Delagardelle Advances to Class 2A State Championship

by Jeff Curley

 The 2026 Hudson Golf Boys Golf Team competed in postseason play in recent days. On Wednesday, May 13th the boys competed in the Class 2A Sectional Meet in Grundy Center and placed second in the team standings advancing on to the District Meet. We are very proud of the boys accomplishment today advancing onto Districts, it was a goal of the boys to advance further this season and we can check that box. The boys have worked hard and we are excited for their opportunity to advance to state.

Sectional scores were Blake Delagardelle (87), Tripp Thompson (89), Gavin Gunnarson (91), Mason McClelland (92), Preston Germain (100), Ty Halupnick (104).

The Boys competed in the Class 2A District Meet in Waterloo on Monday, May 18th with an opportunity to advance to the State Championships. The team came up a little short of the goal missing advancing by 19 strokes. Blake Delagardelle did shoot a 78, which earned him an individual qualifier spot in the Class 2A State Championships. Blake has put in a lot of time with his game both this spring and in the offseason, we are very excited for this opportunity for him to represent himself and Hudson Golf in the State Championships. The entire team gave us many highlights this season and we are excited that they all will return next season, and enter the offseason with great motivation to be in a position next spring to be even more improved.

District scores were Blake Delagardelle (78), Tripp Thompson (80), Gavin Gunnarson (90), Preston Germain (93), Ty Halupnick (93), and Mason McClelland (95). Blake will compete in the Class 2A State Golf Championships on Tuesday, May 26th and Wednesday, May 27th at South Hills Golf Course in Waterloo.
The Girls competed in the Regional Meet at Tripoli on Friday, May 15th and ended a season filled with growth and improvement and good memories. We really enjoyed working with this young group of girls this spring as they were just learning the game, we are very proud of how far they have come this spring.

Alissa Leary shot a personal best 103 (53-50) in the regional meet, just missing advancing to the Reginal Finals by 6-strokes. Alissa really demonstrated great growth this season. Katie Barber carded a 119 (61-58) in the meet and this was also a season best for Katie who really took a big step forward this spring. Emma Sido shot a 135 in the meet for her season best score, we are proud of her progress golfing in just 8-weeks.

A shout out also to Shannon Komen who was also part of the 4 girls who played in the majority of meets this season, Shannon learned so much on the course and also showed great growth. These girls are excited to play more golf this summer and keep improving. We also are excited to add additional incoming golfers next season. Thank you to all of our golf families and supporters of the golf program, we appreciate all you do.