In its third year, the tournament format has half the teams in the field play 18 holes at Hillsboro and the other half play 18 holes at Marion in the morning. After a lunch break, the teams trade courses for another 18 holes.

Hesston pulled off the trifecta-winning the first-place trophy at each of the two individual courses (309 at Marion, 298 at Hillsboro) and the overall team championship with a 46-stroke margin over Cheney, 607 to 653.

Marion was six strokes behind third-place Chapman with a 668 and Hillsboro followed with a 669.

As might be expected, the two local schools did well on their home course. Marion placed third at Marion (330) and sixth at Hillsboro (338), while Hillsboro was second (330) on its home turf and sixth at Marion (339).

Travis Hett of Marion enjoyed the best individual finish, winning the third-place medal with a combined score of 150 for the two courses. He was two strokes behind a pair of Hesston Swathers, Brett Loeffler and Grady Pauls.

Hillsboro's highest finishers were Patrick Harrison (165) and Andrew Bina (166), who placed 16th and 17th, respectively, in a field of 89 competitors.

Marion's individual scores at Hillsboro were: Hett 77, Nick Carlson 84, Josh Whitwell 87, Keith Jones 90, Jake Bredemeier 90 and Chase Carlson 94.

At Marion's course the Warrior scores were: Hett 73, Nick Carlson 85, Whitwell 88, Jones 87, Bredemeier 91 and Chase Carlson 85.

Hillsboro, meanwhile, shot the following scores in the home course: Bina 80, Justin Kent 82, Patrick Harrison 83, Derek Hamm 88, Lance Bartel 90 and Jordan Allen 85.

At Marion's course, the Trojan scores were: Bina 86, Kent 88, Harrison 82, Hamm 85, Bartel 86 and Allen 96.

Heading up the organization for the tournament are the golf coaches at the two high schools, Doug Dick at Marion and Scott O'Hare at Hillsboro.

"I feel real good about the way it went off," O'Hare said. "It's certainly a very exciting and interesting tournament for us to run. But it does take a lot of time to get everything organized, especially to combine all the scores for the 36-hole total.

"I was pleased that we had a decent day for it," he added. "The wind was pretty tough, but as far as temperatures go, and the lack of severe weather and storms, it was a good thing to get it in."

O'Hare said he was a little disappointed in his team's play at Marion, but felt it rebounded well in the afternoon, when fatigue is often a factor.

"We shot well enough here to at least make a charge to maybe finish in the top three as a team in the 36-hole overall," he said. "We had kind of dug ourselves into a hole after our morning rounds at Marion.

"All the guys had at least one good nine-hole score on both courses, but they also had a round on each course that was not as good as their average," O'Hare said.

Sacred Heart-Battling light rain and unseasonably cool conditions almost as much as other schools, the Hillsboro golf team won the four-man division and placed third in the two-man division among nine competing teams at the Sacred Heart Invitational in Salina April 30.

Marion finished fifth in four-man and sixth in two-man.

Hillsboro's four-man team of Patrick Harrison (80), Andrew Bina (83), Justin Kent (84) and Jordan Allen (88) combined for a score of 335, which gave the team a one-stroke win over Bennington at 336.

Harrison's score placed him fifth in the individual-medalist competition. Bina was seven and Kent 10th. Justin Williams of St. Johns took top honors with a 76.

Marion's four-man team of Keith Jones (86), Chase Carlson (87), John Whitwell (90) and Kevin Costello (94) combined for a score of 357.

In two-man competition, Hillsboro's combination of Bina and Kent scored a 167, four strokes behind the winning team from Bennington.

Whitwell and Jones combined for a 176 for Marion.

Coming-Hillsboro and Marion were scheduled to play Monday at the Mid-Central Activities Association league tournament Monday at Wichita. Then the teams are off until regional competition, May 16 at Cheney.