STAFFORD — St. John Tiger Braxton Alpers tied for 10th place (87) at Monday's 1A golf substate to qualify for the 1A state golf tournament at McPherson's Turkey Creek Golf Course.

Alpers birdied No. 9, but ended with a quadruple 9 at the par 5 No 18 hole.

St. John (368) placed fourth, also counting scores by 17th-place Cody Newdigger (92), 19th-place Dylan Vieux (93) and 20th-place Weston Peterson (96).

St. John's Grady Long (118) highlighted his day with a birdie at No. 13.

South Gray medalist Gavin Wahl shot 1-under-par 69 with three birdies to lead the Rebels (331) to first place.

1A STAFFORD CC, par 70

TEAM SCORES—1—SQ South Gray 331; 2—SQ Kiowa County 336; 3—SQ Hodgeman County 352; 4—St. John 368; 5—Hutchinson Central Christian 378; 6—Flinthills 434; 7—Stafford 435; 8—Sedan 450.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS—1—Gavin Wahl, SG, 69 (33-36); 2—Campbell, KC, 74 (35-39); 3—Zadina, KC, 76 (39-37); 4—SQ Cael Kooiman, HCC, 80 (42-38); 5—Washburn, HC, 81 (40-41); 6—SQ Schrag, Goessel, 83 (40-43); SQ Tyler Reed, HCC, 83 (40-43); 8—Hendrickson, SG, 86 (42-44); 9—Owen Reed, SG, 87 (45-42); 10—SQ Easton Alpers, SJ, 87 (42-45).

ST. JOHN—17—Cody Newdigger, 92 (41-51); 19—Dylan Vieux, 93 (47-46); 20—Weston Peterson, 96 (53-43); 34—Averi Fisher, 108 (58-50); 44—Grady Long, 118 (59-59).

STAFFORD—25—Jace Kreuter, 99 (48-51); 27—Nathan Trotta, 102 (50-52); 41—Dylan Brozek, 114 (54-60); 45—Jobe Valadez, 120 (67-53).