POST FALLS — Neither Preston Roth nor his Lakeland High boys golf team were able to hold on to their first-day leads, but both had a lot to smile about at the conclusion of the state 4A golf tournament Tuesday at The Links.

Roth, a senior, finished fourth in the boys medalist competition for his first medal in two trips to state.

And the Lakeland boys finished fourth in a playoff, bringing home a trophy for the first time in school history.

“I didn’t think I would place in the top 10 for sure,” said Roth, who held a one-shot lead after a 1-under-par 72 in Monday’s first round, then shot 75 on a rainy second day to finish four strokes behind the winner. “I didn’t make it to state last year, so coming to state was definitely an honor and a privilege to play with these guys out here. Taking fourth was something special, yeah.”

“I think Preston did a great job out there,” Mario Maddy said. “He’s playing a kid that has colleges looking at him. And Preston right now didn’t have many people looking at him. The kid’s a gamer; he gets out and he competes hard, and he just came up a little bit short today.”

Lakeland shot 306 on Monday and led by three shots over Twin Falls. But the Bruins shot 302 on Tuesday for a 611, while the Hawks shot 311 for a 617. Bishop Kelly shot 295 on Tuesday — a one-day improvement of 23 shots — to finish just two shots behind Twin Falls.

“The kids played in tough conditions, but you’ve got to give it to Twin Falls and those other teams — they made some good shots when they needed to make good shots,” Maddy said. “Those kids were making nice-looking putts to save pars, and we just didn’t make the shots when we needed to make the shots. But for going out there and competing, I’m real proud of the kids. From first to fourth was six strokes — that’s pretty dang close.”

Bishop Kelly junior Hunter Ostrom, playing in the final group as well, shot a 4-under-par 69, capped by an eagle on their final hole, the 640-yard par-6 ninth, to win by three shots over junior Preston Nelson of Twin Falls.

Roth and junior Brady Nelson of Twin Falls each finished at 1-over 147, but Nelson took third in the tiebreaker — head-to-head scores on each hole, starting with the toughest hole.

Lakeland and Skyview of Nampa each shot 617, but Skyview won on the second hole of a playoff for third place.

Twin Falls won its fifth straight state 4A boys title, and fourth under coach Steve Meyerhoeffer.

“My (No.) 3, 4 and 5 kids, freshman, freshman and sophomore, I knew if two of the three had a decent day, we had a very good chance,” Meyerhoeffer said. “One (freshman Drew Meyerhoeffer, the coach’s nephew) shoots 76, one (sophomore Zach Malina) shoots 79.”

Bishop Kelly trailed Lakeland by 12 strokes and Twin by nine after the first day.

“I heard a (BK) kid holed out from 200 yards, a kid made three straight birdies, so I knew they were making a run at us,” Steve Meyerhoeffer said. “And they’ve got the best player in the state (Ostrom). We just hung on by the skin of our teeth.”

Twin Falls will return its top eight players next season — its five at state consisted of two juniors, a sophomore and two freshmen.

Ostrom, who is drawing recruiting interest from several Pac-12 schools, as well as Notre Dame and Minnesota, played in the final group with Roth, Preston Nelson of Twin Falls and Camren Gaschler of Skyview.

Ostrom shot 34 on his front nine and was tied with Nelson at the turn. Roth shot 38 and was two shots back.

Ostrom birdied his 10th hole (the par-4 hole No. 1) from 2 feet for a one-shot lead, and he never relinquished his lead. He increased his lead to two with a par on the par-3 eighth as Nelson bogeyed. Nelson birdied the final hole after Ostrom eagled.

“I had a 65 in mind (for Tuesday) — that was my number, as soon as I left the course (Monday). I knew that was the number that would get us back into the tournament — it actually would have got us the win. It was looking good throughout the day, but a couple three-putts got me down.”

It was Ostrom’s second individual title in three seasons. He was second last year to Derek Bayley of Lakeland, who played this year as a freshman at Washington State. It was BK’s third straight runner-up finish at state.

Roth was even par on the back, birdieing the final hole after bogeying No. 8.

“I hung in there for a while,” Roth said. “I started off par-eagle, I chipped in on 11 (the boys started on the back nine on Tuesday, and finished on the front). But then I had a couple bad holes and I couldn’t bounce back. I missed a lot of 10-foot birdie putts and that was just a bummer.”

Roth has spoken to Community Colleges of Spokane, and Carroll College, about playing after high school.

“Being in the final group was definitely pressure, especially leading,” Roth said. “I felt like I needed to make a bunch of pars, but I needed to make a lot more birdies, I guess.”

Middleton won the 4A girls state title with a 722, 13 shots better than Twin Falls. Kinsley Bonfilio of Bishop Kelly, who has signed with Boise State, shot a 6-over 152 to win girls medalist honors by seven shots.

Lakeland finished fifth, 27 shots out of fourth, missing a trophy by one place.

“I’m proud of my girls. Last year, we go down there (to state), and we get blown off the map,” Maddy said.

Lakeland senior Haley Rotchford bounced back from a rough first day to shoot 84 on Tuesday, finished eighth in a card-off and brought home a medal.

“It’s pretty hard to walk away from shooting 100 and come back the next day and shoot (84),” Maddy said. “Being the competitor that she is, she went out there, she let yesterday go by, and she went out today and competed and she got that medal.”

At The Links

TEAM SCORES — 1, Twin Falls 309-302—611. 2, Bishop Kelly 318-295—613. 3, Skyview 315-302—617 (won playoff). 4, Lakeland 306-311—617. 5, Canyon Ridge 329-318—647. 6, Century 336-325—661. 7, Rigby 384-382—766.

MEDALISTS (Top 10) — 1, Hunter Ostrom, Bishop Kelly 74-69—143. 2, Preston Nelson, Twin Falls 74-73—146. 3, Brady Nelson, Twin Falls 73-74—147 (won card playoff). 4, Preston Roth, Lakeland 72-75—147. 5, Braden Luper, Canyon Ridge 77-71—148. 6, Tregg Pickup, Burley, 75-74—149. 7, Drew Lunt, Skyview 78-73—151 (won card-off). 8, Camren Gaschler, Skyview 76-75—151. 9, Tyler Allumbaugh, Bishop Kelly 80-74—154. 10, Justin Higgins, Skyview 78-76—154.

TWIN FALLS — Brady Nelson 73-74—147, Preston Nelson 73-73—146, Zach Malina 81-79—160, Preston Meyerhoeffer 82-83—165, Drew Meyerhoeffer 83-76—159.

BISHOP KELLY — Hunter Ostrom 74-69—143, Tyler Allumbaugh 80-74—154, Travis Allumbaugh 84-75—159, Brody Bonfilio 83-77—160, Sam Goodman 81-78—159.

SKYVIEW — Justin Higgins 78-76—154, Drew Lunt 78-73—151, Camren Gaschler 76-75—151, Jared Stensgaard 83-78—161, Justin Lunt 96-89—185.

LAKELAND — Preston Roth 72-75—147, Andrew Knight 76-80—156, Tyrel Derrick 78-77—155, Dylan Knight 80-79—159, Shane Hylton 93-91—184.

CANYON RIDGE — Braden Luper 77-71—148, Drew Schwarz 87-81—168, Troy Brown 86-89—175, Austin Day 88-86—174, Cole Hunt 79-80—159.

CENTURY — Ian Carlson 83-83—166, Adam Ping 83-77—160, Chase Rowe 83-79—162, Jayden Yost 87-88—175, Trevor Payne 91-87—178.

RIGBY — Tate Furniss 94-87—181, Chandler Sherer 89-87—176, Alex Lugar 109-106—215, Gavin Thomas 117-109—226, Connor Geisler 92-102—194.

BURLEY — Tregg Pickup 75-74—149.

MIDDLETON — Jacob Staley 85-79—165.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Middleton 364-358—722. 2, Twin Falls 370-365—735. 3, Bishop Kelly 394-363—757. 4, Canyon Ridge 396-367—763. 5, Lakeland 397-393—790. 6, Rigby 400-404—804. 7, Century 453-442—895.

MEDALISTS (Top 10) — 1, Kinsley Bonfilio, Bishop Kelly 78-74—152. 2, Hannah Drake, Century 80-79—159. 3, Bailey Henley, Canyon Ridge 85-77—162. 4, Kathryn Wagoner, Middleton 86-86—172. 5, MJ Karst, Middleton 90-85—175. 6, Hannah Holloway, Bishop Kelly 92-87—179 (won card-off). 7, Tayllore Ward, Twin Falls 93-86—179. 8, Haley Rotchford, Lakeland 100-84—184 (won card-off). 9, Kennedy Jones, Twin Falls 91-93—184 (won card-off). 10, Tanner Thompson, Twin Falls 93-91—184.

MIDDLETON — Kathryn Wagoner 86-86—172, MJ Karst 90-85—175, Maddie Schlader 94-96—190, Mackenzie Wagoner 101-97—198, Brooke Davis 94-91—185.

TWIN FALLS — Tanner Thompson 93-91—184, Tayllore Ward 93-86—179, Lauren Lyda 101-95—196, Katie Behrens 93-99—192, Kennedy Jones 91-93—184.

BISHOP KELLY — Kinsey Bonfilio 78-74—152, Hannah Holloway 92-87—179, Gabbie Watt 124-102—226, Britni Olano 117-113—230, Lizzy Godinho 107-100—207.

CANYON RIDGE — Sam Fitzpatrick 97-103—200, Bailey Henley 85-77—162, Eiza Cresto 101-91—192, Jade Higley 113-96—209, Kaily Harvard 128-128—256.

LAKELAND — Sierra Tingey 96-95—191, Haley Rotchford 100-84—184, Megan Cysewski 91-98—189, Monica Higbee 110-116—226, Madeline Neff 117-119—236.

RIGBY — Emma Pettingill 97-93—190, Arilee Arave 102-97—199, Lindsay Taylor 92-96—188, Alex Hansen 119-118—237, Aspen Crystal 109-120—229.

CENTURY — Hannah Drake 80-79—159, Emily Horrocks 115-107—222, Kaitlyn Howell 129-123—252, Riley Seibert 129-133—262, Grace Hancock 144-165—309.