Goodland wins GWAC golf title; Scott City’s Rumford GWAC Golfer of the Year

Colby, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–The third and final part of the Great West Activities Conference golf swing took place on Monday at Meadow Lake Golf Course in Colby in the GWAC golf tournament

Goodland would win the GWAC golf meet, and secured the league title, their first since 2019. The Cowboys would shoot a team score of 337, 15 shots better than runner-up Scott City, while Colby came in third.

Jackson Rumford from Scott City would rally to win the league meet as well as earn the top spot in GWAC play, with the Ulysses and Scott City tournaments used toward the points standings. On Monday, he shot a round of 79, one shot better than Goodland’s Trent Shelton. In the overall standings, he was tied with Holcomb’s Luke Thyne, but won the tiebreaker by one stroke. Thyne would place second overall in the GWAC standings, while Colby’s Kaleb Dixon was third.

Next Monday, Hugoton and Ulysses will be at McPherson for Class 4A Regional golf, while Goodland will host a Class 3A regional, with Cimarron, Colby, Goodland, Holcomb and Scott City competing in that regional.

GWAC Golf Tournament
Team Scores
Goodland 337; Scott City 352; Colby 380; Holcomb 400; Hugoton 404; Cimarron 419; Ulysses 433

Top 15 Individual
1. Jackson Rumford, Scott City, 79; 2. Trent Sheldon, Goodland, 80; 3. Blair Linin, Goodland, 82; 4t. Luke Thyne, Holcomb, & Kaleb Dixon, Colby, 84; 6. Eli Lisenby, Scott City, 85; 7. Braylon Mull, Goodland, 87; 8. Barrett Schlosser, Goodland, 88; 9. Lane Stand, Hugoton, 90; 10. Treighton Hoss, Goodland, 91; 11t. Hudson Feeley & Matthew Wheeler, Scott City, 94; 13t. Oaklee Garrison, Hugoton; Kieren Youngman, Colby & Luke Thomas, Goodland, 95

Other Area Results
Cimarron: 18. Tate Curtiss, 98; 19. Greyson Fry, 100; 23t. Ben Vogel, 105; 35. Brayden Williams, 116; 38. Peyton Berndt, 123; 40. Brett Bonjour, 126
Holcomb: 20t. Craig Collins, 104; 20t. Dylan Burch, 104; 26t. Ricky Perez, 108; 28. Angelo Otero, 109; 33t. Blake Dryden, 113
Hugoton: 26t. Jaxon Torres, 108; 31t. Grant Neuhaus, 111; 33t. Carson Slocum, 113
Scott City: 23t. Drew Metzger, 105; 29t. Junior Meza, 110
Ulysses: 16t. Saven Rosales, 97; 2t. Marshall Wise, 106; 29t. Jorge Aguilar, 110; 36. Chris Madrigal, 120; 37. Malaki Delgado, 122; 41. Lucas Morphis, 140

GWAC Standings
1. Goodland 20 Points (1012); 2. Scott City 19 Points (1033); 3. Colby 14 Points (1137); 4. Hugoton 12 Points (1157); 5. Holcomb 10 Points (1184); 6. Ulysses 5 Points (1260); 7. Cimarron 4 Points (1278)

All-League
1st Team
Jackson Rumford, Scott City, 38.5 Points (236) (GWAC Player of the Year)
Luke Thyne, Holcomb, 38.5 Points (237)
Kaleb Dixon, Colby, 35 Points
Trent Sheldon, Goodland, 34 Points
Barrett Schlosser, Goodland, 32.5 Points
Lane Stand, Hugoton, 23 Points

Honorable Mention
Saven Rosales, Ulysses, 21.5 Points
Matthew Wheeler, Scott City, 21 Points
Eli Lisenby, Scott City, 20.5 Points
Blair Linin, Goodland, 20 Points
Luke Thomas, Goodland, 17 Points
Braylon Mull, Goodland, 15.5 Points