Herald staff
YAKIMA – The few golfers from the Western Conference that qualified for the Class 3A state championship did a great job of representing Wesco on Monday.
John Laws from Meadowdale shot a seven-under par 65 to pace the entire field after the first round. Lynnwood’s Austin Beatty shot a par-72, good enough for sixth-place.
The second-round of the tournament will take place today at the Meadow Springs Golf Course in Yakima.
Class 4A State Championship, first round: Jackson’s Mike Hansen and Kamiak’s Jake Koppenberg both shot a two-over par 74 to tie for ninth place after the first round. Chad Gorney from Cascade shot a 75, while teammate Justin Brundage and Shane Wells from Oak Harbor finished the first round at 76.
Individual results-9. Mike Hansen (Jackson) and Jake Koppenberg (Kamiak) 74, 20. Chad Gorney (Cascade) 75, 21. Shane Wells (Oak Harbor) and Justin Brundage (C) 76, 26. L. B. Stave (J) 77, 37. Zach Shriver (Marysville-Pilchuck) and Sam Pauley (K) 78, 43. Ajae Slayton (Mount-Vernon) 79, 48. Matt Wedler (K) 80, 45. Steve Peterson (C) and Rollin Wood (K) 81, 74. Seth Fletcher (Arlington) 84, 79. Dom VanDaVeer (M-P) 90, 80. Tyler Hanson (Shorewood) 91. |
Class 2A State Championship, first round: Shane Magnuson from Cascade High School of Leavenworth led all golfers with a two-over par 74.
Individual results-1. Shane Magnuson (Cascade) 74, 2. Chad Carlson (Goldendale) 75, 3. Brenton Harting (Chewelah) 76, Chris Ohl (Ephrata) 76, Kane Gardner (Othello) 76, 6. Kevin Farmer (Blaine) 77, J.C. Lawrence (Orting) 77, Ryan Neimeyer (Omak) 77, 9. Gary Hentges (Chewelah) 78, Cole Alford (Ridgefield) 78, Jake Easterly (Cascade) 78, Brandon Peck (Newport) 78. |
Class A/B State Championship, first round: Friday Harbor had three golfers in the top-20, including Justin Benz, who is tied for third after shooting a two-under par 70.
King’s Richard Woo is in a three-way tie for 12th place with a four-over par 76.
In the Class B tournament, Matt Elmore from Master’s Touch and Chris Fuller from Grace Academy both finished in the top-20 after the first round.
Class A Individual results-3. Justin Benz (Friday Harbor) 70, 12. Richard Woo (King’s) 76, 14. Arlen Plaister (Orcas Island), Hank Schuman (FH) 78, 18. Chris Bennett (OI) 79, 19. Nick Schuman (FH) 80. Class B Individual results-8. Sang Lee (Cedar Park Christian) 80, 13. Matt Elmore (Master’s Touch) 81, 16. Sun Koo (CPC) 83, 20. Chris Fuller (Grace Academy), Nathan Moore (CPC) 84, 29. Danny Brown (MT) 86, 33. Jordan Bettinger (CPC) 89. |
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