DELL RAPIDS — The Chester Area Flyers won the girls’ title and the Wessington Springs Spartans rolled to the boys’ championship Tuesday at the Region 2B golf tournament, held on the Rocky Run Golf Course.

The Spartans shot 235 as a team to earn a 10-stroke win over the De Smet Bulldogs. Chester Area was third in the boys’ title race. James Valley Christian finished 9th, one shot out of eighth in the team race and Iroquois/Lake Preston was 13th.

Wessington Springs’ Blake Larson shot a two-over par 73 to earn medalist honors for the boys, with Gavin Landmark of Deubrook two strokes back, and Max Kees of De Smet shot 78 for third.

The top 20 and ties for the boys’ qualified for next week’s state tournament in Brookings.

Other Heartland qualifiers include Brook Krueger, Luke Larson and JD Thompson of Wessington Springs; Danny Sudenga, Kayden Fast and Tom Aughenbaugh of De Smet - as members of the top two teams in the region.

Individuals qualifiers included Ethan Bartholow of James Valley Christian.

Other JVC finishers included Jonah Niederbauer in 23rd place and Skylar Thielbar in 38th. Iroquois/Lake Preston was led by Ben Curd’s 38th place finish.

Chester Area rolled to a team score of 274 in the girls’ championship, to qualify for state, as will second place Estelline/Hendricks. No Heartland schools fielded a full team for the competition.

Individually, Ayla Texley of Estelline/Hendricks shot an 84, to edge Chester’s Jadyn McDonald by a single stoke. Brooke Jennings of De Smet was third with a 92.

Other Heartland qualifiers for next week’s state tournament include Belle Niederbaumer of JVC and Harper Anderson from De Smet. Wessington Springs’ Taylor Braun was one stroke out of a tie that would have qualified her.

The boys’ Class B state tournament is set for the Brookings Country Club southwest of town, while the girls’ will be playing at Edgebrook, on the south side of Brookings.