Monday's other sports highlights include ESD tennis, Region 1A boys golf and Miller cross country

YANKTON — It's seven down and one huge one to go for Watertown High School's boys golf team.

The Arrows shot 4-under 284 for their seventh-consecutive win and third-straight Eastern South Dakota Conference tournament championship on Monday at the Fox Run Golf Course.

The Arrows won by two shots over Harrisburg in their final competition before they chase after their first state title since 1971 on Monday and Tuesday in the state Class AA tournament at the Brandon Golf Course.

"It was a battle today," said Watertown head coach Corey Neale. "Harrisburg is a really-talented team. We've had close finishes with them all year and I expect the same next week at state."

Watertown senior Jake Olson made a bid for his fourth ESD title (and third in a row) with a 2-under 70. He tied for second with Parker Schultz of Harrisburg, two shots behind champion Hayden Scott of Harrisburg.

All six Arrow golfers earned All-ESD honors with top-15 finishes. Jaden Solheim and Kaden Rylance tied for fourth with 71s, Johnny Lake tied for fifth with a 72 and Gabe Norberg and Ty Lenards each tied for 14th with 76s.

"The guys did a really great job today of grinding through every shot and staying focused on their round until the last putt was hole," said Neale.

Final Team Scores — Watertown 284, Harrisburg 286, Brandon Valley 303, Pierre 305, Brookings 315, Yankton 318, Mitchell 325, Aberdeen Central 340, Huron 392.

All-ESD (Top 15 Individuals) — 1. Hayden Scott, Harrisburg, 68 (4-under par); 2. (Tie) Jake Olson, Watertown, and Parker Schultz, Harrisburg, 70s; 4. (Tie) Jaden Solheim and Kaden Rylance, Watertown, 71s; 6. (Tie) Johnny Lake of Watertown, Charlie Swift of Harrisburg and Sawyer Sonnenschein of Pierre, 72s.

9. (Tie) Carter Peterson of Brandon Valley and Parker Rileyof Yankton, 73s; 11. (Tie) Owen Jorgenson of Brandon Valley, Easton Vellek of Yankton and Jack Bartlett of Pierre, 75s; 14. (Tie) Gabe Norberg and Ty Lenards of Watertown, Jesse Bauer of Brookings, Riley Christensen of Harrisburg and Will Peterson of Brandon Valley, 76s.

Aberdeen Central Golfers —T22. Peyton Brust, 80; 39. Carter Blanchard, 85; 42. Cole Brust, 87; T43. Kyler Senger and Jackson Ravellette, 88s; T48. Quincy Madsen, 91.

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ESD Girls Tennis Tournament

PIERRE — Defending champion Watertown went 6-0 in first-round singles matches to grab the opening-day lead in the Eastern South Dakota Conference girls tennis tournament on Monday.

The Arrows scored 90 points, followed by Mitchell at 78, Aberdeen Central 70, Yankton 50, Brandon Valley 42, Huron 30 and Brookings, Harrisburg and Pierre each 0. Play-in matches for singles and doubles were held along with all first-round doubles matches.

Aberdeen Central went 5-1 in singles.

The tourney is slated to conclude on Tuesday.

Watertown Singles — No. 1: Ellie Zink def. AnneClaire Rubish, Huron, 10-2; No. 2: Leyla Meester def. Erika Starr, Harrisburg, 10-1; No. 3: Faith Berg def. Anika Hooda, Brookings, 10-3; No. 4: Sophia Nichols def. Sophia Menden, Brandon Valley, 10-8; No. 5. Cayda Weiss, def. Paw Kler Moo, Huron, 10-8; No. 6: Karlie Schulte def. Hannah Frye, Harrisburg, 10-5.

Aberdeen Central Singles — No. 1: Addison Meyers, Brandon Valley, def. Julia Knie, 10-0; No. 2: Avery Tennant def. Elizabeth Heinen, Huron, 10-2; No. 3: Laney Gonsor def. Melia Thelen, Brandon Valley, 10-6; No. 4: Livia Douglas def. Bailey Jessen, Pierre, 10-1; 5. Reese Comstock def. Gabriella Wabwire, Harrisburg, 10-1; No. 6: Riley O'Keefe def. Madeline Kleinsasser, Huron, 10-5.

More: Watertown holds off Aberdeen Central to win ESD girls tennis tournament

Region 1A Boys Golf

SISSETON — Jonathan DeBoer of Milbank and Groton Area captured titles Monday in the Region 1A boys golf tourney at the Valley View Country Club.

DeBoer shot a 7-over 79 to win medalist honors by one shot over five golfers.

Groton Area won the team title with a 335 score, three shots better than Sioux Valley and nine better than Aberdeen Roncalli. All three teams and the top 25 individuals qualified for the state Class A tourney on Monday and Tuesday at the Hart Ranch Golf Course in Rapid City.

Team Scores: 1. Groton Area, 335; 2. Sioux Valley, 338; 3. Aberdeen Roncalli, 344; 4. (Tie) Flandreau and Madison, 349; 6. Milbank, 354; 7. Dell Rapids, 354; 8. Tri-Valley, 374; 9. Sisseton, 423.

State Qualifiers: 1. Jonathan DeBoer, Milbank, 79; 2. (Tie) Kaden Burshiem of Flandreau, Brevin Fliehs of Groton Area, Kaden Guischer of Madison, Finn Anderson of Aberdeen Roncalli and Jameson Degen of Sioux Valley, 80s; 7. Alfie Henderson, Flandreau, 82; 8. Tate Steffensen, Sioux Valley, 83; 9. Jace Johnson, Groton Area, 84; 9. Carter Simon, Groton Area, 85; 10. (Tie) Boden Schiller of Sioux Valley, Logan Pearson of Groton Area and Jesse Hernandez of Aberdeen Roncalli, 86s.

14. Connor Jones, Dell Rapids, 87; 15. (Tie) Lucas Daggett of Aberdeen Roncalli and Owen Fischer of Milbank, 88s; 17. (Tie) Jack Opitz of Sioux Valley, Jon Burshiem of Flandreau and Casyn Crabtree of Madison, 90s; 20. (Tie) Braylon Oftedal and Jackson Olson of Madison and Gannon May of Aberdeen Roncalli, 90s; 23. (Tie) Andrew Gerlach of Aberdeen Roncalli and Carson Sanders and Jaxson Rise of Tri-Valley, 91s. (Other qualifiers with their teams included Maverick Nelson of Sioux Valley, 94; and Jayden Schwan of Groton Area, 105).

Groton Invitational Cross Country

MILLER — Kaleb Foltz of Tri-State and Morgan Sumption of Frederick Area produced victories Monday in the Groton Invitational cross country meet at the Olive Grove Golf Course.

Foltz won his fifth-straight race, taking the 41-runner boys' 5,000-meter event in 17 minutes and 29.61 seconds. he was followed across the line by Milo Sumption of Frederick Area (18:34.90), Aidan Thurber of Ellendale, N.D. (19:08.62), Austin Jenkins of Leola (19:26.46) and Kalen Godel of Langford Area (19:53.21).

Sumption berat 23 other runners to the finish line in the girls' race, winning in 20:46.92. Madison Zirbel of Waubay-Summit was second (21:15.60), followed by Jillian Ellwein of Frederick Area (21:58.7), Rylee Gilbert of Groton Area (22:08.16) and Hazel Kannegaiter of Aberdeen Roncalli (22:321.22.).

Complete results are available at www.athletic.net.

Groton Cross Country Invite Results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/227785/info

Miller Invitational Cross Country

MILLER — Ella Boekelheide of Northwestern and Alex Schumacher of Miller won individual races on Monday during the Miller Invitational cross country meet at the Miller Golf Course.

Sixty-nine boys and 39 girls ran in the 5,000-meter races.

Boekelheide won the girls' race in a time of 19 minutes and 26.77 seconds. Heidi Olson of Mobridge-Pollock was second (19:51.14), Autumn Fallis of Highmore-Harrold third (20:47.66) and Dannika Kaupf (20:47.66) and Emma Schlachter (21:00.11) of Potter County fourth and fifth, respectively.

Schumacher had a winning time of 16:48.61 in the boys race. Wakely Burns of Philip was second (16:55.31), followed by Nicholas Schlachter of Potter County (17:00.30), Pierce Baumberger of Miller (17:13.45) and Asher Peterson of Philip (17:25.25).

Potter County's girls and Philip's boys won team titles.

Complete results are available at www.athletic.net.

Miller Cross Country Invite Results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/226361/info

Note: Results of the Groton Area Invitational on Monday were not posted.

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