Redmond High’s Kato qualifies for state

Published 9:34 pm Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Redmond High School freshman golfer Sean Kato qualified for state with a second-place finish at the 4A District 2 Tournament on Wednesday at Snohomish Golf Course.

He finished with a two-day 71-68-139, one stroke behind champion Kelley Sullivan from Skyline High School, who shot 69-69-138.

Kato was the only Mustang to make the cut of eight to qualify for state, which will take place May 27-28 at Creek at Qualchan in Spokane. Kato, who medaled in every league match this season, was the only freshman to qualify for state.

Redmond senior Justin Cook won a three-person, sudden-death playoff to finish 12th overall (76-77-153) and earn the fourth alternate spot to state.

In the team standings, Redmond took third (34 points) behind Skyline (51.8 points) and first-place Issaquah (67.6 points). Redmond stood in second place after the first day of play on Tuesday.

Also competing for Redmond this week were junior Liam Jaffe, sophomore Michael Cummings and freshmen Connor Golembeski and Dylan Howe.

Below: Justin Cook. Courtesy of Jill Flynn