ABERDEEN, S.D. — The Spearfish Spartans wrapped up their 2026 boys golf season Tuesday with a 17th-place team finish at the Class AA Boys State Golf Championship at Lee Park Golf Course in Aberdeen.
Spearfish finished the two-day tournament with a team score of 675, shooting a 337 in Monday’s opening round before closing with a 338 on Tuesday. The Spartans finished at 107-over par for the championship.
Alek Dunwoody led the way individually for Spearfish, putting together the Spartans’ best two rounds of the tournament.
Dunwoody opened the state tournament with a 78 before carding an 80 in the final round. His two-day total of 158, 16-over par, placed him in a tie for 44th in the Class AA field.
Alex Eisner recorded Spearfish’s second-best individual finish. After opening with an 87 on Monday, Eisner improved by three strokes in the final round with an 84. He finished 92nd overall with a two-day score of 171, 29-over par.
Cade Larscheid and Eli Kortan finished tied for 94th at 31-over par, each recording a two-round total of 173.
Larscheid shot an 85 in the opening round before closing with an 88. Kortan followed a similar path, opening with an 87 and improving by one stroke Tuesday with an 86.
Grady Martin finished tied for 103rd after rounds of 91 and 95 for a two-day total of 186, 44-over par.
Kanon Dana rounded out the Spearfish lineup. Dana made an eight-stroke improvement during Tuesday’s final round, following an opening-round 102 with a 94. He finished 111th at 54-over par with a total score of 196.
Spearfish Individual Results
T44. Alek Dunwoody: 78-80, 158 (+16)
92. Alex Eisner: 87-84, 171 (+29)
T94. Cade Larscheid: 85-88, 173 (+31)
T94. Eli Kortan: 87-86, 173 (+31)
T103. Grady Martin: 91-95, 186 (+44)
111. Kanon Dana: 102-94, 196 (+54)
Team Championship
Sioux Falls Lincoln captured the Class AA team championship with a two-day score of 581, finishing 13-over par. Lincoln entered the final round with a 292 before firing a tournament-best 289 Tuesday to secure the title.
Brandon Valley finished just two strokes back at 583 (+15), while O’Gorman took third with a 588 (+20). Watertown finished fourth at 609 (+41), and Harrisburg rounded out the top five at 611 (+43).
Spearfish finished 17th at 675 (+107), 17 strokes ahead of 18th-place Rapid City Central.
Individual Championship
The individual state championship came down to a playoff between O’Gorman’s Drew Simon and Sioux Falls Lincoln’s Tyson Blom.
Both golfers finished the 36-hole championship at 2-under par with matching totals of 140. Simon shot consecutive rounds of 70, while Blom followed an opening-round 71 with a 69 Tuesday to force the playoff.
Simon ultimately secured the Class AA individual championship with a par on the first playoff hole.
Mitchell’s Asher Dannenbring and O’Gorman’s Lincoln Trasamar tied for third at 1-over par with two-day totals of 143, while Brandon Valley’s Cooper Shuman finished fifth at 3-over with a 145.
For Spearfish, Dunwoody’s tie for 44th capped the Spartans’ state tournament appearance and led the team’s six-player contingent in Aberdeen.