Tuesday, June 2, 2026

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Bon Homme captures first-ever Class B boys state golf team title
The Bon Homme boys golf team poses with the team championship after the Class B boys state golf tournament on June 2, 2026, at the Brookings Country Club.
(Rodney Haas / 605 Sports)
Jun 2, 2026
 

 

By 605 Sports Staff

BROOKINGS — The Bon Homme Cavaliers are team champions for the first time in school history.

Bon Homme shot a Madden Merkwan, Michael Branaugh and Kashius Tucker shot a 472 to win the school’s first ever Class B state team championship at the Brookings Country Club on Tuesday.

Merkwan tied for 11th to lead the Cavs shooting a 154 in 36 holes, while Branaugh (T-14, 154) and Tucker (T-42, 163) were not far behind.

The Philip Scotties dropped to second after its Day 1 lead shooting a 478 while Clark/Willow Lake (480), Hill City (480) and Wessington Springs (482) rounded out the top-5 team standings.

Hamlin’s Aiden Abraham captured the individual state championship shooting two-over-par on the tournament, ahead of Doland’s Kaiden Weinreis (+4), Webster Area’s Seth Lesnar (+5), De Smet’s Maxxon Kees (+7) and White River’s Bryson One Star and Wessington Springs’ JD Thompson (+8).


Top-25 individual scores: 1. Aiden Abraham, Hamlin, +2; 2. Kaiden Weinreis, Doland, +4; 3. Seth Lesnar, Webster Area, +5; 4. Maxxon Kees, De Smet, +7; T-5. Bryson One Star, White River, +8; T-5. JD Thompson, Wessington Springs, +8; T-5. Gavin Colson, Sully Buttes, +8; T-8. Drake Mueller, Faulkton Area, +9; T-8. Kaden Burshiem, Flandreau Indian, +9; T-8. Larz Tvedt, Wolsey-Wessington, +9; T-11. Atticus Eyjolfson, Estelline/Hendricks, +10; T-11. Madden Merkwan, Bon Homme, +10; T-11. Shay Weber, Philip, +10; T-14. Carter Vogel, Chester, +11; T-14. Michael Branaugh, Bon Homme, +11; T-16. Derek Brueggeman, Miller, +12; T-16. Wiley Cronin, Gettysburg, +12; T-18. Zane Messick, Hill City, +13; T-18. Wyatt Larson, McIntosh, +13; T-20. Breylon Rahn, Hill City, +14; T-20. Seth Hettick, Edmunds Central, +14; T-20. Corbin Tople, Centerville, +14; T-23. Hadley Thompson, Timber Lake, +15; T-23. Logan Borns, Clark/Willow Lake, +15; T-23. Liam Moumy, Alcester-Hudson, +15; T-23. Briggs LaBrie, Doland, +15; T-23. Drew Knobloch, Sioux Falls Lutheran, +15.

Team scores: 1. Bon Homme, +40; 2. Philip, +46; 3. Clark/Willow Lake, +48; 4. Hill City, +49; 5. Wessington Springs, +50; 6. Edmunds Central, +57; 7. Miller, +60; 8. Wall, +61; 9. Faulkton Area, +65; T-10. De Smet, +69; T-10. Garretson, +69; 12. Estelline/Hendricks, +70; 13. Viborg-Hurley, +71; 14. Timber Lake, +73; 15. Webster Area, +74; 16. Gettysburg, +75; T-17. Howard, +76; T-17. Britton-Hecla, +76; 19. Lyman, +78; 20. Platte-Geddes, +88; 21. Sioux Falls Lutheran, +89; 22. Hanson, +94; 23. Stanley County, +98; 24. Warner, +103.