Sabetha Bluejay Boys Golf Team

After a pair of Top five team finishes the last two years taking fourth last year and third two years ago the Sabetha boys golf team swung the clubs and compiled a top flight finish at the 3A State tournament this time sitting atop the perch.

Behind a team score of 320 the Bluejays boys golf team earned the Class 3A team State title winning by two-strokes competing at Spring Creek golf course in Seneca the host of the State tournament for 2018. Leading the way for Sabetha was a pair Top ten individual finishes as Jesse Burger and David Pierson posted rounds of 76 and 77, respectively to place fifth and eighth. Garrett Scott shot an 80 at State to tie for 13th, while Tanner Ukele, Carson Ukele and Riley Lierz posted round of 87, 90 and 99 to place 35th, 44th and 71st.

Sabetha built up to the State title throughout the season by putting together strong performances all season with multiple golfers stepping up to lead the way. Bluejays won a Regional title to qualify for State, while they also claimed their third straight Big Seven League title this season. Throughout the season Sabetha won most of the tournaments they competed in posting tournament wins at the Rossville Invite, St Marys Invite, Sabetha Quad, Holton Quad, Nemaha Central Invite and Sabetha Invite.

The State title caps a spectacular season on the links for the Sabetha boys golf team and adds another banner to Sabetha High School.