Butte’s Prigge, Hoagland in the hunt
BOZEMAN —The Gallatin Raptors had themselves a day Thursday at the Valley View Golf Course.
The Raptor boys shot a 284 team score to take command at the Bozeman Invitational.
Ramey Lloyd, the Gallatin No. 4 boy, carded a 1-under-par 69 to take the lead for a team that threw out an 80. Brothers Justus and Jordan Verge followed at 70 and 71 for the Raptors. Stevie Voight shot a 74.
Billings Senior is second at 302, followed by Billings Skyview at 326.
Butte High junior Jack Prigge is three shots out of the lead after carding a first-round 72. He is in fifth place overall. Billings Senior’s Reece Mayala is tied with Jordan Verge at 71.
Butte High freshman Brenner Booth is one shot out the lead at 79.
As a team, Butte High is looking up at the field in the seven-team tournament. Gavin Roesti hit 96 for Butte High. Jacob Sawyer shot 98, and Joseph Lyons shot a 103.
On the girls’ side, Butte High senior Kodie Hoagland is two shots back in her quest for back-to-back victories.
Hoagland shot a 76 and trails only Gallatin’s Addiley Lloyd Ella Atkins of Bozeman is third at 79, while Ella Torsleff of Gallatin and Bella Johnson of Billings Wets are tied at 80.
West leads the way at 333. Bozeman is a distant second at 350, one better than Gallatin.
Butte High is seventh at 454.
Also playing for the Butte High girls are Dylan Bartoletti (115), Kendyllen Lean (128) and Taylor Sullivan (135).
Friday’s final round begins at 9 a.m. at the Bridget Creek Golf Course.
GIRLS
Team scores —Billings West 333, Bozeman 350, Gallatin 351, Billings Senior 355, Belgrade 442, Billings Skyview 452, Butte High 454.
Top 10 Individuals
Addiley Lloyd, Gallatin 74
Kodie Hoagland, Butte 76
Ella Atkins, Bozeman 79
Ella Torsleff, Gallatin 80
Bella Johnson, West 80
Kenzie Walsh, Senior 82
Hayden Trost, West 82
Lauren Malala, Senior 83
Kadence Fisher, West 82
Sara Priebe, Bozeman 85
Team-by-team scores
BILLINGS WEST (333) — Bella Johnson 80, Kadence Fisher 84, Hayden Trost 82, Annika Brocklebank 96, Megan Voegele 87.
BOZEMAN (350) — Sara Priebe 85, Ella Atkins 79, Avery Bertram 97, Ava Couture 101, Olivia Yochim 89.
GALLATIN (351) — Addiley Lloyd 74, Ella Torsleff 80, Addison Bleile 93, Zoie Ceartin 104.
BILLINGS SENIOR (355) — Kenzie Walsh 82, Becca Washington 94, Lauren Malala 83, Avery Fawcett 96.
BELGRADE (442) — Leila Mamangun 111, Bella Anderson 100, Jordan Whitaker 109, Riley McMahon 122.
BILLINGS SKYVIEW (452) — Bre Williams 100, Alex Miller 116, Kennadie Peterman 117, Hannah Schoenberg 119.
BUTTE HIGH (454) — Kodie Hoagland 76, Dylan Bartoletti 115, Kendyllen Lean 128, Taylor Sullivan 135.
BOYS
Team scores — Gallatin 284, Billings Senior 302, Billings Skyview 326, Bozeman 332, Billings West 333, Belgrade 339, Butte High 345.
Top 10 Individuals
Ramey Lloyd, Gallatin 69
Justus Verge, Gallatin 70
Jordan Verge, Gallatin 71
Reece Mayala, Senior 71
Jack Prigge, Butte 72
Stevie Voight, Gallatin 74
Cade Wagner, Senior 75
Tye Boone, Skyview 76
Siam Wilailuck, Senior 77
Anthony Madison, Belgrade 78
Team-by-team scores
GALLATIN (284) — Justus Verge 70, Jordan Verge 71, Stevie Voight 74, Ramey Lloyd 69, Gavin Klein 80.
BILLINGS SENIOR (302 ) — Cade Wagner 75, Reece Mayala 71, Siam Wilailuck 77, Tyler Bruner 79, Keaton Hertz 101.
BILLINGS SKYVIEW (326) — Logan Connolly 80, Tye Boone 76, Eli Stenberg 79, Connor Droogsma 91.
BOZENAN (332) — Nate Pailthorpe 81, Logan Lynch 86, Dylan Couture 83, David Bickerstaff 82, Lucas Rose 87.
BILLINGS WEST (333) — Trey Hager 90, Croix Flohr 81, Mitchell Fogelsong 85, Josh Sears 80, Palmer Coleman 87.
BELGRADE (339) — Anthony Madison 78, Jacob Maloney 79, Justin Garcia 84, Colter Gee 98.
BUTTE HIGH (345) — Jack Prigge 72, Brenner Booth 79, Joseph Lyons 103, Gavin Roesti 96, Jacob Sawyer 98.
