State golf results; Round 2 - 2023
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Ephrata’s Kenji Pickeral placed 14th at the 2A Boys State Golf Tournament in Liberty Lake on Wednesday.
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Moses Lake’s Quinten Whittall drives a ball at the fourth hole at the Qualchan Golf Course during the first round of the 4A State Boys Golf Tournament.
WASHINGTON – In this week’s state golf tournaments, nine Basin golfers qualified for Round 2 of their respective tournaments, including four with top-15 finishes.
2A Boys
Ephrata Boys - finished sixth as a team with 54 points.
Ephrata’s Kenji Pickeral - shot 77 in Round 1, 74 in Round 2; 151 total, 14th place.
Ephrata’s Carter Burns - shot 80 in Round 1, 78 in Round 2; 158 total, tied-26th place.
Ephrata’s Max Hewitt - shot 80 in Round 1, 78 in Round 2; 158 total, tied-26th place.
Othello’s TJ Murdock - shot 81 in Round 1, 85 in Round 2; 166 total, 36th place.
2A Girls
Ephrata’s Jayme Dwight - shot 80 in Round 1, 78 in Round 2; 158 total, tied-eighth place.
Othello’s Mariah Murdock - shot 82 in Round 1, 91 in Round 2; 183 total, tied-24th place.
2B/1B Boys
Lind-Ritzville/Sprague’s Hunter Dinkins - shot 88 in Round 1, 87 in Round 2; 175 total, 22nd place.
2B/1B Girls
Almira/Coulee-Hartline’s Naomi Molitor - shot 90 in Round 1, 85 in Round 2; 175 total, fourth place.
Warden’s Lauryn Madsen - shot 99 in Round 1, 97 in Round 2; 196 total, tied-11th place.
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