Eureka’s Bohne, Casazza have strong first rounds at State B golf
BILLINGS — Eureka’s Kyla Bohne and Thompson Falls’ Megan and Ellie Baxter are all sitting in the top 10 of the girls’ State B golf tournament, which began Tuesday at Eaglerock Golf Course.
Eureka’s Erik Casazza is sitting tied for eighth in the boys’ individual race.
Bohne is sitting third after a first-round 87, and Megan Baxter is right behind at 88. Ellie Baxter’s 95 puts her in a tie for ninth with Camryn Collins of Baker.
Fairfield’s Emma Woods fired a 78 to take the first-round lead by two strokes over Celi Chapman of Boulder.
Big Timber, led by Sam Moore’s 90, has a two-stroke edge in the team race over Columbus, with 406. Shelby is third at 434. Division 3 champion Three Forks saw its Nol. 3 golfer disqualified and now sits fifth, 33 strokes off the pace. Bigfork is 10th out of 12 teams.
On the boys’ side Columbus built a 9-stroke lead in the team race, with Caden Meier and Mike Courts shooting 79-80. The Cougars have 334 strokes to 343 for Conrad and 347 for Missoula Loyola.
Loyola’s Zeke Boos is tied with Conrad’s Jarek Shepherd after the first day of competition. Both shot 76. Casazza and Rowdy Hudson of Huntley Project both shot 82.
Eureka is sitting seventh in the team standings, with 371
Bigfork’s Colin Wade shot a first-round 90 and sits just outside the top 15. The tournament concludes Wednesday.
State B Golf Tournament
at Eaglerock Golf Course, Billings
GIRLS
Team scores — Big Timber 406, Columbus 408, Shelby 434, Townsend 437, Three Forks 439, Colstrip 443, Shepherd 447, Manhattan 454, Bigfork 486, Glasgow 491, Malta 536,
Top 15 Individuals
1, Emma Woods, Fairfield, 78; 2, Celi Chapman, Boulder, 80; 3, Kyla Bohne, Eureka, 87; 4, Megan Baxter, Thompson Falls, 88; 5, Sam Moore, Big Timber, 90; 6, Aubree Mitchum, Columbus, 92; 7, Trinity Wilson, Townsend, 94; 8, Abby Baer, Colstrip, 94; 9, Ellie Baxter, Thompson Falls, 95; 9, Camryn Collins, Baker, 95; 11, Savannah Durocher, 97; 12, Natalie Roberts, Big Timber, 98; T13, Jory Clary, Shelby, 100; T13, Kodi Obert, Columbus, 100; 15,
Bigfork — Hummel 105, Sydney Slawter 121, Ava Hall 147, Mackenzie Holton 114, Brooklyn Kallenberger 146.
BOYS
Team scores — Columbus 334, Conrad 343, Missoula Loyola 347, Baker 351, Anaconda 365, Glasgow 365, Eureka 371, Red Lodge 373, Boulder 377; Forsyth 386, Malta 412, Cut Bank 420.
Top 15 Individuals
T1, Zeke Boos, Loyola, 76; T1, Jarek Shepherd, Conrad, 76; 3, Konner Flint, Baker, 77; T4, Caden Meier, Columbus, 79; T4, Peyton Toney, Townsend; 6, Mike Courts, Columbus, 80; 7, Kyler Cassel, Shelby, 81; T8, Erik Casazza, Eureka, 82; T8, Rowdy Hudsen, Huntley Project, 82; 10, Burke Mastel, Red Lodge; 83; T11, Riley Smith, Glasgow, 85; T11, Max Giles, Fairfield, 85; T13, Caden Huntsinger, Conrad, 86; T13, Landon Olson, Columbus, 86; 15, Cristean Habets, Conrad, 87.
Eureka — E. Casazza 82, Keenan McDole 100, Trent Truman 92, ach Stenslie 97, Braden Casazza 105.