by Scott Sacry
The Corvallis boys golf team won the Western A Divisional championship at Old Works in Anaconda on Friday, September 27. And it wasn’t close. The Corvallis team of Brady Powell (even par), Tag Jessop (+3), Tate Jessop (+4), and Dylan Wirt (+6) shot a combined +13 over par. To highlight their domination, 2nd place Whitefish was +35 as a team, so Corvallis beat them by a whopping 22 strokes.
The race for the boys individual winner was much closer. Corvallis’ Brady Powell and Hamilton’s Tyce O’Connell were tied after 18 holes, both shooting an even par 72. So they had to go to a one hole sudden death playoff to decide the winner.
They played hole 18 first and both boys made par. They played 16 next and both made par. Then, on the par three 17th, Powell hit his tee shot to 7 feet and made his birdie to win the championship.
Corvallis’ Tag Jessop and Hamilton’s Josh Bender shot matching 75s to tie for 4th. Corvallis’ Tate Jessop shot a 76 for 7th, and Corvallis’ Dylan Wirt shot a 78 to place 9th.
In the boys team standings, the Hamilton team of O’Connell, Bender, Torean Carroll and Jackson Kirkbride took 5th. The Stevensville boys team of Kaden Wyant, Drake Tully, Colton Schiele, and Jackson Guenzler took 11th.
In the girls individual contest, for Hamilton, Cameron Burnett shot a 93 and took 7th, Bryn Cianflone shot a 102 and tied for 13th, Heather Beerman tied for 20th, and Haley Weber tied for 22nd. As a team, the Hamilton girls took 5th.
The Class A State Golf tournament is at the Polson Bay Golf Course in Polson on October 4-5.