POLSON — The Whitefish boys and Polson girls both turned in strong efforts on the opening day of the Class A state golf tournament at Polson Bay Golf Course on Friday.

Whitefish, with two players in the top 10, has a 316 team total and a four-shot lead on Sidney.

Hamilton, 337, is a distant third.

Two-time defending state champion Polson has a 356 first-day total for a 10-shot edge on Northwestern A division al champion Whitefish.

Livingston is well off the pace, holding down third place with a 412 score.

Art Doorn of Whitefish and Paul Brannan of Sidney both tallied even-par 72s to share the top spot on the leaderboard.

Cooper Donahue of Whitefish carded a 74 and is tied for third.

Polson’s Alex Killian turned in a 79 and is tied for ninth.

Livingston’s Christal Tokash had the best round for girls with an 80. Nicole Clairmont of Polson and Whitefish’s Erin Tabish are tied for second with 83s.

Jaylin Kenney of Polson and Katie Fyall of Whitefish are three shots back and share fourth place.

Rounding out the top 10 are: Whitefish’s Simone Craft, 92, tied for seventh; and Polson’s Lauren Dupuis, 93, in ninth and Peyton Anderson, 94, 10th.

Tournament action winds up today.

At Polson Bay Golf Course

Par 72

BOYS

Team scores: Whitefish 316, Sidney 320, Hamilton 337, Anaconda 339, Billings Central 344, Lewistown 348, Belgrade 369, Libby 375.

Top 15 individuals

Paul Brannan, Sidney 72

Art Doorn, Whitefish 72

Dylan Meccage, Laurel 74

Cooper Donahue, Whitefish 74

Caleb Stezner, Anaconda 76

Jackson Wagner, Anaconda 76

Josh Heath, Hamilton 78

Jake DuFresne, Laurel 78

Alex Killian, Polson 79

Connor Frank, Sidney 7 9

Gavin McPherson, Glendive 80

Tyler Ferguson, Belgrade 81

Larkin Chandler, Hardin 81

Bobby Frank, Sidney 82

Tyrell Walker, Lewistown 83

Ky Burch, Hamilton 83

Team results

Whitefish (316) – Art Doorn 72, Cooper Donahue 74, Cody Olson 85, Joey Walp 85, Mitch Young 88.

Sidney (320) – Paul Brannan 72, Connor Frank 79, Bobby Frank 82, Luke Beenken 87, Tristan Potts 108.

Hamilton (337) – Josh Heath 78, Ky Burch 83, Blaine Wetzsteon 87, Bridger Palin 89, Taylor Dowdy 97.

Anaconda (339) – Caleb Stetzner 76, Jackson Wagner 76, Zach Dauenhauer 92, Jordan Noyd 95, Dennis Stanberry 103.

Billings Central (344) – Cam Caraveau 85, Parker Jones 86, Dylan Neutgens 86, Jackson Boos 87, Kaiden Caraveau 87.

Lewistown (348) – Tyrell Walker 83, Kyle Myhre 86, Trip Crouse 88, Zach Hould 91, Preston Kynett 97.

Belgrade (369) – Tyler Ferguson 81, Shiloh Christopher 92, Elijah Baker 98, Sam Hoffman 98, Chase Waddell 102.

Libby (375) – Johnny Cielak 85, Morgan Wilkins 87, Quinn Sullivan 97, Luke Adamason 106.

Laurel – Dylan Meccage 74, Jake DuFresne 78, Robbie Nardella 93.

Polson – Alex Killian 79, Reno Lindesmith 94, Ryan Thurman 94.

Glendive – Gavin McPherson 80, Haydn Pettersen 86.

Hardin – Larkin Chandler 81.

Havre – Jeff Miller 85, Jerod Boles 89, Dustin Haas 90, Kane Gabrielsen 91.

Miles City – Jarrett Gunther 86, William McFarland 86, Devin Doughty 92.

Frenchtown – Troy Wolff 87, Chris Delaney 88.

Browning – Trae Kennerly 88.

Dillon – Parker Love 93, Travis Ackerson 96, Nathaniel Reed 100, Carson Turner 108.

Livingston – Nick Bragg 93, Gunner Bergsing 99, Garrett Schweigert 101.

Butte Central – Tryston Frey 95.

Stevensville – Spencer Grooms 99.

Columbia Falls – Henry Chisholm 109.

GIRLS

Team scores: Polson 356, Whitefish 366, Livingston 412, Laurel 414, Anaconda 414, Havre 418, Dillon 440, Billings Central 490.

Top 15 individuals

Christal Tokash, Livingston 80

Nicole Clairmont, Polson 83

Erin Tabish, Whitefish 83

Jaylin Kenney, Polson 86

Katie Fyall, Whitefish 86

Morgan O’Neil, Laurel 88

Sydni Rose, Hamilton 92

Simone Craft, Whitefish 92

Lauren Dupuis, Polson 93

Peyton Anderson, Polson 94

Emily Morley, Anaconda 96

Darby McNally, Frenchtown 97

Madi Tucker, Laurel 97

Taylor Nelson, Dillon 98

Breilyn Riggin, Glendive 100

Team results

Polson (356) – Nicole Clairmont 83, Jaylin Kenney 86, Lauren Dupuis 93, Peyton Anderson 94, Heather Franck 111.

Whitefish (366) – Erin Tabish 83, Katie Fyall 86, Simone Craft 92, Malia Morris 105, Georgia Donaldson 113.

Livingston (412) – Christal Tokash 80, Kaycee Keegan 102, Michaela Amunrud 106, Hunter Rose Goetz 124.

Laurel (414) – Morgan O’Neil 88, Madi Tucker 97, Kallie Linse 110, April Wheeler 119.

Anaconda (414) – Emily Morley 96, Julia Peterson 104, Brittany Slaughter 105, Ali Huber 109.

Havre (418) – Nikki Gabrielsen 101, Katie Beck 104, Payton Howard 104, Boston Swensen 109, Randi Gabrielsen 114.

Dillon (440) – Taylor Nelson 98, Casawndra Page 107, Shelby Kluesner 113, Rachael Nye 122.

Billings Central (490) – MacKenzie Redman 111, Regan Weldon 114, Rachel Wagenaar 120, Sophia Mascarena 121, Chloe Michaelson 138.

Hamilton – Sydni Rose 92, Melissa Kimp 112, Emma Olbricht 113.

Frenchtown – Darby McNally 97, Jamie Knight 101, Ashlyn Stenerson 115, Dani Flynn 127.

Glendive – Breilyn Riggin 100, Amanda Mittlestadt 103, Montana Polette 122.

Lewistown – Marlee Thomas 101, Sydney Smith 105.

Libby – Lily Feeback 101, Erin Jager 108.

Miles City – Megan Ryan 101, Jamie Burman 105.

Browning – Summer Kennerly 102, Cyan Old Chief 105.

Belgrade – Jessie Hirsch 104, Sarah Friedrich 115.

Hardin – Charity Ratliff 107.

Sidney – Nicole Moore 118, Kennedi Sheehan 118.