Corvallis boys win state golf title

by Scott Sacry, Sports Editor

The Corvallis boys golf team won the 2025 Class A State Championship in Sidney on Saturday, October 4. This is the first state golf championship for Corvallis in the 10-year history of the golf program.

Corvallis led by seven strokes after the opening round on Friday, then closed the deal on a rainy Saturday to win by two strokes over second place Billings Central, 614-616. 

“At one point late in the round on Saturday, we were down by four strokes as a team,” said Kristy Schlimgen, Corvallis’s head golf coach. “But the boys dug deep and pulled it out. To say I’m proud of them doesn’t do it justice. For them to be down at the end and pull out the win – it was so impressive.”

The members of the Corvallis’s state championship team are Brady Powell, Tag Jessop, Dylan Wirt, Tanner Sorenson, and Coby Powell. As a team they were +38 over the two-day tournament. 

“The boys finished in 3rd place at state the last couple of years,” said Schlimgen. “So they were super motivated to get it done this year, they worked hard in off season and during the season and it paid off.” 

In Montana high school golf, the team score is a composite of the school’s four top scoring golfers, with an alternate fifth golfer whose score doesn’t count toward the total. 

Individually for Corvallis, Brady Powell finished tied for 3rd place at +1 (72, 73), Dylan Wirt took 7th at +6 (74, 76), Tag Jessop tied for 9th at +9 (80, 73), Tanner Sorenson tied for 20th at +22 (83, 83), and Coby Powell took 34th at +27 (87, 84). The boys individual state champion was Colin Jensen from Billings Central, who was -3 (75, 66).

For the Corvallis girls, Kristen Race tied for 19th place (100, 96) and Gracee Storrud tied for 33rd (106, 105).

Schlimgen has been the Corvallis head coach since the program started. “It has been an honor to be a part of the golf program and to be able to help the kids,” said Schlimgen. “We have had a lot of support for Corvallis’s golf program over the last 10 years. It is a credit to all our incredible supporters that we’re able to have a successful program today.” 

Hamilton golf results

The Hamilton girls golf team of Cameron Burnett, Bryn Cianflone, Haley Weber, Ellie Hattlestad, and Rhain Hollingsworth took 4th place at state. Burnett took 6th place at +25 (88, 81), Cianflone tied for 19th (100, 96), Haley Weber took 31st (108, 100), and Rhain Hollingsworth tied for 37th (108, 105). 

For the Hamilton boys, Jackson Kirkbride (84,83) tied for 22nd and Crimson Beyer (90, 89) took 46th.