Jayden Rios will represent the St. Anthony Bulldogs at the Class 1A State Golf Tournament this weekend.

Unfortunately, the Bulldogs team didn’t qualify after finishing sixth in the West Frankfurt Sectional, played at the Franklin County Country Club.

Carmi (White County) was the sectional champion with a 301 team score. Also qualifying was Belleville Althoff (304) and Breese Mater Dei (309). The Bulldogs finished with a 325 score.

“This was, by far, the toughest sectional in the state,” said St. Anthony coach Phil Zaccari. “There were six teams at this sectional that would win or get out of every other sectional in the state. As a team, we played well. It wasn’t our best, but we did compete very well.”

Rios shot a 76 to pace the Bulldogs. He finished among the top 10 golfers, not on one of the top three teams, to qualify for the state tournament. Thomas Chojnicki finished with a 78, Ryan Schultz 85 and Luke Flaig 86 to complete the team scoring. Also playing was Michael Martelli (86) and Jonathan Willenborg (87).

“We had another great year, winning a regional and gaining a lot of experience for our underclassmen,” Zaccari said. “We say a great thank you to our seniors – Luke Flaig, Ryan Schultz and Darin Hutchison – and then good luck to senior Jayden Rios as he plays at state this weekend.”

The state tournament will be played Friday and Saturday at Prairie Vista Golf Course in Bloomington.