TOPEKA, Kan. — Members of the Washburn Ichabod golf team both past and present had an outstanding showing at the 106th Kansas Amateur Golf Championship at Southwind Golf Club in Garden City, Kan.
Incoming freshman
Blake Allen completed the Kansas Amateur sweep by winning the Match Play Championship 8&7 over Taylor Larsen on Sunday. Earlier in the summer, Allen won the Kansas Junior Boys Championship Match Play title becoming only the second golfer to do so.
Sophomore
Brooks Brown was the stroke play medalist in qualifying for match play with a 5-under total of 138 earning the No. 1 seed in the match play portion of the event. He was the only player to finish under par in qualifying.
Overall the Ichabods had six current players for the upcoming season qualify for match play including
Brooks Brown (1st),
Jared Burns (64th),
Blake Allen (48th),
Garret Allen (50th),
Tristan Abts (47th) and
Brock Falley (43rd).
Justice Valdivia was the 18th seed in the match play tournament.
Former Ichabod golfers who qualified for match play included Max Lazzo (46th) and Chris McGown (59th). McGown reached the final four.