Sacred Heart boys lead after day one of 2A state golf. Here's how other Saline County golfers did.

Dylan Sherwood, Salina Journal
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Sacred Heart's Walker Tuttle positions his golf ball on the green during the Class 2A state golf tournament Monday, May 23, 2022, at Emporia Municipal Golf Course.
Sacred Heart's Walker Tuttle positions his golf ball on the green during the Class 2A state golf tournament Monday, May 23, 2022, at Emporia Municipal Golf Course.

EMPORIA — The Sacred Heart Knights, looking for their seventh straight Class 2A state golf championship, are right where they want to be at the halfway point.

The Knights held a one-stroke lead over Hoxie after shooting a 318 as a team in the first round Monday at Emporia Municipal Golf Course.

With rain forecast for Tuesday, the Knights would be declared winners if the second round is washed out. Michael Matteucci's par putt on the 18th hole provided the first-round margin for Sacred Heart.

Walker Tuttle and Luke Newell both shot 76 in the first round to lead the Knights and are tied for third place behind Hoxie's Ashton Dowell who shot a 74. Ellinwood's Andrew Heinz is in second place with a 75.

Rounding out Sacred Heart's scores were Hunter Newell with an 82, Matteucci (84), Nate Elmore (85) and Max Ehrlich (87).

Weather permitting, Ehrlich will be the first to tee off for the Knights at 10:30 a.m., followed by Elmore at 10:40, Matteucci at 10:50, Hunter Newell at 11, Tuttle at 11:10 and Luke Newell at 11:20.

Here's how other Saline County golfers did on the first day of state.

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South's Perry qualifies for day two

At Winfield, Salina South freshman Jackson Perry had a goal of qualifying for day two of the Class 5A state golf tournament.

He'll get to do so on Tuesday at Winfield's Quail Ridge Golf Course after shooting a first-round 84. Perry will tee off at 10 a.m.  The Cougars' Maddox Xaysongkham shot a 90 and did not qualify for the second round.

Season ends for Southeast's Esch

At Salina Municipal Golf Course, Southeast of Saline's Dylan Esch saw his season end on Monday.

Esch's round of 86 was not good enough to make the cut at the Class 3A tournament.

Dylan Sherwood has been a sports reporter for the Salina Journal since August 2019. He can be reached at dsherwood@salina.com or on Twitter @DSherwoodSJ

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