George Ferguson
Havre Daily News Sports
gferguson@havredailynews.com
It wasn't as successful a first day as the Havre high boys and girls golf teams would have liked. The HHS boys sat in third place and the HHS girls were in a disappointing eighth place Thursday after 18 holes of the Class A state golf tournament in Whitefish.
The boys are playing at the difficult Whitefish Lake North course, and as expected, the host Whitefish Bulldogs jumped out to a commanding first-day lead. Whitefish finished the day with a team score of 305. That put them well out in front of the field heading into today's final round. Billings Central sat in second place at 322. The Blue Ponies were in third at 336 and were in contention for a trophy. But they were only four strokes ahead of fourth-place Ronan and nine strokes ahead of fifth-place Polson.
Junior Matt Hedstrom paced the HHS boys with a score of 81. Brandon Job, Anthony Wirtzberger and Sean Strand shot 84, 85 and 86, respectively. Marshall Cartwright rounded out the scoring for Havre with a 93. No HHS player sat in the top 10.
While the Havre High boys were still in the hunt for a state trophy, the Havre High girls team didn't help its chances of contending for any hardware on Thursday afternoon. The Blue Pony girls finished the first day of play on the Whitefish Lake South Course with a team score of 452. The fact that Havre is in eighth place was tough enough, but the Ponies were 19 strokes behind seventh-place Ronan.
Polson had a commanding lead of 13 strokes on second-place Whitefish, while Miles City and Anaconda sat in third and fourth place, respectively.
Junior Ali Ward didn't have her best day on Thursday and was the only Blue Pony to break 100. Ward, who was considered a contender for all-state honors, finished her first round with a score of 92. She was 12 strokes off the lead and three strokes out of the top 10 heading into today's final round. The rest of the HHS girls struggled on the first day as well. Sophomores Stacey Sheppard and Haley McLain fired rounds of 112 and 117, respectively. Freshman Tabitha Beck's first-ever state tournament round was also an eye-opener. Beck shot a 131.
The Class A state tournament will conclude this afternoon at Whitefish Lake Golf Club.
Boys
Team Totals
Whitefish 305, Billing Central 322, Havre 336, Ronan 340, Polson 345, Belgrade 353, Sidney 357, Butte Central 362, Dillon 365, Anaconda 367, Miles City 373, Frenchtown 386
Top 10
Chris Richter, Bigfork 73
Chris Conners, Whitefish 75
Sam Krause, Whitefish 76
Eamon Clancy, Billings Central 77
William Foust, Ronan 77
Derek Denning, Whitefish 77
Matt Krause, Whitefish 77
Jim Mee, Libby 80
Rob Fust, Billings Central 80
Andrew Moorhead, Billings Central 80
By Team
Anaconda - Allen Johnson 86, Cory Donahue 86, Paul Johns 87, Kramer Smith 108
Belgrade - Tony Nelson 82, Tony Erickson 89, Brandon Harvey 91, Wade Fellin 91, L.J. Clayton 101
Bigfork - Chris Richter 73
Billings Central - Eamon Clancy 77, Rob Fust 80, Andrew Moorhead 80, Alex Powers 85, Riley Corcoran 103
Butte Central - Dan Markovich 81, Adam Axelson 90, Buster Hansen 92, Mario Bartoletti 99, Sean O'Leary 104
Columbia Falls - Bobby Pierce 90
Dillon - Marko Stanisich 86, Glen Daugherty 91, Shane Cotton 92, Jason Schumacher 96, Chase Godecke 98
Frenchtown - Tyler Kuhn 83, Casey Moen 88, Todd Roullier 90, Wyatt Prison 116, Matt Block 125
Hamilton - Paul Peterson 90, Jasper Miller 94
Havre - Matt Hedstrom 81, Brandon Job 84, Anthony Wirtzberger 85, Sean Strand 86, Marshall Cartwright 93
Laurel - Jordan Michael 84, Eddy Nelson 96
Lewistown - Steve Gruner 88, Matt Gruener 96, Kyle Whitcraft 97
Libby - Jim Mee 80
Miles City - Pete Marksuson 91, Ryan Howe 93, Bob Reynolds 94, Chaz Hedge 95, Shawn Swenson 97
Polson - Jason Newton 83, Harry Medland 86, Shawn Medland 88, Kellan Mills 88, Chris Hanson 90
Ronan - William Foust 77, Josh McGreevey 82, Josh Grenier 85, Chris Starkel 96, Aaron Acosta 98
Sidney - David Stennes 86, Kaleb Dasinger 88, Joel Kessler 90, Joe Kallevig 93, Nathan Johnson 96
Stevensville - David Stephens 88, Cody Rosin 92
Whitefish - Chris Conners 75, Sam Krause 76, Derek Denning 77, Matt Krause 77, Tyler Holtet 85
Girls
Team Totals
Polson 355, Whitefish 367, Miles City 399, Anaconda 416, Livingston 417, Billings Central 424, Glendive 433, Ronan 433, Havre 452, Browning 453, Frenchtown 482, Hamilton 493
Top 10
Amy Nordeen, Hamilton 80
Rose Stepanek, Billings Central 82
Chelsea Ray, Whitefish 82
Jen Orchard, Polson 83
Maresa Jenson, Whitefish 84
Kristine Samsel, Polson, 85
Shayla Couture, Ronan 85
Teri Rebo, Libby 87
Stephanie Rowold, Polson 88
Brittany Hedge, Miles City 89
By Team
Anaconda - Lindsay Laughlin 92, Nicole Miller 104, April Capp 107, Chelsie Moquist 113, Erin Heany 117
Belgrade - Emily Lichte 111
Bigfork - Delbie Wilken 03
Billings Central - Rose Stepanek 82, Terese Thelen 111, Rachel Turley 114, Amy Millikan 117
Browning - Jessie Scott 101, Glenna Upham 112, Tamberly Wagner 113, Irene Harrison 127, Corrina Gervais 138
Dillon - Elle Stanisich 123, Lydia Decker 128, Sammi Mitchell 144
Frenchtown - Kristen Kreyenhagen 106, Justine Lubeke 122, Amanda Hawkins 123, Akasha Galstad 131
Glendive - Kalli Stanhope 99, Kali Christianson 102, Abbey Mast 108, Hanna McPherson 124, Bethany Miller 129
Hamilton - Amy Nordeen 80, Claire Schultz 130, Jessica Youngblood 134, Cameron Curley 149
Hardin - Stena Troyer 122
Havre - Ali Ward 92, Stacey Sheppard 112, Hailey McLain 117, Tabitha Beck 131
Laurel - Emily Herman 117
Lewistown - Kim Reid 106, Colleen Rau 118, Jordan Butcher 131
Libby - Teri Rebo 87, Korey Kulbeck 122
Livingston - Hanna Barney 92, Kynsi Berg 96, Chelsea McNamara 114, Erica Larson 115, Caitlyn Pace 120
Miles City - Brittany Hedge 89, Marisa Steadman 100, LaRae Hartman 103, Mia Reynolds 107, Caitlin Flotkoetter 126
Polson - Jen Orchard 83, Kristine Samsel 85, Stephanie Rowold 88, Samie Beaver 104, Whitney Pitts 131
Ronan - Shayla Couture 85, Jordan Strozzi 115, Brooke Wagner 115, Lindsey Cornelius 118, Leslie Morigeau 140
Sidney - Chandra Togerson 104, Amanda Van Every 111
Whitefish - Chelse Ray 82, Maresa Jenson 84, Alex Micklewright 92, Quinn Micklewright 109, Porsche Erickson 126
