Bandon Boys capture state golf title

Bandon’s boys had a dominant two days at Emerald Valley Golf Club in Creswell to win the Class 3A-2A-1A state title, the school’s second state crown in the sport.

The Tigers, who also were state champions in 2018, took a 23-shot lead with their team total of 318 on Monday and finished 22 strokes in front of Valley Catholic, shooting 337 on Tuesday.

Banks finished third (693) and Western Christian and St. Mary’s tied for fourth (700). Siuslaw was sixth (715).

Sophomore Davis Hartwell of Crosspoint Christian was the runaway winner in the individual race, shooting a 4-under 68 on Tuesday after he also had the best opening round (73). His score of 151 was 10 shots better than Benny Zhu of Valley Catholic.

Brookings-Harbor’s Lucas Vanderlip and Bandon’s Sevren Quinn, a freshman, tied for third. Vanderlip had rounds of 79 and 74 while Quinn went 75-78.

Bandon junior Peyton Simonds was fifth at 156 (76-80) and Siuslaw’s Ryan Klampe gave the South Coast four of the top six spots by shooting 79-78 for sixth place.

Senior Sean Ells finished in a tie for 16th for Bandon (82-86), while senior Carter Brown finished in a tie for 27th (85-93). The Tigers’ fifth spot was filled by a different golfer each day. Logan France had a 97 on Monday and Zack Robertson a 103 on Tuesday.

Siuslaw’s multi-talented Will Johnson was 22nd (89-85). He will play a big role for the Vikings this week in the state track meet, where he is seeded second in the long jump and triple jump and also will compete in the pole vault and 4x100 relay. Micah Blankenship was 39th (94-97) and Camden Linton 41st (94-99). Braxton Hulet had a 116 for Siuslaw on Monday and Jaxon Chiang shot a 107 on Tuesday.

Coquille’s Braedon Millhouser, who had qualified for the tournament as an individual, finished 24th (86-89).

CLASS 4A BOYS: North Bend finished third in the tournament, led by Owen Bascom, who was third overall at Emerald Valley.

Bascom, runner-up a year ago, had a two-round total of 152, following his first-round 77 with a 75 on Tuesday. The junior finished five shots behind Phoenix freshman Jordan Giles and two shots behind Massimo Cereghino of Molalla.

North Bend, meanwhile, finished in a three-way tie for third place in the team race.

Marist Catholic shot 659 (332-327) to finish four shots in front of the combined Baker/Powder Valley squad (328-335).