Fish, CMR top state golf

C.M. Russell senior Katie Fish wouldn't trade places with anyone.

Fish shot 42-38-80 at Buffalo Hill Golf Club on Friday to top the leader board at the Class AA state golf tournament.

Fish owns a two-shot advantage on Bergen Buck of Bozeman heading into today's final round at Big Mountain Golf Club.

Cayley Fish of CMR and Amanda Roberts of Helena Capital are tied for third with 84s.

"I like being first," Katie Fish said.

"That's the best place to be.

"I think there is more pressure on the others," Fish said of those who trail her.

"They have to catch-up."

C.M. Russell and Bozeman are currently tied for the team lead with 341 totals. Missoula Hellgate is third, 367.

Fish, who tied for seventh last year at state, said she was not overly pleased with her round.

"I wanted to be in the 70s," she said.

"But I will settle for 80. What the heck.

"I was hitting really good," she said off the tee.

"I couldn't make a putt. I was over two putts per hole."

Fish did, however, rebound from a tough front nine.

"I tend to do that, have a medium front and a good back," she said.

Fish played Buffalo Hill for the first time last year at the Flatfish Invitational, but says she didn't remember a lot about the course.

"I remember parts of it," she said.

"The doglegs with the hook I have worked out pretty good. It's a fun course to play."

Fish has never played Big Mountain.

"I heard the greens are really fast," she said.

"I will have to adjust to that."

In boys team play, Billings Senior leads a tightly bunched field with a 311 total. Bozeman is second, 312, with Glacier and Billings West tied for third, 313 each.

Brandon McIver of Billings West shot a 2-over 74 to lead the medalist chase. Derek Colberg of Sentinel, 75, is second, while Wyatt Nielson of Bozeman and Anders Nord of Hellgate are tied for third with 76s.

Glacier has three boys in the top 10 - Logan Iverson, 77, is tied for fifth, and Ryan Porch, 78, and Tyson Howe, 78, are in a 10-way tie for eighth place.

Flathead's Michael Lavin, 78, is tied for eighth.

Howe had to scramble to make it into the top 10. The senior carded an eagle on the par 5, 446-yard 15th hole, finished with four birdies - Nos. 6, 7, 12 and 14 - and three pars - 4, 8 and 11.

On the par 5, 535-yard 11th hole, Howe's tee shot went out-of-bounds. He salvaged a par thanks to sticking his second shot 5-feet from the pin.

He opened play on the 13th hole with a bogey.

"I went in pretty calm today," he said of his first state tournament appearance.

"It's weird because I thought I would be a lot more nervous."

Howe said the greens were "pretty touchy," which made for some tough putts.

"I was good off the tees," he said.

"I struggled on the greens.

"Hopefully tomorrow will be better," he added.

"The greens (at Big Mountain) are better suited for my game."

Class AA State Golf

Friday's Results

Buffalo Hill Golf Club

BOYS

Par 72, 6,199 yards

Team Totals

Billings Senior 311, Bozeman 312, Glacier 313, Billings West 313, Billings Skyview 329, Missoula Sentinel 330, Flathead 335, Helena High 336, Helena Capital 340, Missoula Hellgate 340, C.M. Russell 341, Missoula Big Sky 350, Butte 351, Great Falls High 364.

Top 10

Brandon McIver, Billings West 74

Derek Colberg, Sentinel 75

Wyatt Nielson, Bozeman 76

Anders Nord, Hellgate 76

Logan Iverson, Glacier 77

Colter Andren, Billings Senior 77

Trevin McNeil, Billings Senior 77

Michael Lavin, Flathead 78

Pat Holland-Stergar, Butte 78

Ryan Porch, Glacier 78

Tyson Howe, Glacier 78

Matt Palm, Billings Skyview 78

JB Carlson, CMR 78

Chris Puyear, Hellgate 78

Brandon Meyer, Billings Senior 78

Ryan Vanderpan, Bozeman 78

Michael Daines, Bozeman 78

By Team

Billings Senior (311) - Blair Monson 79, Trevin McNeil 77, Colter Andren 77, Brandon Meyer 78, Hunter Anderson 80

Bozeman (312) - Connor Hausauer 80, Wyatt Nielson 76, Ryan Vanderpan 78, Kyle Powell 88, Michael Daines, 78

Glacier (313) - Logan Iverson 77, Ryan Porch 78, Tyson Howe 78, Andy Boyer 80, Kevin Talcott 84

Billings West (313) - Brandon McIver 74, Christian Butler 88, Tanner Berg 80, Jake Zwemke 80, Austin Berg 79

Billings Skyview (329) - Houston Bradbury 79, Matt Palm 78, Cody Pleas 83, Justin Jaster 89, Parker Bradbury 92

Missoula Sentinel (330) - Derek Colberg 75, Alec Shull 84, Rory Mill 92, Robbie Jacobson 85, Logan Becker 86

Flathead (335) - Michael Lavin 78, Max Applegate 89, Andrew Olson 82, Remington Barnes 93, Dylan Nelson 86

Helena High (336) - Colter Day 82, Chris Puyear 78, Jeremy Nettleton 89, Spencer Petersen 87, Alex McHugh 92

Missoula Hellgate (340) - Colin Gunstream 81, Anders Nord 76, Brady Henthorn 91, Sebastian Robitaille 94, Evan Schultz 92

Helena Capital (340) -Bryson Smith 91, Brock Stetzner 87, Aiden Clark 87, Dillon Shulz 82, Dublin Sullivan 84

C.M. Russell (341) - JB Carlson 78, Austin Baune 90, Brit Kessner 84, Taylor Kuntz 91, Marcus Levesey 89

Missoula Big Sky (350) - Hudson Ruiz 89, Casey Diaz 80, Aaron Koerner 90, Stephen Schmidt 91, Wyatt Smith 95

Butte (351) - Pat Holland-Stergar 78, David Starcevich 87, Vinnie Svejkovsky 91, Ty Murphy 95, Kody Carver 96

Great Falls High (364) - Kyle Clutter 85, Chris Kirkegaard 91, Matt Gillespie 90, Caleb Taylor 98, Kurtis Steinmetz 107

GIRLS

Par 74, 5,279 yards

Team Totals

C.M. Russell 341, Bozeman 341, Missoula Hellgate 367, Helena Capital 373, Billings West 375, Billings Senior 384, Helena High 388, Butte 389, Missoula Big Sky 394, Glacier 402, Billings Skyview 406, Missoula Sentinel 411, Great Falls High 431, Flathead 436

Top 10

Katie Fish, CMR 80

Bergen Buck, Bozeman 82

Cayley Fish, CMR 84

Amanda Roberts, Capital 84

Stephanie Campbell, Bozeman 85

Brittani Dutton, Skyview 86

Jackie Wells, Hellgate 86

Lauren Hausauer, Bozeman 86

Rachel Solomon, CMR 87

Mackenzie Enich, Big Sky 88

Shanae Gilham, Bozeman 88

Haley Swain, Billings West 88

By Team

C.M. Russell (341) - Katie Fish 80, Rachel Solomon 87, Cayley Fish 84, Taisha Bell 91, Lexi Payette 90

Bozeman (341) - Bergen Buck 82, Lauren Hausauer 86, Charlee Remitz 89, Stephanie Campbell 85, Shanae Gilham 88

Missoula Hellgate (367) - Jackie Wells 86, Lindsey Trent 92, Katie Martens 95, Lyndsey Christian 98, Emily Finnegan 94

Helena Capital (373) - Amanda Roberts 84, Kaity Harrington 98, Kasey Hoerning 95, Neenah Dalton 99, Mariah Adsem 96

Billings West (375) - Haley Swain 88, Sam Northrop 93, Cortney Bromenshenk 95, Ashley Bertrand 103, Danielle Campanella 99

Billings Senior (384) - Amanda Rutz 99, Haley Anderson 99, Lauren Steinmetz 91, Jessie Radford 102, Sammy Walter 95

Helena High (388) - Jenna Krum 106, Dani Prebil 100, Tori McHugh 97, Taylor Nehl 98, Chantelle Gailushas 93

Butte (389) - Hailey Hoagland 94, Meghann Kenneally 96, Ashley Williams 100, Kaitlyn McGrath 99, Ashleigh Preston 111

Missoula Big Sky (394) - Kelton Enich 92, Mackenzie Enich 88, Katelyn Cotner 98, Sedona Gaudin 116, Kalyn Brown 149

Glacier (402) - Mallory Skinn 117, Shea Stevens 98, Shelby Ballard 97, Hannah Davis 107, Kaydee Aurich 100

Billings Skyview (406) - Brittani Dutton 86, Cyan Wagner 99, Susie Wolf 97, Sara Bonk 124

Missoula Sentinel (411) - Mari Wolverton 94, Ashton Squires 105, Gwen Lockman 99, Amy Galipeau 113

Great Falls High (431) - Dannielle Kuntz 111, Katie Cerotzke 99, Ali Wahl 124, Anna Cottrill 110, Kailey Prosser 111

Flathead (436) - Andrea Battello 110, Jourdan McFarland 102, Jaycee Rocha 116, Geneva Zoltek 108, Jessika Abbrescia 130