Golf roundup: Richland sophomore medalist at girls district

MOSES LAKE -- Sophomore Mary McDonald of Richland shot 1-under-par 71 to earn medalist honors in the Columbia Basin Big Nine district golf tournament at Moses Lake Golf Club.

Teammates Kristen Strankman shot a 77 for second-place, and senior Brittany Zier (82), junior Madison Hamm (89) and freshman Hope Niedhold (90) qualified for state as the Bombers took first overall with a team score of 324.

At Moses Lake Golf Club (par 72)

Team scores--Richland 324, Eastmont 369, Davis 379, Eisenhower 386, Wenatchee 415, Kamiakin 417, Southridge 419, Walla Walla 429, Kennewick 444, Moses Lake Inc., Pasco inc.

District 5/6 state qualifiers--1, Mary McDonald (R) 71; 2, Kristen Strankman (R) 77; 3, Christine Cooke (Ike) 79; 4, Whitney Welch (East) 80; 5, Brittany Zier (R) 82; 6, Caitlin Malone (D) 87; 7, Madison Hamm (R) 89; 8, Hope Niedhold (R) 90; 10, Karinne Tuttle (East) 91.

Alternates--1, Jordan Takasugi (Wen) 91; 2, Alexa David (R) 94. Wenatchee--Courtney Buehn 102, Elenore Bastian 110, Audrey Bastian 112. Kamiakin--Amy Verderber 98, Kelsy Bigness 100, Jordan Edens 108, Brooke Childers 111. Southridge--Destiny Brito 100, Lauren Goetz 100, Kaitlin Loomis 109, Sarah Green 110. Walla Walla--Paige Blackburn 97, Jamie Robison 104, Mikaela Rivard 113, Kylar Boggs 115. Kennewick--Mariah Zaback 98, Emily Valerio 102, Ayla Espinoza 119, Brittany Blackketter 125. Moses Lake--Sam Byam 104, Jacy Jones 120. Pasco--Shelly Johnson 96, Karis Gamache 107, Kathryn Ginsberg 139.

Player of the Year--Christine Cook (Ike).

First team--Liz Tikriti (WV), Mary McDonald (R), Jordan Takasugi (Wen), Tia Snyder (East), Kristen Strankman (R), Hannah Naughton (D).

Second team--Amy Verderber (Kam), Caitlin Malone (D), Whitney Welch (East), Kelsey White (R), Karinne Tuttle (East), Alexa David (R), Brittany Zier (R).

Honorable mention--Gina Ojeda (R), Bria Hadler (Han), Madison Hamm (R), Shannon Bedell (D), Destiny Brito (Sr), Paige Blackburn (WW), Kylee Haynes (Sr), Cortney Munson (Ike), Taylor Chadwick (WV), Erin Fardell (H), Anna Elofson (WV), Hope Neidhold (R).

CBBN boys

WALLA WALLA -- Walla Walla's Drew Reinland shot a 137 (66-71) to capture his first district title while Blue Devils teamates Greg Prins (145) and Ryan Goude (146) also qualified for state as Wa-Hi won the team title with a score of 593.

Samson Martinez (146) and Saul Martinez (150) of Pasco, Southridge's Justin Sprengel (152) and Kamiakin's Riley Hayfield (152) also qualified for state.

At Veteran's Memorial (par 72)

Team scores--Walla Walla 593, Southridge 615, Eastmont 617, Pasco 628, Kamiakin 631, Richland 637, Moses Lake 649, Wenatchee 654, Eisenhower 704, Kennewick 711, Davis 796.

District 5/6 state qualifiers (Rd 2 score and total)--1, Drew Reinland (WW) 71-137, 2, Sam Marney (East) 71-142; 3, Greg Prins (WW) 73-145, 4, Brady Parsons (East) 74-146; 5, Ryan Goude (WW) 72-146; 6, Brad Donahue (Ike) 73-146; 7, Samson Martinez (P) 72-146; 8, Saul Martinez (P) 72-150; 9, Justin Sprengel (Sr) 70-152; 10, Riley Hayfield (Kam) 75-152.

Alternate--Matt Rezendes (R) 74-153.

Walla Walla--Jake Hanson 75-159. Southridge--Austin Westphal 80-154, Nick Atkin 78-156, Brad Boyce 82-157. Pasco--Brad Barber 79-160, Zac Rojas 86-172. Kamiakin--Jack Tumlinson 77-155, Rick Gleed 79-158, Rob Hayfield 76-159. Richland--Tanner Goecke 85-162, Jack Eiden 82-162, Cole Lorenzo 79-163. Moses Lake--Colby Ragan 78-158, Gabe Porter 77-162, Randy McNair 83-165, Billy Brice 82-166. Wenatchee--Jake Leonard 78-162, Travis Toler 86-165, Zach Winslow 85-165, Chase Miller 82-167. Kennewick--Sean Prue 73-153, Logan Dodd 83-170, Josh Elliot 90-191, D.J. Hoyt 90-197.

District 9

RICHLAND -- Jacob Christensen of Asotin shot a 75 at Columbia Point Golf Course for a two-day total of 180 and medalist honors at the District 9 championships.

15 to state (36-hole totals)

Top 15--1, Jacob Christensen (Asotin) 75-75-180; 2, Andrew Hasenoehl (Asotin) 79-83-162; 3, Sean Williams (DeSales) 84-83-167; 4, Trevor Koberstein (Pomeroy) 83-83-169; 5, Joel Myers (Pomeroy) 84-85-169; 6, Drew Heitstuman (Asotin) 89-81-170; 7, Nick Grosse (Asotin) 85-85-170; 8, Tate Schaubles (Pomeroy) 87-86-173; 9, Miles Lytle (Dayton) 84-89-173; 10, Zack Smith (TOR) 93-81-174; 11, Collin Price (Tri-Cities Prep) 86-88-174; 12, Dain Henderson (Dayton) 93-88-181; 13, Kramer Blanc (DeSales) 90-95-185; 14, Ryan Koberstein (Pomeroy) 90-95-185; 15, Jase Sitton (Liberty Christian) 95-96-191. 1st Alternate--Casey Brown (TOR) 96-100-196.