Dates, locations for 2026 South Dakota high school golf state finals

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Four individuals and four teams are set to defend championships during spring South Dakota State High School Golf Tournaments on Monday and Tuesday, June 1-2.

State girls tournaments will be held at Cattail Crossing Golf Course in Watertown (Class AA), Two Rivers Golf Club in North Sioux City (Class A) and the Edgebrook Golf Course in Brookings (Class B). The Class B boys will play at the Brookings Country Club.

South Dakota's Class AA and A boys seasons are held in the fall.

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Returning individual state champions are Aberdeen Central senior Olivia Braun in Class AA girls, St. Thomas More senior Rylan Horning in Class A girls, Clark-Willow Lake junior Brynn Roehrich in Class B girls and Wall senior Trevor Schulz in Class B boys.

Defending team champions are Aberdeen Central (AA girls), St. Thomas More (A girls), Dell Rapid St. Mary (B girls) and Hanson (B boys). Aberdeen Central, DRSM and Hanson each won their first state titles last spring.

The top six teams and 25 individuals in each tourney will receive awards. Scores from the top four golfers each day are used to determined Class AA and A team scores. Scores from the top three golfers each day are used to determine Class B team scores.

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Here's more on all four tourneys.

Class AA Girls​

• Host Course — Cattail Crossing Golf Course in Watertown.
• Schedule — Golfers play 18 holes each day (36 total). Play begins at 8 a.m. each day.
• Top Returnees — Braun is back to defend her title along with Mitchell senior Maddie Childs (second in 2025), Aberdeen Central senior Emma Dohrer (fourth), Aberdeen Central junior Kyley Wirebaugh (fifth) and Watertown junior Gabi Olson (sixth), who is playing on her home course.
• Teams to Watch — Aberdeen Central won its second-straight Eastern South Dakota Conference tournament on May 26 at the Moccasin Creek Country Club in Aberdeen, winning by 17 shots over Mitchell. It was the ninth win in 11 events this spring for coach Kim Zimmerman's Golden Eagles. O'Gorman, which finished fourth in last year's state tourney, won both of the tourneys that Aberdeen Central didn't win. Also don't count out Mitchell which won in 2023 and took second in 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025.
• Other Area Golfers — Aberdeen Central (Senior Chloe Vikander and eighth-graders Genevieve Golz and Carli Withers) and Watertown (Senior Olivia Sherman, junior Kreu Johnson and freshmen Berkley Fligge and Emma Olson). Coach Corey Neale's Watertown team finished fourth in the ESD tourney with Olson tying for fifth, Johnson took 19th, Emma Olson 25th and Sherman and Fligge tied for 27th.

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Class A Girls​

• Host Course — Two Rivers Golf Course in North Sioux City.
• Schedule — Golfers play 18 holes each day (36 total). Play begins at 9 a.m. each day.
• Top Returnees — Horning won her second state title in three years last spring. The field also included Aberdeen Roncalli senior Claire Crawford (second in 2025), St. Thomas More sophomore Kaitlin Strain (third in 2025 after winning in 2025) and seniors Addicyn Sailer of Dakota Valley and Tori Peterson of Sioux Falls Christian (who tied for fifth a year ago). Sienna Maxwell of Madison, Katie Betsworth of Dakota Valley, Trey Speer of Chamberlain and Horning each won region titles this spring.
• Teams to Watch — St. Thomas More stopped Sioux Falls Christian's four-year run of state titles last spring and both teams could challenge again this spring along with Aberdeen Roncalli, Vermillion and Madison (who finished 3-4-5 in 2025) as well as host school Dakota Valley. Roncalli, SF Christian, Chamberlain and St. Thomas More each won region titles.
• Other Area Golfers — Aberdeen Roncalli (Ava Danielson, Morgan Helms , Grace Seyer and Mackenzie Wegehaupt); Sioux Valley (Taylor Bastian, Macy Bohnet, Abygale Degen, Lillie Noble, Riley Stirling and Masey Top); Groton Area (Carly Johnson and Claire Schulke); Sisseton (Elliot Hortness and Kenzley Heath) and Milbank (Zora Henrich).

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Class B Girls​

• Host Course — Edgebrook Golf Course at Brookings.
• Schedule — Golfers play 18 holes each day (36 total). Play begins at 8 a.m. each day.
• Top Returnees — Roehrich is the two-time defending champion. Senior Jadyn McDonald of Chester finished second and senior Jayce Pugh of Miller third last year. Pugh tied for the title in 2022. Selby Area junior Taryn Hettick tied for seventh. Region champions this spring included Roehrich, Ava Cooks of Deubrook Area, McDonald, Mallory Gant of Platte-Geddes, Pugh and Taylor O'Connell of Philip.

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• Teams to Watch — Dell Rapids St. Mary won the Region 3B title over Chester, which took fourth in last year's state tourney. Region 5 champion Miller finished second and Region 1 champion Clark-Willow Lake third in last year's state tourney. CWL is gunning for its first state title since 2010. Clark won five-straight titles from 2004-2008 and pushed the streak to seven by winning in 2009 and 2010 after joining forces with Willow Lake. Other region champions are Deubrook Area, Platte-Geddes and Philip.
• Other Area Golfers — Clark-Willow Lake (Chloe Hagstrom, Mallory Nelson and Faith Roehrich), Deubrook Area (Brooklyn Gladis, Brynlee Hanson and Sienna Ohlsen), Selby Area (Braylon Baumann, Teagen Gosch and Taylen Hettick), Elkton-Lake Benton (Evie Foss, Norah Hansen and Malyha and Quinn Slegers), Faulkton Area (Raegan Geditz, Brooklyn Kast and Anika and Kinsley Mueller), Eureka (Becca and Ella Batie, Georgia Odenbach and Camryn Whitlock), Warner (Amelia, Delaney and Ellis Johnson and Volk Presley), Mobridge-Pollock (Adalyn Aberle and Claire Heil), De Smet (Harper Anderson and Brooke Jennings), Hamlin (Reese Jacobson), Castlewood (Olivia Karst), Ipswich (Mollie Simon), Gettysburg (Brynlie Ahlemeier), Webster Area (Mia Coester and Bailee Ninke), Estelline-Hendricks (Lita Fryer), Deuel (Claryssa Hanson), Doland (Olivia and Peyton Knox) Great Plains Lutheran (Addison Walkins) and Frederick Area (Ruby Dallman).

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Class B Boys​

• Host Course — Brookings Country Club.
• Schedule — Golfers play 18 holes each day (36 total). Play begins at 8 a.m. each day.
• Top Returnees — Schulz is back to defend his title along with senior Gavin Colson of Sully Buttes (second last year after winning in 2024) and junior Larz Tvedt of Wolsey-Wessington and senior Wyatt Larson of McIntosh (who tied for fourth in 2025). Region champions this spring include Seth Lesnar of Webster Area, JD Thompson of Wessington Springs, Brock Fredrickson of Viborg-Hurley, Brody Indahl of Burke, Derek Brueggeman of Miller and Breylon Rahn of Hill City.
• Teams to Watch — Hanson qualified three golfers for state and is eligible for team honors again. Region 6 runner-up Wall took second, Region 1 champion Clark-Willow Lake third and Region 6 champion Hill City fourth in last year's state tourney. Other region champions are Wessington Springs, Garretson, Bon Homme, and Miller.
• Other Area Golfers — Clark-Willow Lake (Maverick Clausen, Cade Gaikowski, Wyatt Schlagel and Kooper Wookey), Edmunds Central (Cade Beitelspacher, Harrison and Trent Beyers and Seth Hettick), Gettysburg (Jerand Chase, Wiley Cronin, Mason Goebel and Jace Wager), Webster Area (Maverick Coester and Quinn Simonson), Estelline-Hendricks (Atticus Eyjolfson, Cade Hexem and Cam Olsen), Britton-Hecla (Lofton Heer, Jace Rein and Charles Schuller), De Smet (Gradyn Henrich, Maxxon Kees and Carter Wilkinson), Warner (Blake Bjorgaard and Braylen and Hayden Liebl), Faulkton Area (Henry Bossly, Spencer Melius and Drake Mueller), Hamlin (Aiden Abraham and Elyk Swiden), Ipswich (Nate Bass and Caysen Knust), Eureka (Joshua and Judah Fargher), Castlewood (Davis Gales), Arlington (Bryce Heflin and Tysten Huntimer), Doland (Briggs LaBrie and Kaiden Weinreis), Deubrook Araea (Corbin Lingrel and Chance Schoenfeld), Deuel (Gavin Maaland and Emmett Schwiesow), Great Plains Lutheran (Barrett Pommer and Ezra Schaffer), Elkton-Lake Benton (Lane Schindler), Selby Area (Braxton Yackley) and Mobridge-Pollock (William Blankartz).

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This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: South Dakota high school golf 2026 state finals information, dates

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