Class B state golf: Gittings, Weimer in hunt

BIGFORK — Bigfork’s Lars Gittings and Blake Weimer are both in the hunt for a medal after the opening round of the Class B state golf tournament Tuesday at Eagle Bend Golf Club.

Gittings is tied for fifth after shooting a 79 while Weimer is tied for eighth with an 80.

Defending champion Tom Swanson of Missoula Loyola shot a 1-under-par 71 to top the leaderboard.

Bigfork’s Maddie Lorang is tied for 25th in the girls’ tournament after shooting a 109. Loyola’s Sadie Crippen leads after shooting a 74.

The tournament concludes today. Boys tee off beginning at 7:30 a.m. and girls at 8:30 a.m.

Class B state golf tournament

At Eagle Bend Golf Club, Bigfork

First round

Boys

Team scores - 1, Missoula Loyola 304; 2, Red Lodge 342; 3, Thompson Falls 351; 4 (tie), Deer Lodge 360; 4 (tie), Three Forks 360; 4 (tie), Forsyth 360; 7, Choteau 361; 8, Columbus 365; 9, Shepherd 375; 10, Fairfield 387; 11, Conrad 402; 12, Plentywood 412

Top 15 Individuals - 1, Tom Swanson, Loy, 71; 2, Justin Galiher, Loy, 73; 3, Keagan Lindsoe, TF, 77; 4, Jared Gee, Loy, 78; 5 (tie), Dallas Burgess, Ple, 79; 5 (tie), Lars Gittings, Big, 79; 5 (tie), Matt Mullaney, RL, 79; 8 (tie), Blake Weimer, Big, 80; 8 (tie), Dane Martinson, She, 80; 10, Derrek Durocher, Cho, 81; 11 (tie), Tommy Tirrel, Loy, 82; 11 (tie), Dalton Hooton, T. Falls, 82; 13 (tie), KC Smith, DL, 85; 13 (tie), Parker Vandewark, RL, 85; 15 (tie), Morgan Schenk, Fair, 86; 15 (tie), Tyler Bates, T. Falls, 86; 15 (tie), Dalton Hagadone, For, 86

MISSOULA LOYOLA (304) - Tom Swanson 71, Justin Galiher 73, Jared Geer 78, Tommy Tirrel 82, Patrick Kosena 94

RED LODGE (342) - Matt Mullaney 79, Parker Vandewark 85, Sam George 88, Levi Lynde 90, Tom Bolkcom 101

THOMPSON FALLS (351) - Dalton Hooton 82, Tyler Bates 86, Caleb Bates 88, Ross Dalby 95, Greg Wadsworth 106

DEER LODGE (360) - KC Smith 85, Tristan Clark 86, Derek Walker 92, Jesse Vasquez 97, Andrew Pierson 111

THREE FORKS (360) - Keagan Lindsoe 77, Chad Houska 87, Tre Barber 95, Nelson Guild 101, Alex Sebena 103

FORSYTH (360) - Dalton Hagadone 86, Blake Schwagler 87, Danny Friez 87, Chris Nile 100, Hunter Wester 109

CHOTEAU (361) - Derrek Durocher 81, Cody Lohman 89, Tucker Rogers 89, Wyatt Bouma 102, Ron Daley 117

COLUMBUS (365) - Jackson Klee 88, Chaz Krone 91, Colton Stampfel 92, Ryland Stampfel 94, Philip Holten 95

SHEPHERD (375) - Dane Martinson 80, Holden Vandivort 94, Taylor Bestron 99, Jacob Mader 102, Jordan Self 109

FAIRFIELD (387) - Morgan Schenk 86, Tristen Isakson 94, Paxson Swartz 99, Tucker Norheim 108, Mason Murray 108

CONRAD (402) - Jack Grubb 98, Justin Salois 100, Lucas Fowler 102, Logan Garman 102

PLENTYWOOD (412) - Bryan Ordahl 88, Jerod McCrory 94, Blake Brenteson 115, Andrew Eberling 115, Tanner Sedwich 117

Girls

Team scores - 1, Townsend 364; 2, Missoula Loyola 387; 3, Three Forks 417; 4, Huntley Project 424; 5, Big Timber 440; 6, Columbus 441; 7, Forsyth 446; 8, Cut Bank 450; 9, Colstrip 456; 10, Shelby 502; 11, Choteau 550; 12, Malta 580

Top 15 Individuals - 1, Sadie Crippen, Loy, 74; 2, Maggie Crippen, Loy, 76; 3, Hanna Walter, Hunt, 82; 4, Bailee Dexter, Town, 83; 5 (tie), McKenna Levesque, Mal, 90; 5 (tie), Taryn Campbell, BT, 90; 7, Lynzee Dexter, Town, 91; 8, Anna DeMars, Town, 93; 9, Hailey Orcutt, Con, 95; 10 (tie), Sidney Lane, Cut, 97; 10 (tie), Madison Robischon, Town, 97; 10 (tie), Macaul Bartuff, TF, 97; 13 (tie), Abi Vensor, TF, 99; 13 (tie), Molly Fedje, Col, 99; 15, Alyssa Brewer, For, 101; also 25 (tie), Maddie Lorang 109

TOWNSEND (364) - Bailee Dexter 83, Lynzee Dexter 91, Anna DeMars 93, Madison Robischon 97, Harley Barnett 153

MISSOULA LOYOLA (387) - Sadie Crippen 74, Maggie Crippen 76, Brooke Bezanson 102, Julia Downing 135, McKayla Hoedel 142

THREE FORKS (417) - Macaul Bartruff 97, Abi Vensor 99, Taylor Ferguson 107, Sara Popke 114, Karsyn Houska 127

HUNTLEY PROJECT (424) - Hanna Walter 82, Brianne Dandrea 111, Annie Olsen 114, Elle Milohov 117, Vanessa Steiger 146

BIG TIMBER (440) - Taryn Campbell 90, Chessa Parker 110, Jordan Moody 118, Jocelyn Holman 122, Morgan Empter 130

COLUMBUS (441) - Tana House 105, Alex Solomon 107, Haley Teske 114, Sarina Myers 115

FORSYTH (446) - Alyssa Brewer 101, Shaunessy Bidwell 107, Amber Giesick 116, Brooke Channel 122, Dalaney Purkett 125

CUT BANK (450) - Sidney Lane 97, Josie Ray 113, Rebecca Laird 117, Linzie Schwindt 123

COLSTRIP (456) - Molly Fedje 99, Kinzie Bailey 108, Courtnee Zuehlsdorff 123, Stephanie O’Connor 126

SHELBY (502) - Hayley Fretheim 120, Haley Olson 120, Hannon Stevens 125, Katie Hayes 137, Kila Dumas 143

CHOTEAU (550) - Tori Fladstol 122, Madi Gameon 124, Paige Shepherd 145, Stephanie Martin 159

MALTA (580) - McKenna Levesque 90, Taryn Shores 145, Avery Weise 168, Serena Stine 177