WALLA WALLA - Eric Ansett of Spokane and Jeff Marcum of West Richland matched 1-under-par 71s Thursday at the Walla Walla Country Club to share the first-round lead in the 19th annual Banner Bank Invitational Junior golf tournament.
Ansett and Marcum were just one shot up in the boys 15-17 age division, with Walla Walla's Ryan Baumgart and Richland's Cole Lorenzo in hot pursuit after shooting identical even-par rounds of 72. It was one more shot back to Corey Beaver of Post Falls, Idaho, who fired a 73, followed by a four-player logjam at 2-over 74 heading into today's second round of the 36-hole tourney.
Drew Ness of Tualatin, Ore., the grandson of Don and Jean Parker of Walla Walla, came in at 77 and was in a four-way tie for 16th place among the 34 players in the division. Rick Atwood of Walla Walla shot 78 and was tied for 20th place, Dean Atkinson of Walla Walla carded an 80 and was tied for 23rd, and Joel Meyers of Pomeroy finished with an 81 and shared 26th place.
Kristen Hansen of Spokane and Kristin Strankman of Richland shared the girls 15-17 age division lead at 75, three shots over par. They held a two-shot lead over Kaceelyn Pouttu of Kellogg, Idaho, who shot 77 and was alone in third place, two strokes better then Kelsey Aiello of Pasco and Kelci Robertson of Richland, who were tied for fourth place with a pair of 79s.
Jessica Huntsman of Walla Walla turned in an 84 and was tied for eighth place with Neydeen Martinez of Pasco in the field of 16.
Walla Walla's Emily Baumgart was in command of the girls 12-14 age group after recording a first-round 83. Baumgart's score was good for a 12-shot lead over Jalayne Martinez of Pasco in the seven-placer division and would have been good enough for eighth place in the girls 15-17 group.
Teresa Meyers of Pomeroy shot 110 and was in seventh place in the girls 12-14 group.
In the boys 12-14 division, the first-round lead belonged to Michael Brutocao of Spokane, who carded a 3-over-par 75 and was two shots ahead of Aaron Seabrook of East Wenatchee. Seabrook's 77 was one shot better than Blake Ellingsen of Spokane, Quinton Parnell of Richland and Holden Backes of Yakima, all deadlocked at 78.
Walla Walla's Scott Kimball shot 85, 10 strokes off the pace and all alone in ninth place in the field of 12 players.
Banner Bank Invitational
Thursday's Results
At Walla Walla Country Club
Boys 15-17 Division
Par 72, 6,476 Yards
Eric Ansett, Spokane 71
Jeff Marcum, West Richland 71
Ryan Baumgart, Walla Walla 72
Cole Lorenzo, Richland 72
Corey Beaver, Post Falls, Idaho 73
Austin Billeter, Mead 74
Michael Baldeck, Clarkston 74
Tanner Martin, Richland 74
Samson Martinez, Pasco 74
Drew McCullough, Richland 74
Tyler McQuilkin, Colbert 75
Jack Eiden, Richland 76
Kyle Kaufman, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 76
Andrew Raab, Yakima 76
Alec White, West Richland 76
Drew Ness, Tualatin, Ore. 77
Tye Morrison, Mead 77
Hunter Thompson, Richland 77
Ryan Newcomb, Nine Mile Falls 77
Nick Atwood, Walla Walla 78
Rylee Iacolucci, South Cle Elum 78
Evan Dyar, Spokane 79
Dakota Pearce, Liberty Lake 80
Andrew Dodge, Lewiston 80
Dean Atkinson, Walla Walla 80
John Duffin, Hayden Lake, Idaho 81
Joel Meyers, Pomeroy 81
Cole Risley, West Richland 81
Garrett Adair, Moscow, Idaho 83
Daniel Cruzen, Kennewick 83
Danny Marchese, Richland 84
Eric Dahl, Richland 84
Andrew Hattori, Richland 86
Josh Garza, West Richland 87
Girls 15-17 Division
Par 72, 5,367 Yards
Kristen Hansen, Spokane 75
Kristin Strankman, Richland 75
Kaceelyn Pouttu, Kellogg, Idaho 77
Kelsey Aiello, Pasco 79
Kelci Robertson, Richland 79
Taylor Anderson, Moscow, Idaho 79
Yvonne LaCoursiere, Hermiston 81
Jessica Huntsman, Walla Walla 84
Neydeen Martinez, Pasco 84
Katie Stephens, Richland 85
Nicole Berg, Spokane 86
Hope Neidhold, Richland 88
Molly David, Richland 92
Vanessa Goodwin, Moses Lake 98
Miranda Swanson, Yakima 100
Faith Williams, Pullman 108
Boys 12-14 Division
Par 72, 5,682 Yards
Michael Brutocao, Spokane 75
Aaron Seabrook, East Wenatchee 77
Blake Ellingsen, Spokane 78
Quinton Parnell, Richland 78
Holden Backes, Yakima 78
Matthew Heckel, Spokane 80
Austin Brown, Kennewick 81
Nathan Nulliner, Yakima 82
Benjamin Gleason, Lewisotn 85
Scott Kimball, Walla Walla 85
Joseph Fenich, Yakima 88
Cody Culletto, Clarkston 93
Girls 12-14 Division
Par 72, 5,367 Yards
Emily Baumgart, Walla Walla 83
Jalayne Martinez, Pasco 95
Danika Palm, Richland 99
Megan Billeter, Mead 103
Allison Duffin, Hayden Lake, Idaho 105
Mikayla Morse, Spokane 105
Teresa Meyers, Pomeroy 110
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