Milton leads Polson boys to Western A golf title; Whitefish girls win

Not a course record, but still great.

Polson’s Max Milton, who shot a course-record 59 on his home course on Tuesday, came back with a 65 Saturday to claim medalist honors at the Western A Divisional golf meet. 

The junior put together six birdies with an eagle on the par-5 No. 14 at Polson Bay; he also had two bogeys but still beat the field by nine strokes. Dylan Wirt of Corvallis was among three players tied for second at 76; Whitefish’s Mason O’Neil was fifth at 77. 

The Pirates won the boys team title with a 303 total, 10 strokes ahead of Whitefish. Soren Lund (78) and Cash Brown (79) finished in the top 15 for Polson; for the Bulldogs, Ashton Taylor (78), Wyatt Scott and Nick and Zach Schmid-Sommer were all in the top 15. 

Whitefish won the girls team title by six strokes over the host Lady Pirates, 371-377. While Hamilton’s Burnett Cameron won medalist honors by eight strokes, Whitefish saw Karlee Brown (82) and Ryhlee Scott (83) finish 2-3, with Jillian Wagner also in the top 10. 

Polson’s Sara Dumouchel (87), Harlie Fisher and Johanna Bieber were all top-15 golfers. 

Hamilton and Corvallis were third and fourth among the girls teams. Bigfork was sixth but had two players among the top 10: Keegan Campbell (fourth at 85) and Jocelyn Holton. 

The top four teams advance to the State A tournament at Shelby’s Marias Valley Golf Club Oct. 2-3. In addition, the top eight individuals not qualified on a team will make the trip.  

That punches tickets for three boys players outside the Top 15: Liam Castor of Ronan (81, joining teammate Oliver Rowe), Kaden Wyant of Stevensville and Declan Oswald of Dillon. 

For the girls, Columbia Falls’ Sawyer Clark and Ronan’s LaRae Mays earned the final spots. 

Western A Divisional 

Saturday, Polson Bay GC 

BOYS

Team scores — 1, Polson 303; 2, Whitefish 313; 3, Corvallis 332; 4, Hamilton 333; 5, Dillon 338; 6, Ronan 345; 7, Stevensville 354; 8, Columbia Falls 356; 9, Butte Central 359; 10, Frenchtown 373; 11, Browning 393; 12, Bigfork 409; 13, Libby 422. 

Individual Top 15

Max Milton, Polson    65 

Dylan Wirt, Corvallis    76 

Beau McGree, Butte Central    76 

Brayden Garr, Frenchtown    76 

Mason O’Neil, Whitefish     77 

Soren Lund, Polson    78 

Ashton Taylor, Whitefish    78 

Wyatt Scott, Whitefish    79 

Nick Schmid-Sommer, Whitefish    79 

Cash Brown, Polson    79 

Wilcox Easton, Hamilton     79 

Oliver Rowe, Ronan    79 

Zach Schmid-Sommer, Whitefish    80 

Bentley Cady, Columbia Falls    80 

Zane Garrison, Dillon    80 

GIRLS

Team scores — 1, Whitefish 371; 2, Polson 377; 3, Hamilton 392; 4, Corvallis 396; 5, Frenchtown 427; 6, Bigfork 430; 7, Dillon 442; 8, Columbia Falls 487; 9, Ronan 494. 

Individual Top 15

Burnett Cameron, Hamilton    74 

Karlee Brown, Whitefish    82 

Ryhlee Scott, Whitefish    83 

Keegan Campbell, Bigfork    85 

Skyler LaPierre, Dillon    86 

Sara Dumouchel, Polson    87 

Mya McGree, Butte Central    88 

Evelynn Driskell, Stevensville    89 

Jillian Wagner, Whitefish    90 

Jocelyn Holton, Bigfork    90 

Weber Haley, Hamilton    93 

Chloe Clements, Corvallis    94 

Kirsten Race, Corvallis    94 

Harlie Fisher, Polson    95 

Brooklyn Beiber, Frenchtown    96 

Johanna Bieber, Polson    96