Lusche 7th, Longhorns 11th At State Golf

Longhorn Kyler Lusche shot 76 in the NSAA Class D Boys Golf Championship's second and final round, improving four strokes on his first round score to tie for seventh and medal.

As a team, Kimball placed 11th in the field of 15 with a two round total of 729 last week at Lake Mahoney Golf Club in North Platte.

Two-day scores for Kimball golfers were 80-76 (156) for Lusche, 88-98 (186) for Landon Norberg, 95-101 (196) for Bransyn Kiefer, 101-98 (199) for Connor Deboodt, and 111-122 (133) for Ryker Behrend, who was not included in the scoring.

Lusche was six strokes off the pace of individual champion Jake Dane of Sandy Creek, who totaled 150 over the two days. By placing seventh, the Kimball golfer showed significant improvement over his performance at State last year.

This year, Lusche's teammates joined him at the big dance. The team's total score of 729 trailed team champion Overton by 74 strokes.