Tibbits, Gruher top district golf on Day 1

Familiar names top the leaderboards after the first day of the 4A and 3A district golf tournaments at Tri-Mountain Golf Course in Ridgefield.

Fort Vancouver junior Spencer Tibbits appears on his way to a third 3A district title after opening with a 2-under-par 70 for a five-shot lead.

Columbia River teammates Nick Ayres and Joe Beuselinck each shot 75s to tie for second heading into today’s final round.

Defending 4A district champ Ben Gruher, a junior at Union, also shot an opening-round 70 for the lead. But his pursuers aren’t far behind.

Skyview’s Justin Zilles is one shot back after shooting a 1-under 71, and Camas’ Brian Humphreys, the 2013 district champ, shot 73. Max Dobak of Union also had a 73.

The top six golfers in the 4A district will earn berths to the state tournament in May. The next nine placers will play a bi-district tournament on Oct. 26 at The Home Course in DuPont. The top six at bi-district move on to state.

4A DISTRICT TOURNAMENT

At par-72 Tri-Mountain

Day 1 Results

Ben Gruher, Union 70

Justin Zilles, Skyview 71

Brian Humphreys, Camas 73

Max Dobak, Union 73

Keith Lobis, Union 74

Jackson Guffey, Skyview 75

Zach Peros, Skyview 75

Logan Miller, Camas 77

Chase Dodge, Skyview 78

Hayden Meeker, Union 78

Reece Boyce, Union 78

Anthony Chae, Skyview 79

Brandon Ikebe, Heritage 80

Alex Grzymko, Battle Ground 82

Adam Wourms, Camas 82

Christian Maddox, Mtn View 82

Tyler Jones, Skyview 82

Cason Boyce, Union 82

Casey Spencer, Battle Ground 83

Trevor Reese, Battle Ground 84

Ben Arthur, Mountain View 85

    Missed the cut:

Trevor Gjerswold, Camas 86

Lucas Gregory, Mountain View 87

Matthew Thomas, Camas 88

Sean Murray, Camas 89

Tommy Snyder, Evergreen 90

Vaschon Dills, Heritage 91

Mason White, Mountain View 92

Adam Swanson, Heritage 95

Kevin Mellmer, Mountain View 95

Jake Eddings, Battle Ground 97

Andrew Flaherty, Heritage 97

Beau Reynolds, Heritage 98

Brayden Butterfield, Heritage 98

Andrew Englund, Evergreen 99

Randy Yeakley, Evergreen 105

Nick Curtis, Mountain View 105

Gabe Brownawell, Evergreen 106

Nate Tomas, Evergreen 111

Thane Hunt, Evergreen 121

3A DISTRICT TOURNAMENT

At par-72 Tri-Mountain

Day 1 Results

Spencer Tibbits, Fort Vanc. 70

Nick Ayres, Columbia River 75

Joe Beuselinck, Columbia River 75

Jacob Larson, Columbia River 77

Spencer Long, Columbia River 77

Gage Hannon, Prairie 77

Jaret Rakoz, Kelso 82

Jacob Abrahamson, Prairie 82

Braxton Martin, Kelso 82

Damon Temanson, Kelso 83

Kyle Gomez, Columbia River 88

Kaden Simmons, Kelso 88

Spencer Davis, Kelso 89

Kel Myers, Fort Vancouver 90

Jacob Barnes, Columbia River 91

Cam Beeson, Prairie 92

Dante Heitschmidt, Prairie 92

Kaleb Locke, Prairie 92

Conner Smith, Prairie 95

Evan Ransom, Kelso 95