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HULL OF A SWING: Enterprise junior Dakota Hull placed second among all area golfers, and placed sixth among all 3A/2A/1A golfers. - Observer photos/PAUL HARDER

One day the Enterprise boys golf team will look back with fond memories of a second place finish at the state tournament. For now, it’s thinking about what might have been.

The 6,479-yard course took its toll on the field Tuesday.

“This is a championship course,” Enterprise head coach Mike Crawford said. “There are no flat putts, and the pin placements didn’t help lower the numbers.”

Only McKenzie’s Casey King navigated the course without getting hurt.

King shot a 4-under-par 68. He moved from third to a tie for first with Alex Harding of Westside Christian.

Outlaws freshman Cole Sajonia also made a move up the leaderboard. Sajonia finished tied for fourth with a 159.

“It’s a great start for (Cole),” Crawford said. “He played real solid. The motivation is there to do more next season.”

Junior Dakota Hull fell back three spots to sixth.

Two triple bogeys typified the unrelenting greens.

One 10-foot putt missed the cup and went 40 feet past the hole and off the green.

“That happened to a lot of golfers,” Crawford said. (Dakota) had missed some opportunities, but had a good day.”

The Outlaws held steady to finish in second place by shooting a 670.

Westside Christian finished first with a 625.

“We pressed a little bit trying to make up ground,” Crawford said. “The boys know they

didn’t play their best. Still, they realized their score was the best 2A score. We’ll see what happens next year.”

Wallowa’s Tyler Harshfield finished as steady as he started.

After opening with an 85, he finished with the same score on Day 2. Harshfield finished tied for 15th.

3A/2A/1A

Team scores

Westside Christian 625, Enterprise 670,  Catlin Gabel 688; St. Mary’s 699; Creswell 702; McKenzie 705; Gold Beach 711; Toledo 716; Nyssa 728; Echo 734; Valley Catholic 734.

Top-10

Alex Harding, W. Christian 146; Casey King, McKenzie, 146; Trevor Harding, W. Christian, 158; Cole Sajonia, Ent, 159; Nathan Smith, W. Christian, 159; R.O. Gomez, Oakridge, 160; Dakota Hull, Ent, 160; Ryan Jesenik, W. Christian, 162; Alex Street, St. Mary’s 163; Joe Edwards, Toledo, 164.

Area scores

T4. Cole Sajonia, Ent, 159; T6 Dakota Hull, Ent, 160; T15. Tyler Harshfield, Wallowa, 170; T27. Nick Januzzi, Ent, 175; T30. Marcus Anderson, Ent, 176; Lucas Stangel, Ent, 98.