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State Golf: Two Valley Golfers Finish Second

By Beacon Staff

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

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