MISSOULA — Katie Lewis of Frenchtown and Tye Boone of Billings took top honors in the 16-18 division and overall at the 58th annual Montana State Junior Championships Wednesday at Polson Bay Golf Course.
Lewis, a two-time State A champion with one year of high school remaining, carded a 54-hole score of 80-74-78-232 (+16) in the three-day girls event. Isabella Johnson of Billings finished second at 79-80-77-236 (+20).
The tourney marked Lewis' second straight overall girls title at the Junior Championships. That has been achieved only three times in the last 25 years (Teigan Avery 2014-15, Maggie Crippen 2011-12). She now has a chance to be the first girl to ever win three straight high school titles and three straight Junior Championships.
Johnson, who twice won the Class AA championship while golfing for Billings West, will compete for the University of Montana golf team starting in the fall.
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Boone, who earned State AA medalist honors this past fall as a senior at Billings Skyview, won the boys overall event with a score of 71-72-70-213 (-3). Corvallis standout Brady Powell took second at 72-75-68-215 (-1).
Polson's Max Milton finished in third place overall at even par at (72-70-74-216). The 14-year-old will be going into his freshman high school season this fall as a strong contender in the Class A ranks.
Missoula’s Kade McDonough finished in fourth place at +3. The Sentinel grad recently captured the Montana State Match Play Championship for the second time in a row and will golf for the Utah Utes starting in the fall.
Cameron Burnett of Hamilton won the girls 14-15 division with a score of 90-91-85-266 (+50). Anna Lende of Livingston took second at 89-90-101-280 (+64).
Milton claimed top honors in the boys 14-15 division. Jack Schaefer of Missoula and John Gilbert of Helena shared second with identical totals of 220 (+4).
Bill Speltz is Missoulian sports editor. Contact him at bill.speltz@406mtsports.com or on Twitter @billspeltz