Bayley nabs another 4A title

After carding a two-round score of 132, including a two-under par 66 on the second day of the state 4A golf tournament on Tuesday at Twin Falls Municipal Golf Course, all Lakeland High senior Derek Bayley could do was be patient.

It paid off.

Some two hours after finishing his final high school round, Bayley won state medalist honors for the second time, edging Hunter Ostrom of Bishop Kelly, who finished with a 133.

“I just sat down and ate some lunch and weathered it out a little bit,” said Bayley, who won his first state title as a sophomore in a playoff. “I went out and putted a little bit and just tried to kill time.”

Ostrom hit an eagle on the final hole.

“I had a pretty good idea I’d win,” Bayley said. “My dad was following them in the final couple of holes and he bogeyed 14, so I knew he had to shoot a 1-under to beat me. But I wasn’t positive until they posted the score.”

“He was a little nervous and pacing around the putting green a little bit,” Lakeland coach Mario Maddy said. “When they finally got the scores posted, it was nice to see he’d won. Derek played two really good solid rounds and put together a good two-day total.”

Bayley trailed by one shot after the first day of the tournament after shooting a 66 on Monday.

“It’s perfect,” Bayley said of winning a second state title. “I couldn’t ask for anything more. I really drove the ball well and missed only one drive. I pretty much hit everywhere I wanted to and my short game was really good. My short game really bailed me out when I needed it to.”

After his victory Tuesday, Bayley and his dad drove from Twin Falls to Boise to catch a flight to Alaska to compete in a U.S. Open qualifier today in Wasilla, Alaska, at Settlers Bay Golf Course.

“I played there last year and really liked the course,” Bayley said. “There should be some good competition up there.”

Lakeland’s girls, who won the Region 1 title last week, finished sixth at state.

“I’m really proud of how they played,” Maddy said. “They kept competing and kept trying. We’ll have most of our team back and know what we need to do to improve on for next year. We’ll need to work on our game during the season to compete with the rest of the competition in the state.”

Sandpoint’s boys, the Region 1 champion, finished seventh with a 649.

Haley Nist shot a 39 to win a second straight girls medalist title for Bishop Kelly, which rolled to a fourth straight team title by 111 shots with a 652.

Twin Falls won a third straight boys championship with a 556.

at Twin Falls Municipal Golf Course

TEAM SCORES — 1, Twin Falls 279-277—556. 2, Bishop Kelly 290-294—584. 3, Skyview 295-291—586. 4, Canyon Ridge 302-299—601. 5, Middleton 314-305—619. 6, Century 311-311—622. 7, Sandpoint 328-321—649. 8, Bonneville 357-353—710.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1, Derek Bayley, Lakeland, 66-66—132. 2, Hunter Ostrom, Bishop Kelly, 65-68—133. 3, Preston Nelson, Twin Falls, 69-69—138. 4, Alec Meyerhoeffer, Twin Falls, 70-69—139. 5, Alec Perkins, Twin Falls, 74-66—140. 6, Braden Luper, Canyon Ridge, 74-66—140. 7, Connor Meyerhoeffer, Twin Falls, 68-73—141. 8, Drew Lundt, Skyview, 76-66—142. 9, Greg Law, Columbia, 72-70—142. 10, Tim Skinner, Bishop Kelly, 72-71—143.

LAKELAND — Derek Bayley 66-66—132.

SANDPOINT — David Currie 77-78—155, Max Toenjes 80-76—156, Jared Presnel 87-92—179, Dylan Dufenhorst 84-79—163, Damien Fitzpatrick 95-88—183.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Bishop Kelly 326-326—652. 2, Middleton 380-383—763. 3, Rigby 385-380—765. 4, Twin Falls 373-394—767. 5, Century 408-430—833. 6, Lakeland 422-442—864. 7, Canyon Ridge 472-477—949.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1, Haley Nist, Bishop Kelly, 69-70—139. 2, Nichole Blanchard, Century, 76-79—155. 3, Kinsley Bonfillo, Bishop Kelly, 81-74—155. 4, Hannah Drake, Century, 79-77—156. 5, Jessica Lyter, Emmett, 78-82—160. 6, Rachel Taylor, Rigby, 83-77—160. 7, Jennifer Wilson, Bishop Kelly, 79-83—162. 8, Alexa Van Vleet, Preston, 94-89—183. 9, Kathryn Wagoner, Middleton, 90-95—185. 10, Maci Urruita, Twin Falls, 87-98—185.

LAKELAND — Haley Rotchford 95-96—191, Sierra Tigney 95-103—198, Megan Cysewski 112-111—223, Christine Madore 123-133—256, Monica Higbee 120-132—252.

5A: Lake City senior Kenny Dodge finished third, shooting a 72-76—148 at Highland Golf Club in Pocatello. He was four strokes behind the winner, Connor Johnstone of Vallivue.

The Coeur d’Alene girls finished seventh out of nine teams with a 762. Defending champion Rocky Mountain won with a 689.

The Viking boys were ninth with a 687. Eagle won its fourth straight title with a 595.

at Highland Golf Club, Pocatello

TEAM SCORES — 1, Eagle 295-300— 595. 2, Boise 300-310—610. 3, Lewiston 307-319—626. 4, Skyline 318-317—635. 5, Rocky Mountain 317-322—639. 6, Hillcrest 316-324—640. 7, Timberline 329-332—661. 8, Highland 339-342—681. 9, Coeur d’Alene 347-340—687.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1, Connor Johnstone, Vallivue, 71-73—144. 2, Chris Carew, Eagle, 72-75—147. 3, Kenny Dodge, Lake City, 72-76—148. 4, Guillermo Fairbairn, Boise, 70-78—148. 5, Andy Hess, Hillcrest, 75-74—149. 6, Grayson Huff, Eagle 73-76—149. 7, Phillip Kennedy, Eagle, 77-73—150. 8, Henry Bernard, Rocky Mountain, 72-78—150. 9, Josh Gilege, Eagle, 75-76—151. 10, Eryk Broxson, Boise, 76-75—151.

COEUR d’ALENE — Bryce Volking 84-90—174, Alex Callahan 90-76—166, Colton Gable 87-88—175, Jack Neal 86-86—172, Alex Odenthal 94-92—186.

LAKE CITY — Jake Vetsch 81-82—163, Kenny Dodge 72-76—148.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Rocky Mountain 343-346—689. 2, Vallivue 349-364—713. 3, Eagle 361-358—719. 4, Idaho Falls 365-360—725. 5, Timberline 370-362—732. 6, Highland 371-381—752. 7, Coeur d’Alene 383-379—762. 8, Madison 399-389—788. 9, Lewiston 398-404—802.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1, Gabby Barker, Vallivue, 68-70—138. 2, Yedin Lui, Idaho Falls, 81-80—161. 3, Natalie Mullins, Eagle, 81-83—164. 4, Hannah Giesbrecht, Rocky Mountain, 80-85—165. 5, Ryleigh Moore, Rocky Mountain, 84-82—166. 6, Katie Cudworth, Timberline, 86-82—168. 7, Hadley Hersh, Idaho Falls, 87-81—168. 8, Sammi Jo Spring, Lewiston, 88-81—169. 9, Hailey Spalding, Eagle, 84-85—169. 10, Anne Bahr, Boise, 81-89—170.

COEUR d’ALENE — Allison Duffin 87-88—175, Emily Callahan 94-88—182, Mackenzie Phillips 98-101—199, Mikayla Davenport 106-105—211, Kendra Pasco 104-102—206.

LAKE CITY — Emily Dodge 98-88—186.

3A: After three years of waiting for her chance to top the state 3A golf tournament, Kellogg senior Jessi Gibbons didn’t miss out in the fourth year.

Gibbons won medalist honors with a 170 for Kellogg, which finished second to Marsh Valley at Clear Lake Country Club in Buhl. It is the fifth straight year a Wildcat girl has won medalist, with Kaceelyn Pouttu winning the previous four titles.

“It’s pretty cool,” Gibbons said. “Kaceelyn was a state champion for four straight years, so it feels pretty good to bring it back to Kellogg again.”

Gibbons trailed Abbigail McKinney of Fruitland by two strokes entering the final round. McKinney finished second with a 173.

“I was actually pretty relaxed going into Tuesday,” Gibbons said. “I knew I didn’t want to be in first place after the first day. I knew that this was probably my last golf match ever, so just had to take it shot by shot. I’m still pretty shocked, but this is awesome.”

“She’s a great young lady,” said former Kellogg coach Simon Miller, who stepped down following last season. “It was extremely difficult to walk away because of not being able to coach her. She’s a great person on and off the court/course. I’m very proud to know her.”

Jesse Lambert finished 10th for the Kellogg boys, which finished eighth.

Kade Crossland won medalist honors for Buhl, which claimed the team title by 33 strokes.

at Clear Lake Country Club, Buhl

TEAM SCORES — 1, Buhl 304-303—607. 2, Shelley 319-321—640. 3, Snake River 352-343—695. 4, Weiser 356-361—717. 5, Homedale 362-359—721. 6, Bear Lake 365-373—738. 7, Gooding 372-371—743. 8, Kellogg 376-374—750. 9, Priest River 420-413—833.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1, Kade Crossland, Buhl, 69-75—144 (won in playoff). 2, Hayden Eckert, Buhl, 74-70—144. 3, Matt HoChee, Kimberly, 71-76—147. 4, Keifer Higham, Shelley, 73-78—151. 5, Kasey Crossland, Buhl, 76-77—153. 6, Tyler Frederickson, Shelley, 79-75—154. 7, Jacob Oyler, Filer, 79-79—158. 8, Bridger Truman, Snake River, 81-80—161. 9, Nathan Foss, Fruitland, 80-82—162. 10, Jesse Lambert, Kellogg, 83-80—163.

KELLOGG — Jesse Lambert 83-80—163, Chrishtian deYoung 91-95—186, Tristan Panke 92-86—178, Jaydin Huber 110-113—223, Talon Yost 134-141—278.

PRIEST RIVER — Colton Nunley 97-93—190, Eric Mortensen 108-99—207, Colton Clark 104-114—218, Spencer Johnson 112-109—221, Miles Janhsen 111-112—223.

TIMBERLAKE — Ross Jenkins 88-95—183, Eric Parent 91-93—184.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Marsh Valley 394-413—807. 2, Kellogg 404-417—821. 3, Fruitland 411-414—825. 4, Weiser 416-417—833. 5, Shelley 422-428—850. 6, Kimberly 443-450—893. 7, Snake River 467-465—932.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1, Jessi Gibbons, Kellogg, 87-83—170. 2, Abigail McKinney, Fruitland, 85-88—173. 3, Abby Davids, Marsh Valley, 88-87—175. 4, Hannah Murdock, Snake River, 95-91—186. 5, Abbie Huntsman, Shelley, 95-98—193. 6, Lindsey Hurd, Weiser, 97-97—194. 7, Shae Davids, Marsh Valley, 97-99—196. 8, Ellie Nation, Fruitland, 97-99—196. 9, Shelby Belvoir, Payette, 93-103—196. 10, Katrina Marsden, Shelley, 104-101—205.

KELLOGG — Jessi Gibbons 87-83—170, Payton McKinley 106-110—216, Kaitlyn Miller 102-112—214, Kylie Robinson 117-112—229, Darby Kohn 109-112—221.

2A: The St. Maries boys finished fourth with a 709 at Rupert Country Club.

Gavin McCarter was sixth (165) and Ryan McNulty (165) seventh for St. Maries.

McKenzie Rose finished eighth with a 197 for the St. Maries girls, who were seventh.

Jade Barney (Salmon), Salmon’s boys, Lacy Avera of New Plymouth and Declo’s girls won state championships.

at Rupert Country Club

TEAM SCORES — 1, Salmon 338-337—675. 2, Aberdeen 347-335—682. 3, Nampa Christian 347-345—692. 4, St. Maries 353-356—709. 5, Valley 346-368—714. 6, Calvary Chapel 365-356—721. 7, Cole Valley Christian 373-358—731. 8, Declo 374-358—732. 9, Wendell 370-372—742. 10, Wallace 371-375—746.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1, Jade Barney, Salmon, 76-71—147. 2, Tristan Coles, Ririe, 75-74—149. 3, Ben Taylor, Valley, 77-79—156. 4 Kaden Isaacson, Nampa Christian, 77-80—157. 5, Logan Lloyd, Grace, 80-79—159. 6, Gavin McCarter, St. Maries, 85-80—165. 7, Ryan McNulty, St. Maries, 82-83—165. 8, Kylan Field, Aberdeen, 83-82—165. 9, Sierra Harr, Castleford, 83-85—168. 10, Pierce Bradshaw, Nampa Christian, 85-83—168.

ST. MARIES — Ryan McNulty 82-83—165, Gavin McCarter 85-80—165, David Burnett 90-97—187, Cody Posselt 96-96—192, Hunter McGregor 114-103—217.

WALLACE — Duncan Brain 88-99—187, Josh Howard 88-91—179, Jason Waters 98-96—194, Justin Bayer 97-93—190, Brady Brantley 104-95—199.

LAKESIDE — Jordan Nilson 85-85—170.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Declo 408-391—799. 2, Aberdeen 403-412—815. 3, McCall-Donnelly 418-416—834. 4 Lighthouse Christian 440-407—847. 5, Orofino 472-434—906. 6, Salmon 457-453—910. 7, St. Maries 455-457—912. 8, Nampa Christian 470-459—929.

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS — 1, Lacy Avera, New Plymouth, 88-83—171. 2, April Beck, Aberdeen, 90-91—181. 3, Baylie Holsman, McCall-Donnelly, 94-92—186. 4, Katie Buschhorn, Valley, 97-93—190. 5, Rachel Webb, Declo, 94-97—191. 6, Allie Smyer, Declo, 104-88—192. 7, Joelle Anderson, Declo, 93-100—193. 8, McKenzie Rose, St. Maries, 99-98—197. 9, Parris Gomez, Lighthouse Christian, 108-93—201. 10, Anna Pridey, Lighthouse Christian, 106-98—204.

ST. MARIES — McKenzie Rose 99-98—197, Makenna Balbi 117-108—225, Arie Sands 117-124—241, Morgan Manful 122-127—249, Aspen Presley 131-148—279.

WALLACE — Emily Nelson 114-106—220.

LAKESIDE — Rachael Arthur 128-112—240.