Golfers advance to next round

Seven golfers made the first-half cut Monday on the par-72 course at Deer Park to advance to the next round of state qualifications at Chewelah Monday.

Top 25 finishers on the boys side qualified to advance.

Dawson Strobel of Tekoa/Rosalia again led the field with a two-under 70 score despite a ragged start with a double bogie and a triple bogie.

Chance Weitze finished a stroke behind Strobel with a one-under 71 for second overall. Other scores for Colfax were Augie Allenbach 73, Lorenzo Torlai 79, Bennett Gray 80, Will Dunning 97, and Chayne Aeschliman 99. Aeschliman just missed the cut for the top 25.

James Heer of TR will also advance after carding a 98.

McKenna Davis of Colfax place fifth with a 89 on the girls side, and Cassidi Shindler cared a 108 which turned out to be six strokes under the cut score for the girls.