By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
MYLES ALONZO, Topeka West
Topeka West junior Myles Alonzo was a Class 5A regional champion and state placer in the 2022 season. [File photo/TSN]
A junior, Alonzo shot a 78 to tie for 17th in the weather-shortened 2022 Class 5A state tournament at Winfield last spring, earning his first state medal. A two-time TopSports.news All-Shawnee County first-team pick, Alonzo took medalist honors in regional competition, shooting a 76 and winning with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff. Alonzo tied for fifth in the Centennial League meet after placing seventh in the city tournament.
TADD ARMSTRONG, Washburn Rurral
A sophomore, Armstrong earned second-team TSN All-Shawnee County recognition as a freshman. Armstrong tied for 15th in the Centennial League meet with an 82, helped the Junior Blues win the city tltle with a 27-hole score of 132 and finished 27th in Class 6A regional competition to help Rural earn a state team berth with a runner-up finish at regionals.
BRYCE BADSKY, Silver Lake
Badsky, a junior, earned a Class 3A state medal for the second straight season, shooting an 80 to place 10th in the weather-shortened tournament at Salina Municipal. Badsky qualified for state with an eighth-place individual finish in regional competition. Badsky finished 13th in the 3A state tournament as a freshman and is a two-time TSN All-Shawnee County first-team selection.
ANDREW BURDETT, Washburn Rural
Burdett, a senior, earned second-team All-Shawnee County honors as a junior. Burdett placed 10th in the city meet with a 27-hole score of 132 for the city-champion Junior Blues, finished 10th in 6A regional competition with an 82 as Washburn Rural finished second as a team and took 14th in the Centennial League tournament with an 81.
AIDEN JONES, Shawnee Heights
A senior, Jones finished second individually in the 2022 United Kansas Conference tournament with a 73, helping lead the T-Birds to the league team championship. Jones posted a sixth-place finish in Class 5A regional competition, placed fifth in the Topeka West Invitational and was eighth in the city tournament with a 27-hole score of 128.
Shawnee Heights senior Alex Valdivia enters the 2023 season as the defending city champion. [File photo/TSN]
ALEX VALDIVIA, Shawnee Heights
A senior, Valdivia won the 2022 city championship by two strokes with a 27-hole total of 116 and took medalist honors in the United Kansas Conference tournament by four strokes. Valdivia tied for a regional title with a 76, finishing second in a playoff. Valdivia made the cut with a first-round 80 in the 5A state meet at Winfield, but the final round was rained out.
