By: KSHSAA Covered Staff
The Kansas Golf Coaches Association has announced its 2023 boys All-State teams.
Five individual grass-greens state champions earned first-team honors in their respective classes – Shawnee Mission East’s Thomas Gogel in Class 6A, Bishop Carroll’s Noah Holtzman in 5A, Circle’s Anderson Helmer in 4A, Santa Fe Trail’s Lane Workman in 3A and Sacred Heart’s Michael Matteucci in 2A.
KGCA All-State honors are based off season-long scoring averages for players whose coaches are members of the association.
KANSAS GOLF COACHES ASSOCIATION ALL-STATE TEAMS
CLASS 6A
First team
James Ackerman, jr., Blue Valley; Jaydon Carruthers, jr., Derby; Maddix Shook, so., Garden City; Chance Rinkol, jr., Blue Valley; Thomas Gogel, sr., Shawnee Mission East; Ty Lasley, jr., Blue Valley West.
Second team
Carson Baker, sr., Blue Valley West; Myles Tarvin, jr., Olathe West; Tyler Strong, jr., Olathe South; Rohan Desai, sr., Blue Valley Northwest; Ben Slicker, sr., Shawnee Mission East; Brayden Grosz, sr., Olathe East.
Honorable mention
Brady Rapp, fr., Blue Valley North; Bennett Warren, so., Olathe West; Parker Bennett, fr., Blue Valley West; Elliott Cowden, fr., Shawnee Mission East; Jake Conley, so., Olathe Northwest; Wylie Curtis, jr., Shawnee Mission East.
CLASS 5A
First team
Noah Holtzman, sr., Bishop Carroll; Asher Whitaker, jr., Kapaun Mt. Carmel; Conner Geist, sr., Kapaun Mt. Carmel; Colt Farrow, fr., Andover Central; Ty Adkins, sr., Hutchinson; Aidan Nguyen, so., Andover.
Second team
Carson Wright, jr., Eisenhower; Max Farber, fr., Bishop Carroll; Noah Pirtle, jr., Kapaun Mt. Carmel; Tyler Hardtafer, jr., Eisenhower; Alex Valdivia, sr., Shawnee Heights; Jackson Loomis, fr., Eisenhower.
Honorable mention
Grant Waggoner, sr., Maize South; Colby Hays, sr., Bishop Carroll; Jacob Fratzel, so., St. James Academy; Brody Scafe, jr., Eisenhower; Darren Powell, fr., St. James Academy; Quaid Oliver, sr., Kapaun Mt. Carmel.
CLASS 4A
First team
Anderson Helmer, fr., Circle; Grant McAtee, so., Pratt; Talon White, jr., Wamego; Cash Foltz, jr., Wamego; Trakker French, sr., McPherson; Blaise Hoover, so., McPherson.
Second team
Tucker Metcalf, sr., Ulysses; Kaleb Winter, sr., Wamego; Jackson Henry, so., Clay Center; Remi Baldock, sr., Tonganoxie; Danny Jackson, jr., Chapman; Ty Langvardt, sr., Clay Center.
Honorable mention
Regan Kueker, fr., Wamego; Ian Floersch, jr., Clay Center; Brennon Coffield, sr., Iola; Logan Day, sr., Buhler; Gannon Couture, jr., Wamego; Drew DeMeyer, so., Buhler.
CLASS 3A
First team
Lane Workman, jr., Santa Fe Trail; Drew Buchman, so., Council Grove; Camden Waterson, sr., Hesston; Kory Meireis, so., Kingman; Dylan Esch, jr., Southeast of Saline; Vinny Pile, jr., Frontenac.
Second team
Bryce Badsky, jr., Silver Lake; Jackson Rumford, so., Scott City; Palmer Welsh, jr., Hesston; Cole Niederklein, jr., Frontenac; Eli Jones, so., Norton; Cullen Wikle, jr., Sabetha.
Honorable mention
Joel Huffaker, jr., Southeast of Saline; Conner Gagnon, sr., Wichita Collegiate; Aiden Lynch, jr., Cheney; Aidan Hill, jr., Frontenac; Roman Scoby, so., Sabetha; Grant Waterson, so., Hesston.
CLASS 2A
First team
Michael Matteucci, jr., Sacred Heart; Drew Heinz, jr., Ellinwood; Dylan Budig, jr., Hill City; Luke Newell, so., Sacred Heart; Walker Tuttle, jr., Sacred Heart; Bodie Higgins, so., Elkhart.
Second team
Hunter Newell, jr., Sacred Heart; Ben Deges, sr., Hill City; Pake Dewey, sr., Thomas More Prep; Austin Carroll, jr., Ellis; Cooper Bagley, sr., Hill City; Noah Fry, jr., Hill City.
Honorable mention
Noah Dowell, so., Hoxie; Mason Moore, jr., Ellinwood; Clayson Nave, sr., Elkhart; Lincoln Barnes, so., Hutchinson Trinity; Tate Weimer, sr., Hoxie; Brady Jones, sr., Hoxie.
CLASS 1A
First team
Gavin Wahl, fr., South Gray; Jaxon Koehn, jr., South Gray; Noah Schrag, jr., Goessel; Cameron Wahl, so., South Gray; Ryland Kooiman, so., Hutchinson Central Christian; Nathan Reed, so., Hutchinson Central Christian.
Second team
Drew Yoder, sr., Hutchinson Central Christian; Drew Gibbs, sr., Centralia; Mitchell Lehman, jr., Ingalls; Paxton Bowers, jr., Centralia; Konner Gepner, sr., Washington County; Carson Kearn, jr., Washington County.
Honorable mention
Malachi Meador, jr., Ingalls; Dawson Lantz, so., Osborne; Levi Schrag, fr., Goessel; Grayson Votipka, so., Washington County; Gage Regehr, sr., Hutchinson Central Christian; Lincoln Shafer, so., Greeley County.
