Whitefish girls win Western A golf

HAMILTON — The Whitefish girls golf team placed all four scoring finishers in the top 12 at the Western A divisional tournament, easily capturing the team title at Hamilton Golf Course on Saturday.

Gracie Young carded a 94 to finish third overall and the Bulldogs had finishers in sixth (Holly Hileman, 101), 10th (Hayley Hileman, 106) and 12th (Megan Archibald, 108) to post a team score of 409. Dillon, which finished second at 432, also advanced its team to the state tournament.

The state tournament will be held Friday and Saturday at Hamilton Golf Course.

Butte Central’s Tricia Joyce comfortably took medalist honors by 11 strokes, carding an 80 to outpace Frenchtown’s Courtney Ockler.

Hamilton took the top two individual spots in the boys tournament, and four of the top 14, for a commanding team win.

Polson’s Carson McDaniel finished tied for third with a 6-over-par 78 to help the Pirates to a second place team finish and a place at the state tournament. Polson’s Matt Hobbs finished sixth (81), Noah McDonald tied for seventh (83) and Colin Kenney tied for 15th (92).

Hamilton’s Max Toenjes won medalist honors at 1-over-par 73, topping teammate Ky Burch by four strokes.

Western A divisional

Hamilton

At Hamilton Golf Course

Yardage: 6,847 (boys), 4,630 (girls); Par: 72

Boys

Team results

1, Hamilton 319; 2, Polson 326; 3, Butte Central 369; 4, Whitefish 373; 5, Stevensville 379; 6, Columbia Falls 380; 7, Frenchtown 407; 8, Corvallis 423. No score: Dillon.

Individual Top 15 (qualifiers for state)

1, Max Toenjes, Ham, 73; 2, Ky Burch, Ham, 77; T3, Carson McDaniel, Pol, 78; T3, Zel Frost, Stev, 78; 5, Blaine Wetzsteon, Ham, 79; 6, Matt Hobbs, Pol, 81; T7, Tyge Yellenich, BC, 83; T7 Logan Lybbert, CF, 83; T7, Noah McDonald, Pol, 83; T10, Derek Wolff, Ftn, 84; T12, LJ Panasuk, CF, 85; T12, Brendan Buls, Wf, 85; 14, Tristan Hanson, Ham, 90; T15, Cameron Johnson, BC, 92; T15, Colin Kenney, Pol, 92.

Girls

Team results

1, Whitefish 409; 2, Dillon 432; 3, Polson 458; 4, Hamilton 472; 5, Frenchtown 479; 6, Corvallis 598. No score: Butte Central.

Individual Top 15 (qualifiers for state)

1, Tricia Joyce, BC, 80; 2, Courtney Ockler, Ftn, 91; 3, Gracie Young, Wf, 94; 4, Dani Flynn, Ftn, 96; 5, Lindsey Huber, Dil, 97; 6, Holly Hileman, Wf, 101; 7, Cali Cannon, Pol, 102; T8, Melissa Kimp, Ham, 105; T8, Kiyara McCue, Pol, 105; T10, Kelsy Truman, Dil, 106; T10, Hayley Hileman, Wf, 106; 12, Megan Archibald, Wf, 108; 13, Adrianna Pittman, Dil, 109; 14, Liz Roberts, Ham, 115; 15, Amanda Farley, Pol, 116.