MITCHELL – Some of the state’s top golfers took advantage of their first opportunity to compete this season during the Class B Classic golf meet at Lakeview Golf Course in Mitchell.

Platte-Geddes won the boys’ division behind medalist Brody Boltjes who fired a 72. Howard won the girls’ team crown. Kelsey Morrison of White River was the medalist with a 91. Miller’s Jayce Pugh was second with a 93.

Luke Peterson of Ipswich was sixth in the boys’ division, Jett Becker of Aberdeen Christian was tenth, and Tray Hettick of Selby was 12th.

“It was good to get some competition, obviously it’s been a couple of years,” said Christian Coach David Rohrbach. “It wasn’t a bad meet for the first one.”

Rohrbach said Becker had a decent day, especially for the first meet of the season. Becker finished with an 85.

“I thought it was a pretty solid round,” Rohrbach said. “He obviously he thinks he can do better, but at the same time he was pretty pleased with his round for being the first golf tournament of the year.”

Zeke Becker shot a 98 for the Knights.

“I know he golfed a lot last summer. He’s actually improved quite a bit,” Rohrbach said. “He started off well, but had a few holes where he struggled a bit. He’d like to have a few holes back, but for the first time, not a bad day.”

Rohrbach said there were some pretty low scores for the opening meet. He said the Knights can take some positives away from their initial action.

“You get the nerves out right away. You start the year off with a very competitive high-quality meet on a good solid course,” Rohrbach said. “Definitely something to build off of.”

GIRLS’ DIVISION

Team Points: Howard 295, Deubrook Area 299, Estelline-Hendricks 304, Chester Area 315, McCook Central-Montose 316, White River 319, Burke 321, Miller 321, Mount Vernon-Plankinton 346, Castlewood 366.

Top 15 Individuals

1, Kelsey Morrison, White River, 91; 2, Jayce Pugh, Miller, 93; 3, Bailey Landmark, Deubrook Area, 93; 4, Adisyn Indahl, Burke, 94; 5, Kaylee Johnson, Estelline-Hendricks, 95; 6, Peyton Hove, Garretson, 96; 7, Trinity Palmquist, Howard, 96; 8, Makayla Kelley, Bon Homme, 98; 9, Abigail Svatos, Andes Central-Dakota Christian, 98; 10, Olivia Rink, James Valley Christian, 99;

11, Mia Glanzer, Howard, 99; 12, Ayla McDonald, Chester Area, 100; 13, Jaden Kortan, Bon Homme, 100; 14, Piper Thompson, Howard, 100; 15, Maggie Miles, McCook Central-Montrose, 100.

Other area golfers: 17, Jayda Sawinsky, Selby, 101; Kaihlyn Anderberg, Miller, 103; 33, Meadow Zabel, Selby, 109; 36, Hallie Feldman, Ipswich, 111; 50, Cassie VanderWerff, Miller, 124; 51, Mackenzie Kopecky, Miller, 129; 54, Tarynn Kleffman, Ipswich, 143.

BOYS’ DIVISION

Team Points: Platte-Geddes 257, Chester Area 261, Deubook Area 266, Garretson 267, Ethan 270, Great Plains Lutheran 270, Ipswich 277, Wessington Springs 281, Mount Vernon-Plankinton 286, Howard 287, Kimball-White Lake 291, Castlewood 294, Parker 315, White River 316, Canistota 319, McCook Central-Montrose 329, Andes Central-Dakota Christian 330.

Top 15 Individuals

1, Brody Boltjes, Platte-Geddes 72; 2, Eli Fogel, Gregory, 77; 3, Chase McDonald, Chester Area, 79; 4, Sam Hansen, Great Plains Lutheran, 80; 5, Lane Hodges, Howard, 81; 6, Luke Peterson, Ipswich, 82; 7, Jevin Goertz, James Valley Christian, 83; 8, Trey Murray, Gregory, 83; 9, Dawson Hoffman, Platte-Geddes, 85; 10, Jett Becker, Aberdeen Christian, 85;

11, Kayden Klumb, Ethan, 85; 12, Tray Hettick, Selby, 85; 13, Nash Colberg, Deubrook Area, 85; 14, Jayden Kaiser, Hanson, 85; 15, Rave Ulrich, Garretson, 86.

Other area golfers: 18, Hudson Steinocker, Waubay-Summit, 87; 22, Jared Baumann, Selby, 89; 33; Chet Peterson, Ipswich, 94; 47, Zeke Becker, Aberdeen Christian, 98; 55, Matthew Jaenisch, Ipswich, 101; 59, Jace Konsor, Ipswich, 102; 62, Jonathan Johnston, Waubay-Summit, 103; 65, Derek Brueggeman, Miller, 103; 79, Kaden Danburg, Miller, 113.