by Scott Sacry
The golf teams from Florence and Darby competed in the Western Divisional golf tournament in Anaconda at Old Works on Tuesday, May 7th in the midst of a spring snow storm.
The Florence girls (Kipley Solari, Alexa McLean, Reese Briney, Lacie Ketelhut, Alyx Monaco) took 2nd place, while the Florence boys (Brody Duchien, Tyler Abbott, Ethan Alexander, Rollie Fisher, Ian McLean) took 4th. Both the Florence boys and girls teams qualified for state.
Individually for the Florence girls, Kipley Solari tied for 4th, Alexa McLean took 6th, and Reese Briney took 8th.
Individually for the Florence boys, Brody Duchien, Tyler Abbott and Ethan Alexander all tied for 14th, and Rollie Fisher finished 20th.
The Darby boys team of Jordan Browning, Abe Atkins, Gus Harrell, Daniel Stewart, and Emerson Atkins took 11th.
The Class B & C State golf tournament began in Shelby on Tuesday, May 14th.