By John Rittenhouse
The Hills-Beaver Creek-Ellsworth golf program will be represented at the Section 3A Championships at the Marshall Country Club tomorrow.
That fact became a reality Monday when the Patriot boys' team competed at the Sub-Section 10A Championships in Tyler.
H-BC-E had its team 3-20 season end at the four-squad event, but one Patriot secured an individual berth in the section field based on his performance Monday.
The top team and five individual qualifiers in sub-section competition advance to the section meet.
Tom Janssen, an Ellsworth High School sophomore, earned the right to play in his second consecutive section meet by playing to a draw for the final three individual qualifying positions that were on the line in Tyler.
Janssen and Luverne's Colby Anderson and Tony Smedsrud all shot seven-over-par 79s to earn trips to Marshall. They placed behind Tracy-Milroy's Jake Peterreins and Luverne's Pete Connell, who shot respective 76- and 77-stroke rounds to lock up the first two qualifying positions.
All five individual qualifiers, and sub-section team champion Pipestone-Jasper, will play at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow in Marshall.
P-J will send six players to Marshall after it won the team title in Tyler with 308 strokes. Luverne placed second with 321 strokes, T-M third with 338 and H-BC-E capped the field with 355.
Others making contributions to H-BC-E's team effort include Kyle Sammons (87), Dusty Seachris (96) and Ben Herman (97). Clint Roozenboom and Jordan Scott shot respective 106- and 109-stroke rounds without influencing the scoring.