There were close calls but no state championships for Flathead Valley golfers at the Class AA and A state tournaments over the weekend. Glacier’s Ryan Porch finished second in AA boys, shooting a 78 and 72 for a 36-hole total of 150. Brandon McIver of Billings West won the title with a 144. As a team, Glacier tied with Bozeman for third place. Flathead shot 668 for ninth.
In Class A, Whitefish’s Reed Platke fell short in his bid to win a second straight title. Platke shot a 152, one stroke behind Belgrade’s Zack Stowell. Platke has now finished one stroke off the lead in two out of his three state championship appearances. Whitefish’s Kiley McConnell finished fifth in girls with a 168. As a team, Whitefish came in fifth in boys and third in girls.
The full results are below.
Class AA:
Boys
Team scores: Billings Senior 611, Billings West 619, Bozeman 623, Glacier 623, Missoula Sentinel 650, Billings Skyview 656, Helena High 665, Missoula Hellgate 665, Flathead 668, Helena Capital 668, C.M. Russell 670, Missoula Big Sky 686, Butte 704, Great Falls High 734
Top 15 Individuals:
Brandon McIver, West 74-70-144
Ryan Porch, Glacier 78-72-150
Wyatt Nielson, Bozeman 76-74-150
Hunter Anderson, Senior 80-71-151
Blair Monson, Senior 79-73-152
Trevin McNeil, Senior 77-76-153
Connor Hausauer, Bozeman 80-73-153
Logan Iverson, Glacier 77-76-153
Derek Colberg, Sentinel 75-78-153
Casey Diaz, Big Sky 80-74-154
Michael Lavin, Flathead 78-77-155
Anders Nord, Hellgate 76-79-155
Austin Berg, West 79-77-156
Tanner Berg, West 80-77-157
Brandon Meyer, Senior 78-80-158
Colter Andren, Senior 78-80-158
Matt Palm, Skyview 78-80-158
JB Carlson, CMR 78-80-158
Girls
Team scores: Great Falls Russell 661, Bozeman 674, Missoula Hellgate 734, Helena Capital 741, Billings West 741, Butte 760, Missoula Big Sky 784, Billings Senior 785, Helena High 785, Glacier 802, Billings Skyview 814, Missoula Sentinel 818, Great Falls High 843, Flathead 854
Top 15 Individuals:
Katie Fish, CMR 80-76-156
Bergen Buck, Bozeman 82-78-160
Cayley Fish, CMR 84-80-164
Rachel Solomon, CMR 87-78-165
Amanda Roberts, Capital 84-85-169
Kelton Enich, Big Sky 92-77-169
Lauren Hausauer, Bozeman 86-83-169
Haley Swain, Billings West 88-81-169
Brittani Dutton, Skyview 86-87-173
Shanae Gilham, Bozeman 88-85-173
Charlee Remitz, Bozeman 89-87-176
Lindsey Trent, Hellgate 92-84-176
Lexi Pyette, CMR 90-86-176
Mari Wolverton, Sentinel 94-83-177
Jackie Wells, Hellgate 86-92-178
Class A:
Boys
Team scores: Hamilton 640, Laurel 642, Belgrade 658, Sidney 681, Whitefish 682, Billings Central 688, Polson 703, Butte Central 735, Dillon 755, Anaconda 764, Livingston 774, Columbia Falls 785.
Top 10 Individuals:
Zack Stowell, Belgrade 79-72-151
Reed Platke, Whitefish 75-77-152
Brad Palin, Hamilton 76-77-153
Connor Solomon, Laurel 79-75-154
Eli Rogers, Hamilton 79-77-156
Jake McKinney, Laurel 79-78-157
Tyler Jessop, Hamilton 83-77-160
Decker Willson, Livingston 81-79-160
Dylan Meccage, Laurel 87-77-164
Eric Olive, Belgrade 81-84-165
Girls
Team scores: Billings Central 693, Laurel 748, Whitefish 769, Anaconda 816, Polson 818, Sidney 821, Livingston 823, Frenchtown 958, Columbia Falls 962, Hamilton 966, Dillon 984, Lewistown 1012, Browning 1099.
Top 10 Individuals:
Kyla Clancy, Bill. Central 78-76-154
MckEnzie Webinger, Laurel 83-80-163
Mariah Cleveland, Laurel 84-81-165
Katelyn Frank, Sidney 82-83-165
Kiley McConnell, Whitefish 78-90-168
Teryn Green, Anaconda 88-89-177
Sarah Hagan, Bill. Central 89-89-178
Ashleigh Walter, Bill. Central 91-88-179
Chere Anderson, Bill. Central 95-87-182
Toni Reynolds, Miles City 89-95-184