Philip boys, Newell girls win Region 6B golf titles
RAPID CITY, S.D. – After a spring in which Old Man Winter didn’t want to go away, boys and girls golfers from across western South Dakota were finally able to hit the course on Thursday for the Region 6B Golf Tournament.
The top two teams, as well as, the top 40 percent of the total number of entries qualified for the state tournament.
Newell won the girls region title with a total score of 316. White River was second with 333 followed by Bison with 353.
Josie Rush from Philip was the medalist for the third year in a row. She shot a 90 to win the region title.
Meanwhile, Philip captured the boys region golf title with a total score of 280. Newell came in second place, 20 strokes off the lead.
White River, Wall and Harding County round out the top five.
The medalist was Keldon Fitzgerald from Philip who carded an 89.
Boys 6B Region Golf
Team Scores
1 Philip 280
2 Newell 300
3 White River 348
4 Wall 352
5 Harding County 370
6 Bison 381
7 Lemmon 400
8 Timber Lake 434
9 Bennett County 439
DNF Jones County 190
DNF Rapid City Christian 126
Boys Individual Scores
1 Keldon Fitzgerald, Philip 89
2 Chase VanDerBoom, Newell 91
3 Riley Rankin, Jones County 93
4 McCoy Peterson, Philip 95
5 Carson Hamill, Philip 96
6 Morgan Fedderson, Jones County 97
7 Reid Hansen, Wall 97
8 TJ Beardt, White River 99
9 Huttson Weeldreyer, Newell 101
10 Jesse McCann, Harding County 104
Girls 6B Region Golf
Team Scores
1 Newell 316
2 White River 333
3 Bison 353
4 Jones County 404
5 Bennett County 411
6 Timber Lake 451
DNF Philip 214
DNF Lemmon 242
DNF Wall 322
Girls Individual Scores
1 Josie Rush, Philip 90
2 Abbie Nelson, Newell 101
3 Allison Kahler, Bison 105
4 Kassidy Weeldreyer, Newell 105
5 Kelsey Morrison, White River 106
6 Karlie Cameron, White River 107
7 Greta Anderson, Bison 108
8 Katie McTaggart, Newell 110
9 Callie Schaffer, Timber Lake 113
10 Kamri Kittleson, Jones County 113
