2A

IDAHO FALLS — For the second Monday in a row, Stephen Paul of Kellogg went low — real low.

Paul, a junior, shot an 8-under-par 62 — six birdies and an eagle — for a six-shot lead after the first day of the state 2A golf tournament at Sage Lakes Golf Course.

Last week, Paul shot an 8-under-65 at The Links in Post Falls to win the District 1-2 title by one shot over Seth Swallows of St. Maries.

“Stephen's round today was hands down, the best round of golf I have seen in my 25-plus years of coaching golf, and that is saying something since the next best round happens to be his 65 at districts just a week prior,” Kellogg golf coach Simon Miller said. “Tee to green, Stephen was flawless, and his putting was pretty exceptional as well. I only single out the putting because I know how in tune Stephen is with his game, and I know he'd love to have a couple of those lip out putts back.”

Swallows shot 69 on Monday, and is in third.

“The boys played a great back nine and put themselves in a good position to win state,” St. Maries coach Bryan Chase said. “We have a solid senior group that are competitors, and then throw Seth in the mix and they are a tough team to beat. The boys have all been here a few times and their confidence shined through today. Seth played smart and solid throughout the day. I think tomorrow he will be more aggressive, and go after more pins.”

The team leaderboard has a distinct North Idaho flavor, as St. Maries is in second place, two strokes back of Declo, after shooting 320. Genesis Prep is third with a 321, Kellogg tied for fourth with a 323.

“Being five strokes out of the lead doesn't seem like much, but there are some pretty solid and consistent teams ahead of us,” Miller said. “Our 2-through-5 boys will need to play considerably better for us to make a run, but that is entirely possible. They have all played much better earlier in the season, it is just a matter of re-focusing and limiting the mistakes.”

Beau Jones of Lakeside is tied for ninth after shooting 77.

Byron Hammett and CJ Elliott of Genesis Prep, Luke Butler and William Stockton of Priest River, and Lance Hamblin of St. Maries are tied for 11th after shooting 78.

Kellogg’s boys placed second last year in 3A; the Wildcats and Priest River dropped down to 2A this year.

In the girls tournament, St. Maries is fourth after shooting 407 on the first day, and Kellogg is seventh at 411. Ambrose shot 352 and leads by eight.

Sami Sindt of St. Maries shot 88 and is in eighth place.

The tourney concludes today.

2A

At Sage Lakes Golf Course

Par 70

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Declo 318. 2, St. Maries 320. 3, Genesis Prep 321. 4 (tie), Kellogg, Sun Valley Community 323. 6, Grace 325. 6, Compass Charter 334. 8, Bear Lake 347. 9, Nampa Christian 355. 10, Ambrose 360. 11, Ririe 365. 12, North Fremont 384. 13, Salmon 410.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1, Stephen Paul, Kellogg, 62. 2, Jaxon Smyer, Declo, 68. 3, Seth Swallows, St. Maries, 69. 4 (tie), David Chacon, Ambrose; and Cole Fay, Compass Charter, 72. 6, JT Slivinski, Bear Lake, 73. 7, Jack Verhaeghe, Sun Valley Community, 75. 8, Alex Gailey, Declo, 76. 9 (tie), Brock Hill, Grace; and Beau Jones, Lakeside, 77.

ST. MARIES — Seth Swallows 69, Lance Hamblin 78, Grayson Sands 80, Landon Warren 93, Deacon Machado 98,

GENESIS PREP — Byron Hammett 78, CJ Elliott 78, Gabe Missamore 82, Carson Rubert 83, Brady Rubert 83,

KELLOGG — Stephen Paul 62, Jaeger Hall 84, Brodie Robinson 86, Blake Coburn 91, Easton Towne 92

LAKESIDE — Beau Jones 77.

PRIEST RIVER — Luke Butler 78, William Stockton 78, Jace Yount 91.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Ambrose 352. 2, Cole Valley Christian 360. 3, Grace 379. 4, St. Maries 407. 5, Challis 408. 6, Bear Lake 410. 7, Kellogg 411. 8, Lighthouse Christian 441. 9, Valley 442. 10, Ririe 452.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1, Katrina von Behren, Ambrose, 71. 2, Chloe Singpraseuth, Cole Valley Christian, 72. 3, Ashley von Behren, Ambrose, 76. 4, Tanli LeMoyne, Wendell, 77. 5, Kamryn Mansfield, Grace, 79. 6 (tie), Addison Slivinski, Bear Lake; and Caroline Caven, Cole Valley Christian, 80. 8, Sami Sindt, St. Maries, 88. 9, Karlie Christensen, Grace, 91. 10, Oakley Peck, Soda Springs, 92.

ST. MARIES — Sami Sindt 88, Keianna Olson 95, Jaelyn Barden 110, Addison Crane 114, Kiley Boutilier 124.

KELLOGG — Kendra Korasick 95, Izzy Groves 96, Kaci Finlay 110, Kadimay Hart 110, Elliott Hei 118.

GENESIS PREP — Chiara Lehman 94.

3A

Braylyn Bayer, Badgers

Lead after first day

BLACKFOOT — Braylyn Bayer of Bonners Ferry shot a 3-over-par 75 for a three-shot lead, and the Badgers lead by eight strokes after the first day of the state 3A tourney at Blackfoot Golf Course.

Teammate Avery Bayer is third after shooting 79 for Bonners Ferry, which finished second last year. Braylyn placed second last year, Avery fifth at state.

In the boys tournament, defending champion Toby Heider of Kimberly shot a 1-over 73 for a one-shot lead after the first day.

Colton Mendenhall, Timberlake’s lone entrant, is tied for sixth following a 5-over-par 77, four shots back.

The tourneys conclude today.

3A

At Blackfoot Golf Course

Par 72

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Kimberly 323. 2, Homedale 343. 3, Snake River 35. 4, McCall-Donnelly 365. 5. Buhl 376. 6, Teton 384. 7, Bonners Ferry 390.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1, Toby Heider, Kimberly, 73. 2 (tie), Kyler Kelly, Buhl; and Carter Williams, Weiser, 74. 4, Luke Henry, Homedale, 75. 5, Jameson Harper, Kimberly, 76, 6 (tie), Tate Ova, McCall-Donnelly; and Colton Mendenhall, Timberlake, 77. 8, Treyson Katseanes, Snake River, 83. 9, Bjorn Lindquist, Teton, 84. 10, Jimmy Kendall, American Falls, 85.

BONNERS FERRY — Evan Reitz 88, Eli Blackmore 89, Tyson Tadlock 96, Chago Jiminez 117, Jacob Bliss 120.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Bonners Ferry 364. 2, Kimberly 372. 3, Teton 403. 4, McCall-Donnelly 436. 5, Snake River 440. 6, Weiser 451. 7, Filer 459.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1, Braylyn Bayer, Bonners Ferry, 75. 2, Ellie Stastny, Kimberly, 78. 3, Avery Bayer, Bonners Ferry, 79. 4, Gwen Parker, Homedale, 85. 5, Alli Stastny, Kimberly, 87. 6, Sadie Bagley, Teton, 88. 7 (tie), Brighton Van Orden, Snake River; and Piper Lamm, McCall-Donnelly, 91. 9, Ava Harper, Kimberly, 93. 10, Lucy Hickey, Weiser, 94.

BONNERS FERRY — Braylyn Bayer 75, Avery Bayer 79, Mia Blackmore 96, Holly Alexander 114, Ava Villelli 125.