an 89.

The final day will be held tomorrow, October 2nd, in Spearfish.

PIERRE – The 82nd Annual SDHSAA Boys State Golf Championship Tournaments will begin on Monday for the state’s Class ‘A’ and ‘AA’ competitors. This year’s competitions will be played as two-day, thirty-six hole events, with Class ‘A’ at the Spearfish Canyon Country Club and Class ‘AA’ playing Lakeview Golf Course in Mitchell.

This year’s ‘AA’ field returns six of the top seven finishers from the 2011 event, including a pair of strong-playing sophomores: Last Year’s Runner-up Sam Musch of Rapid City Stevens, and third-place finisher Tommy Vining of Sioux Falls Lincoln, who recently captured the individual GDC title. Sioux Falls O’Gorman is the two-time defending team champion.

The Class ‘A’ competition will be highlighted by the return of the top three teams from last year’s event, including defending champion Harrisburg, runner-up Dell Rapids and Aberdeen Roncalli – all of whom finished within six strokes of one another in 2011. Sioux Falls Christian is also in the field, seeking its seventh Team Championship in eight years after finishing fourth in 2011.

Also returning to the Class ‘A’ field is Ryan Medhaug of Sisseton. Medhaug, a senior, captured Individual Championship titles in both 2010 and ’11, giving him the opportunity to be the first male golfer to capture three consecutive individual titles since 1935 (Reuben Narlin, Sioux Falls). Only two other golfers in State History have captured three or more Individual Champions; none since 1996 (Narlin & Wil Collins of Rapid City).

Full tournament information, including pairings and tee-times can be found by logging on to the SDHSAA website – www.sdhsaa.com.

The Dell Rapids Quarriers boys golf team won the Region 1A Golf Tournament at the Meadow Creek Golf Course in Volga on Monday, September 24th.  Dell Rapids won the 9-team tournament by 12 strokes.  Aberdeen Roncalli finished second, Sisseton finished third, and Madison ended up fourth on the day.  Zach Schroeder shot a 74 for 3rd place overall for the Quarriers.  Ty Hoglund shot a 75 for 4th place, Adam Karst had a 78 for 5th place, Ted LaCoursiere had an 80 for 8th place, and Devon Weber shot an 84 for 17th place in the region.  Winning this tournament puts the Quarriers in the State Tournament in Spearfish on Monday, October 1st and Tuesday, October 2nd.  Congratulations to the Quarriers golf team!!

On a warm and windy day in Madison, the Dell Rapids boys golf team finished in 8th place at the Madison Invitational on Monday, September 10th.  Ty Hoglund finished 15th in the tournament  with an 86.  Adam Karst shot a 90 on the day, Ted LaCoursiere had a 91, Devon Weber 95, Zach Schroeder 96, and Shane O’Hara 118 for the Quarriers.

The boys golf team will compete on Monday, September 17th at the conference meet Next action is on next Monday at the conference meet at Bakker’s Crossing Golf Course.

The Dell Rapids Quarrier boys golf team finished in a tie for 2nd place at the 12-team Vermillion Invitational Saturday, September 8th.  Ty Hoglund was the top finisher for the Quarriers with an 80 finishing in 6th place individually.  Adam Karst shot an 82 and finished in 9th place, while Ted LaCoursiere finished in 15th with an 83.

Other individual scores for the Quarriers were Zach Schroeder with an 84, Devon Weber with a 90, and Josh Parrott with a 95.

Madison won the event as a team, finishing nine strokes better than Dell Rapids.

The Dell Rapids Quarriers boys golf team played at the Harrisburg Invitational on Tuesday, August 28th, finishing in 2nd place behind host school Harrisburg. The Tigers shot 306, 9 strokes better than Dell Rapids, which shot a 315. Sioux Falls Christiand finished 3rd out of 14 teams at 325.

Individually Luke Rezac of Harrisburg won a one-hole playoff against Quarriers Ty Hoglund to capture medalist honors with a 73. Ted LaCoursier finished 6th with a 77. Zach Schroeder finished 13th with an 80. Other scores for Dell Rapids include Adam Karst with an 85, Devon Weber with an 89, and Josh Parrott with a 95.