BI golfers qualify for state; other locals do, too

By Nicholas Zeller-Singh Kitsap News Group • May 7, 2024 1:30 am

Wind gusts up to 25 miles per hour and tough pin positions made the Kitsap Golf and Country Club a tough location for the 2024 Olympic League Golf Championships May 6.

However, all the teams began a mass start at 8:30 a.m. and played 18 holes, rather than the usual nine.

3A Bainbridge competed alongside the league’s 2A schools and qualified its boys and girls teams for state since the teams placed in the top three in each division.

For the Spartan boys, Rainer Richardson, Andrew Jobes and Dane Byers tied for first with an 82, while Andrew Grinter and Anderson Wicklund tied for sixth with an 86.

On the girls side for BHS, Grace Charintranont won with an 88, Sara Kreigh tied for fifth with a 103, Clarice Telschow tied for seventh with a 111, Clara Kang tied for 15th with a 116 and Tabor Houghtelling tied for 23rd with a 124.

The 2A boys had the top seven individuals automatically qualify for state while the next eight will play in the district tournament at the Auburn Golf Course May 14 to see if they can qualify.

Kingston’s Viet Tran had the top score, finishing with an 83. Port Angeles’ Max Gagnon, Sky Gelder, Nate Anderson and North Mason’s Reid Schmidt earned the next four spots. Olympic’s CJ Faustino earned the sixth spot with a 91 while Trojan Noah Shaw and Buc Lane Curtis tied for the seventh spot with a 93. Therefore, the two must play a playoff hole to secure the seventh spot at state. The loser will take the first spot at districts.

Those still having a shot at state by qualifying at districts were: North Kitsap’s Kaden Pickard and Nico Cuprill-Smith, Roughrider Cale Wentz and Trojan Dylan Williams, who all took the next four spots with a 94. Bremerton’s Jackson Fletcher and Sequim’s Aiden Aragon qualified with a 95. Olympic’s Adrien Aragon, Preston Frantzen and Roughrider Austin Worthington tied for the final spot with a 96.

The girls have the top six headed to state while the next eight will compete alongside the boys at districts.

North Mason’s Mari Morris is going to state after shooting a 98. Viking Calia Corden and Sequim’s Ava Johnson qualified with a 102, Roughrider Autumn Wilson-Rowlan qualified with a 103, and Sequim’s Emily Post and Port Angeles’ Claire Osterberg qualified with a 111.

Viking Leila Hansen will earn the first spot at districts with a 112, Port Angeles Mia Neff qualified with a 113, Olympic’s Chelsea Bevan and Sequim’s Rainey Brewer qualified with a 114, Sequim’s Sara German qualified with a 115, Olympic’s Kiyomi McKenzie and Viking Olivia Desmond qualified with a 116, and North Mason’s Cadence Alloway earned the last spot with a 117.