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Here are the results for the first round of the 2024 Illinois High School Association boys and girls golf state finals, held Friday at courses in Bloomington-Normal and Decatur.
Advancing to the second day are the top eight teams and top 40 golfers not from those teams in each of the Class 1A, Class 2A and Class 3A boys finals and the Class 1A and 2A girls finals. These players return Saturday for another round, after which the top three teams in each finals will earn state trophies, while the top 10 golfers in each event earn state medals.
The Peoria area is represented by 22 individuals and four teams across the finals. You can find that list here.
Class 1A boys
At Prairie Vista Golf Course, Bloomington
- Advancing teams: Fulton 310; Effingham St. Anthony 312; Port Byron Riverdale 312; Rockford Lutheran 318; Breese Master Dei 323; Quincy Notre Dame 324; Teutopolis 328; Illini West 328 (Nolan Murphy 78, Nick Bruns 83, Bryson Grotts 85, Brennan Grotts, Bryton Gavillet 96, Wesley Robertson 82).
- Non-advancing area teams: 12 Delavan 347.
- Top 10 advancers: Owen Vanzuiden, Fulton 70; Mason Smyser, Riverdale 72; Kaden Brown, Forreston 73; Peyton Serafin, Beecher 73; Beau Eftink, QND 74; Aidan Dorathy, Riverdale 74; Miles Van Prooyen, Elmhurst Timothy Christian 75; Landon Plym, Hall 76; Max Satterfield, Chicago Parker 76; Jake Guse, Lutheran 76; Bronson Tippett, Eldorado 76; Reed Fretueg, Rushville-Industry 76.
- Advancing area golfers: Jacob Miller, Henry 71; Carson Rowe, Henry 77; Grady Burrell, Delavan 79; Crew Fortin, Illini Bluffs 79; Braden Hayes, El Paso-Gridley 81; Alex Foutch, Abingdon-Avon 84; Wyatt Novotny, Bureau Valley 85; Zachary Highland, Midwest Central 88; Trace Kight-Garlisch, Delavan 88.
- Non-advancing area golfers: Bryson Horning, Delavan 90; Caden Rassi, Delavan 90, Drake Hanson, North Fulton 91; Braden Arrenholz, Delavan 93; Colton Miller, Delavan 96.
Class 2A boys
At Weibring Golf Club, Normal
- Advancing teams: Ottawa 298; LaGrange Park Nazareth 311; Normal U-High 313; Benton 313; Aurora Marmion 314; Burlington Central 315; Mount Zion 324; Lemont 325; Jacksonville 325.
- Top 10 advancers: Ben Patel, West Chicago Wheaton Academy 69; Owen Coniaris, Wheaton Academy 69; Regan Konen, Marmion 71; River Stilley, Benton 72; Connor Watson, East Peoria 72; Jack Coulter, Peoria Notre Dame 72; Jacob Armstrong, Ottawa 72; Nolan Eccles, Dunlap 72; Joey Scott, Lemont 72; Ryan Kalaway, Arlington Heights St. Viator 73; Brady Cross, Lake Villa Lakes 73; Brian Morris, Nazareth 73; Jack Zeiger, Chicago Latin 73.
- Advancing area golfers: Jacob Anderson, Morton 75; Nick Unes, East Peoria 83.
- Non-advancing area golfers: Chase Hopper, Morton 85.
Class 3A boys
At The Den at Fox Creek Golf Course, Bloomington
- Advancing teams: Hinsdale Central 293; Wheaton Warrenville South 299; Winnetka New Trier 299; Evanston 303; Lake Forest 307; Barrington 308; Libertyville 309; Geneva 310.
- Non-advancing area teams: Washington 339.
- Top 10 advancers: Kieran Low, Evanston 70; Liam Kelly, New Trier 71; Matt Trimble, Geneva 71; Isaac Schloegel, Hinsdale Central 71; Logan Keeter, New Trier 72; Ryan Andrews, Libertyville 72; Callan Fahey, WW South 73; Quincy Adams, Libertyville 73; Dru Devata, Hinsdale Central 73; Williams Lange, Barrington 73; Isaac Rumler, Moline 73.
- Advancing area golfers: Gavin Schreurs, Washington 79; Court Bohanon, Washington 82.
- Non-advancing area golfers: Dominic Yocum, Washington 89; Reid Martin, Washington 89; CJ Duncan, Washington 92; Luke Kamienski, Washington 94.
Class 1A girls
At Red Tail Run Golf Course, Decatur
- Advancing teams: Mount Carmel 305; Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 326; Chicago U-High 335; Effingham St. Anthony 342; LaGrange Park nazareth 347; Monmouth United 354; Breese Central 356; Rockford Lutheran 365.
- Top 10 advancers: Izzy Hassebrock, SHG 69; Alaina Ervin, Pleasant Plains 72; Sarah Hyten, Glen Carbon Father McGivney 74; Amelia Tan, Chicago U-High 74; Zeme Moore, Mount Carmel 75; Miley Kennard, Mount Carmel 76; Zora Matthews, Chicago Lycee Francais de Chicago 76; Emily Gottman, Mount Carmel 76; Avery Arendell, Columbia 77; Amelia Dunseth, Stillman Valley 77.
- Advancing area golfers: Jessica Schultz, Fieldcrest 84; Meredith Yung, United 85; Jalyn Wallace, United 88; Sara Finn, Illini Bluffs 90; Leighton Trego, United 90; Paige Christianson, United 91; Madison Barnes, Olympia 92; Emmie Briggs, United 95; Brodi McVeigh, United 108.
- Non-advancing area golfers: Natalie Downing, Canton 117.
Class 2A girls
At Hickory Point Golf Course, Decatur
- Advancing teams: Northbrook Glenbrook North 292; Lincolnshire Stevenson 308; Hinsdale Central 310; Barrington 311; Frankfort Lincoln-Way East 328; O’Fallon 331; Edwardsville 335; Plainfield North 341; St. Charles North 341.
- Top 10 advancers: Courtney Beerheid, Buffalo Grove 67; Alexis Myers, Glenbrook North 70; Madeline Gutierrez, Hoffman Estates Conant 71; Reese Wallace, Barrington 71; Martha Kuwahara, Glenbrook North 71; Rachel Johnson, Edwardsville 72; Grace Leber, Winnetka New Trier 73; Elyssa Abdullah, Hinsdale Central 73; Ava Alimissis, Stevenson 74; Demi Hampilos, Rockford Boylan 74; Toral Bhatt, Hinsdale Central 74; Alli Wiertel, Oswego East 74.
- Non-advancing area golfers: Leah Brown, Pekin 90