Corvallis, Billings Central lead A golf

SIDNEY — The Corvallis boys and Billings Central girls look strong after the first round of the State A golf tournament at Sidney Country Club. 

But Polson and Whitefish are sitting right there.

Polson’s boys, with Max Milton’s 69 leading all golfers, sit in a tie for second in the team standings, seven strokes behind the 309 put together by Corvallis. The Blue Devils have three players in the top 10 after 18 holes, led by Brady Powell’s 72. 

Billings Central’s boys team also has 316 strokes, with a couple players in the 70s. 

Polson has Milton — he had an eagle and four birdies to balance out one tough hole Friday — along with Cash Brown (75), Soren Lund (84) and Carson Emerson (88) scoring well. 

Ronan’s Oliver Rowe joined Brown and Billings Central’s Colin Jensen at 75. 

On the girls’ side Billings Central has a more convincing lead — 23 strokes over Whitefish, which had 372 strokes on Friday. 

Anna Linde of fourth-place Livingston has a four-stroke lead over the field after a 77; Central’s Berkley Park and Karlee Brown of Whitefish both put up 81s to sit second. 

Whitefish’s Ryhlee Scott (93) sits 10th, one stroke behind Keegan Campbell of Bigfork. The Bulldogs also have Caroline Owens (98) and Ava Zignego (100) not far outside the Top 15. 

The Central Rams, meanwhile, have four girls inside the All-State cutoff. 

Full results for the tournament, which concludes Saturday, can be found at mhsa.org. 

State A 

Friday and Saturday 

Sidney Golf Club 

BOYS

Team scores — 1, Corvallis 309; 2, Polson and Billings Central, 316; 4, Livingston 330; 5, Sidney 33; 6, Frenchtown 338; 7, Laurel 340; 8, Dillon 353. 

Individual Top 15

Max Milton, Polson    69 

Brady Powell, Corvallis    72 

Sawyer Gentry, Livingston    74 

Caleb Fornshell, Billings Central    74 

Dylan Wirt, Corvallis    74 

Colin Jensen, Billings Central    75 

Oliver Rowe, Ronan    75 

Cash Brown, Polson    75 

Tag Jessop, Corvallis    80 

Brayden Garr, Frenchtown    80 

Stuart Gentry, Livingston    81 

Royce Taylor, Laurel    81 

Kalen Price, Sidney    81 

Brady Collins, Sidney    81 

Zach Maki, Dillon    82 

GIRLS 

Team scores — 1, Billings Central 349; 2, Whitefish 372; 3, Dillon 385; 4, Livingston 401; 5, Hamilton 404; 6, Lewistown 410; 7, Miles City 414; 8, Frenchtown 416. 

Individual Top 15

Anna Lende, Livingston    77 

Berkley Park, Billings Central    81 

Karlee Brown, Whitefish    81 

Jordan Nielsen, Billings Central    83 

Autumn Goodan, Lewistown    84 

Skyler LaPierre, Dillon    85 

Cameron Burnette, Hamilton    88 

CeCe Fornshell, Billings Central    90 

Keegan Campbell, Bigfork    92 

Ryhlee Scott, Whitefish    93 

Briley Alberi, Dillon    94 

Ava Flotkoetter, Miles City    94 

Kaitlin Ferris, Billings Central    95 

Izzy Basich, Sidney    96 

Izzabella Weber, Lockwood    96