WALLA WALLA - Emily Baumgart of Walla Walla was alone in first place in the girls 12-14 age division and older brother Ryan Baumgart shared the top spot in the boys 15-17 division after Thursday's first round of the Banner Bank Junior Invitational golf tournament that is being played at the Walla Walla Country Club.
Emily Baumgart shot a 10-over-par 82 and was two shots in front of a pair of girls from Mead, Wash., Megan Billeter and Cailin Spencer, going into this morning's second and final round of the annual tournament.
Ryan Baumgart fired an even-par 72 and was tied with Ryan Newcomb of Nine Mile Falls, Wash., atop a field of 28 in the older boys age group. They were just one shot in front of Drew McCullough of Richland, who was alone in third at 1-over 73, and three shots ahead of four other players deadlocked in fourth place at 75.
Walla Walla's Nick Atwood shot 78 and was in a tie for 14th place with Ben Gleason of Lewiston, and Walla Walla's Dean Atkinson was another shot back at 79 and was alone in 16th place.
Kaceelyn Pouttu of Kellogg, Idaho, and Taylor Kain-Godoy of Richland matched 3-over-par 75s and were tied for the lead in the girls 15-17 age group. Walla Walla's Jessica Huntsman shot 77 and was two shots off the pace and all alone in third place.
Walla Wallan Kendall Dunovant scored 105 for 15th place in the girls' 15-17 division.
The boys 12-14 division lead belonged to Travis Kay of Ellensburg, who carded a 2-over-par 74 and was two shots in front of Joseph Baldeck of Clarkston. Baldeck shot 76 and was alone in second place.
Walla Walla's Scott Kimball was alone in third place after shooting a first-round 80, which left him six strokes off the pace. Riley Chester of Milton-Freewater scored 91 and was in ninth place and Nathan Towner was alone in 10th place after turning in a score of 92.
There are a total of 70 players from around the Northwest participating in the 36-hole tournament.
Banner Bank Invitational
At Walla Walla Country Club
Thursday's Results
Boys 15-17 Division
Ryan Newcomb, Nine Mile Falls, Wash. 72
Ryan Baumgart, Walla Walla 72
Drew McCullough, Richland 73
Michael Brutocao, Spokane 75
Blake Ellingsen, Spokane 75
Andrew Dodge, Lewiston 75
Eric Dahl, Richland 75
Connor Hogan, Lewiston 76
Kyle Kaufman, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 77
Austin Billeter, Mead, Wash. 77
Andrew Raab, Yakima 77
Mathew Heckel, Spokane 77
Nick Atwood, Walla Walla 78
Ben Gleason, Lewiston 78
Dean Atkinson, Walla Walla 79
Bryan Heer, Ephrata, Wash. 80
Josh Garza, West Richland 80
Brendan Cox, Moses Lake 81
Austin Backers, Yakima 81
Jon Wilson, Kennewick 82
Hunter Ashby, Richland 83
Andrew Hattori, Richland 86
Cody Culletto, Clarkston 87
Nick Rheingans, Liberty Lake 87
Nick Sutherland, Moses Lake 89
Quinton Parnell, Richland 92
Austin Brown, Kennewick 95
Boys 12-14 Division
Travis Kay, Ellensburg, Wash. 74
Joseph Baldeck, Clarkston 76
Scott Kimball, Walla Walla 80
Mathew Baldeck, Clarkston 81
Ryan Ray, Richland 85
Braydon Hogg, Richland 86
Griffin Parsons, Wenatchee 87
Jonathan Imperial, Wapato, Wash. 90
Riley Chester, Milton-Freewater 91
Adam Raab, Yakima 101
Girls 15-17 Division
Kaceelyn Pouttu, Kellogg, Iadho 75
Taylor Kain-Godoy, Richland 75
Jessica Huntsman, Walla Walla 77
Neydeen Martinez, Pasco 80
Kristen Hansen, Spokane 80
Nicole Berg, Spokane 81
Kelsey Aiello, Pasco 82
Katie Stephens, Richland 84
Catherine Warner, Kennewick 85
Lacy Skwarek, Richland 88
Michal Schuster, St. John, Wash. 89
Mikayla Morse, Spokane 91
Kendall Sage, Ephrata, Wash. 93
Kassidy Krug, Liberty lake, Wash. 97
Kendall Dunovant, Walla Walla 105
Girls 15-17 Division
Emily Baumgart, Walla Walla 82
Megan Billeter, Mead, Wash. 86
Cailin Spencer, Mead, Wash. 86
Kelly Hooper, Spokane 87
Jaylayne Martinez, Pasco 90
Grace Frazier, Clarkston 90
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