Billings West golfer Jake Hedge took the first-round lead after shooting a four-under-par 68 to take a one-stroke advantage over defending State AA champion Larry Iverson from Kalispell Glacier. Colin Gunstream of Missoula Hellgate sits alone in third after his round of 70, followed by Grahm Schmaltz of Glacier, at 71.
Defending state champion Glacier leads the team race after shooting a combined 293. Billings West stands second at 306, with Billings Senior (312) in third, Helena Capital (318) in fourth and Missoula Sentinel in fifth at 320.
Russell and Bozeman are tied for first in the team standings after each school posted scores of 337. Defending Class A champ Whitefish is third at 338, with Billings West in fourth at 343 and Butte rounding out the top five at 359.
Play is slated to resume Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at the Eagle Falls Golf Course.
Great Falls Invitational
at Meadow Lark Country Club
BOYS
Team scores: Kalispell Glacier 293, Billings West 306, Billings Senior 312, Helena Capital 318, Missoula Sentinel 320, Bozeman 321, Helena High 324, Whitefish 324, Great Falls Russell 325, Billings Skyview 329, Great Falls Russell No. 2 335, Butte 336, Missoula Hellgate 338, Great Falls 342, Kalispell Flathead 352, Missoula Big Sky 363, Havre 369, Great Falls No. 2 392.
Top 10 individuals - 1, Jake Hedge, West, 68; 2, Larry Iverson, Glac, 69; 3, Colin Gunstream, Hgt, 70; 4, Grahm Schmaltz, Glac, 71; 5 (tie), Tim Kienitz, Sen, Ryan Vanderpan, Boz, Bryson Buska, Cap and Aaron Young, Glac, 76; 9, (tie), Kyle Clutter, GFH, Brady Kangas, CMR, Austin Larsen, Sen JB Carlson, CMR No. 2, and Tre Griffith, Glac, 77.
Team results
KALISPELL GLACIER (293) - Larry Iverson 69, Grahm Schmaltz 71, Aaron Young 76, Tre Griffith 77, Justin Newton 78.
BILLINGS SENIOR (312) - Tim Kienitz 76, Austin Larsen 77, Berry Roberts 78, Trevin McNeil 81, Kerry Heard 83.
BILLINGS SKYVIEW (329) - Luke Martinson 79, Houston Bradbury 82, Jeremy Fuhrman 82, Jake Van Binsbergen 86, Cody Pleas 92.
BILLINGS WEST (306) - Jake Hedge 68, Marcus Drange 78, Brian Muller 80, Brandon McIver 80, Ryan Marcotte 81.
BOZEMAN (321) - Ryan Vanderpan 76, James Gibbon 79, Chris Garwood 80, Connor Hausauer 86, Henry Holiday 91.
BUTTE (336) - Ricky McClaskey 81, Jake Reid 82, Beau Randall 86, Patrick Hollan-Stergar 87, Tyler Miller 89.
HELENA HIGH (324) - Ross Marty 78, Justin Teegarden 81, Jeremy Nettleton 82, Chris Puyear 83, Josh Prebil 86.
HELENA CAPITAL (318) - Bryson Buska 76, Ben Ternes 78, Conlan Burk 81, Aiden Clark 83, Dilon Schulz 94.
GREAT FALLS (342) - Kyle Clutter 77, Justin Boland 86, Cooper Thomas 87, Kyle Edwards 92, Dakota Wyatt 109.
CMR (325) - Brady Kangas 77, Austin Baune 81, Aaren Remus 83, Taylor Rodger 84, Bryson Turner 85.
KALISPELL FLATHEAD (352) - Ian Gillespie 80, Ian Hineman 81, Andrew Olson 95, Scoob Decker 96, Odin Kruse 97.
MISSOULA SENTINEL (320) - Austin Edwards 78, Ryan Colberg 80, Derek Colberg 80, Nick Shull 82, Josh Rivers 86.
MISSOULA HELLGATE (338) - Colin Gunstream 70, Dillon Burke 85, Brian O'Day 87, Evan Schultz 96, Anders Nord 97.
MISSOULA BIG SKY (363) - Jake Cooper 86, Casey Diaz 86, Chase Bloom 88, Sam Geiszler 103, Tony Monaco 105.
WHITEFISH (324) - Reed Platke 79, Ryan Zalucky 79, Joel Mallams 80, Daniel Marcus 86, Zach Maassen 87.
HAVRE (379) - Jeremy Jensen 81, Brett Normandy 83, Myles Mazurkiewicz 93, Cody Brunk 112.
CMR No. 2 (335) - JB Carlson 77, Brit Kessner 84, Dylan Meddock 86, Dustin Kaste 88, Jake Osweiler 89, Matt Levesey 90.
GREAT FALLS No. 2 (392) - Caleb Taylor 93, Matt Gillespie 94, Tony Dulaney 99, Logan Donisthorpe 106, Jeff Hoffman 110.
GIRLS
Team scores: Great Falls Russell 337, Bozeman 337, Whitefish 338, Billings West 343, Butte 359, Missoula Big Sky 371, Kalispell Glacier 377, Great Falls Russell No. 2 378, Great Falls High 380, Helena High 383, Kalispell Flathead 383, Missoula Sentinel 390, Helena Capital 392, Billings Skyview 397, Billings Senior 400, Missoula Hellgate 429.
Top 10 individuals - 1, Ashleigh Ogolin, Butte, 76; 2, Morgan Lee, GFH, 77; 3 (tie), Alexa Bell, CMR and Erin King, West, 78; 5, Julie Campbell, Boz, 80; 6 (tie), Natalie Beard, CMR, Quinn Micklewright, Wfsh, BreAnna Cameron, Wfsh, and Karli Aurich, Glac, 82; 10, Lauren Hausauer, Boz, 83.
Team results
BILLINGS SENIOR (400) - Sarah Mutch 94, Lindsie May 97, Lauren Steinmetz 101, Amanda Rutz 108, Annie Staudinger 112.
BILLINGS SKYVIEW (397) - Karly Miller 96, Sara Canfield 97, Brittany Dutton 98, Kirsty Williams 106, Susie Wolf 118.
BILLINGS WEST (343) - Erin King 78, Emily Gates 85, Haley Swain 88, Allyson Peterson 92, Sarah LeVeaux 98.
BOZEMAN (337) - Julie Cambell 80, Lauren Hausauer 83, Bergen Buck 86, Stephanie Campbell 88, Niko Nelson 98.
BUTTE (359) - Ashleigh Ogolin 76, Savannah Talbott 89, Alex Hareland 94, Meghann Kenneally 100, Shelby Fortune 111.
HELENA HIGH (383) - Hannah Woolsey 94, Abby Hunthausen 95, Kassidi DeMars 96, Brianne O'Connor 98, Jenna Krum 107.
HELENA CAPITAL (392) - Mikal Chancy 90, Amanda Roberts 97, Kaity Harrington 101, Loren Stewart 104, Kasey Hoerning 112.
GREAT FALLS (380) - Morgan Lee 77, Kelsey Martin 92, Brittney Kuntz 93, Katie Gibbs 118, Kalsey Simonsen 125.
Great Falls Russell No. 1 (337) - Alexa Bell 78, Natalie Beard 82, Tashia Bell 88, Katie Fish 89, Rachel Solomon 89.
KALISPELL FLATHEAD (383) - Sarah Cunningham 95, Calli Toth 94, Beth McNutt 95, Julia Bechtold 98, Michelle Tanberg 109.
MISSOULA SENTINEL (390) - Tawney Hughes 91, Mari Wolverton 94, Brooke DeBolt 97, Brooke Bowman 108, Shelbi Dantic 109.
MISSOULA HELLGATE (429) - Katie Martens 102, Elyse Finnegan 107, Jackie Wells 109, MacKenzie Blake 111, Lindsey Christian 117.
MISSOULA BIG SKY (371) - Mackenzie Enich 86, Kelton Enich 86, Jillian Walsh 96, Katelyn Cotner 103, Sara Feilzer 117.
WHITEFISH (338) - Quinn Micklewright 82, BreAnna Cameron 82, Kiley McConnell 86, Danielle McCully 88, Ellen Scheffer 101.
HAVRE (no score) - Tabitha Beck 95, Courtney Kinholt 109, Rebecca Martin 152.
CMR No. 2 (378) - Cayley Fish 89, Ryanne Daily 95, Kyla Haynie 96, Shelbi Frieling 98.
KALISPELL GLACIER (377) - Karli Aurich 82, Elsie Sutterfield 90, Taran Brown 99, Justine Klein 106, Taylor Albright 122.
Butte Central Invitational
At Butte, the Bozeman junior varsity boys and Livingston girls took team titles at the Butte Central Invitational at Highland View Golf Course.
The Hawks boys shot a combined round of 316, led by individual medalist Paul Bennett. Livingston took second at 332 and defending Class A champion Hamilton tied for third with the Butte High JV, each finishing at 333.
Bennett's round of 74 was two strokes better than Hans Dierenfeldt from Anaconda, Bret Cregor from Dillon and Belgrade's Drew Ferguson, who tied for second.
The Livingston girls won the team championship with a round of 372. They were followed by Anaconda (391), the Bozeman JV (431) and Hamilton (457).
Teryn Green from Anaconda topped the individual leaderboard with an 83, one stroke better than runner-up Ellie Stanisich from Dillon. Elizabeth Cahoon from Livingston was third at 88 and Lindsay Blass from Frenchtown took fourth with an 89.
Butte Central Invitational
at Highland View Golf Course
Boys
Team scores: Bozeman JV 316, Livingston 332, Hamilton 333, Butte High JV 333, Anaconda 335, Belgrade 344, Stevensville 344, Dillon 355, Butte Central 371, Frenchtown, 388.
Top 10 individuals - 1, Paul Bennett, Boz JV, 74; 2 (tie), Hans Dierenfeldt, Ana, Bret Cregor, Dil and Drew Ferguson, Bel, 76; 5, Zack Stowell, Bel, 77; 6 (tie), Eddie Lally, BuCent, Jason Jessop, Ham and Clay Pape, Ste, 78; 9, Wyatt Nelson, Boz JV, 79; 10 (tie), Stephen Masters, Ana, Colin Rupert, Boz JV, Sam Lubbers, Ste and Drew Ramey, Liv, 80.
Team results
BOZEMAN JV (316) - Paul Bennett 74, Colin Rupert 80, Wyatt Nelson 79, Dylan Kempt 83, Alex Gerharter 95.
LIVINGSTON (332) - Drew Ramey 80, Laith Wilson 84, Charles Buckner 83, Gabe Geering 85, Decker Willson 92.
HAMILTON (333) - Eli Rogers 85, Brad Palin 92, Jason Jessop 78, Tyler Jessop 84, Phil Slicher 86.
BUTTE HIGH JV (333) - Joe Newman 83, Cole Bugni 81, Alfie Merzlak 89, Kody Carver 81, Vinnie Svjkovsky 88.
ANACONDA (335) - Hans Dierenfeldt 76, Stephen Masters 80, Anthony Wood 84, Derek Allick 118, Nick Thieme 95.
BELGRADE (344) - Drew Ferguson 76, Zack Stowell 77, Mikey Smith 97, Justin Halvorson 94, Ben Jessop 163.
STEVENSVILLE (346) - Clay Pape 80, Sam Lubbers 80, Plachy Milan 96, McCallum Nigel 95, Marcus Eyer 93.
DILLON (355) - Brandon Boka 85, Bret Cregor 76, Dakota Norris 88, Devon Compton 106, Bryce Helle 115.
BUTTE CENTRAL (371) - Eddie Lally 78, Dan Ralph 96, Matt Stajcar 101, Jake Kenison 97, Jenson Manning 100.
FRENCHTOWN (388) - Alex Sherry 87, Sam Zeiser 102, Chris Merritt 99, Dustyn Tucker 100, Glen Hensley 107.
BUTTE CENTRAL JV - Isaiah Joppa 103, Harley Davidson 106, Melvin Ross 104.
Girls
Team scores: Livingston 372, Anaconda 391, Bozeman JV 431, Hamilton, 457.
Top 10 individuals - 1, Teryn Green, Ana, 83; 2, Ellie Stanisich, Dil, 84; 3, Elizabeth Cahoon, Liv, 88; 4, Lindsay Blass, Ftn, 89; 5, Alex Brammer, Dil, 90; 6, Capri Ingram, Liv, 91; 7, Jessie Gill, Boz JV, 93; 8, Amanda Reese, Liv, 93; 9, Alicia Capp, Ana, 96; 10, Rachel Wagner, Ana, 98.
Team results
LIVINGSTON (372) - Capri Ingram 91, Elizabeth Cahoon 88, Amanda Reese 93, Lainey Harriman 100, Sarah Boyer 117.
ANACONDA (391) - Teryn Green 83, Alicia Capp 96, Rachel Wagner 98, Ciera Hughes 133, Hannah Anderson 114.
BOZEMAN JV (431) - Jessie Gill 93, Kiley Kremmel 107, Jenna Mosley 114, Talia Wilhelm 117, Tess Haas 124.
HAMILTON (457) - Miranda Martin 111, Tess Rankin 109, Annie Schultz 131, Amber Gough 106.
BUTTE CENTRAL - Krista Stone 168.
DILLON - Ellie Stanisich 84, Alex Brammer 90.
BUTTE HIGH JV - Ashleigh Preston 99, Sarah Riordon 101, Ashley Williams 112.
BELGRADE - Stephanie Nelson 108, Chelsey Ross 116.
FRENCHTOWN - Lindsay Blass 89.
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