LIBERTY LAKE — Sequim’s Jack Shea shot 5-over-par 75 Wednesday to lead the North Olympic Peninsula contingent after the first day of the Class 2A boys state golf tournament at Liberty Lake Golf Course.
Shea sits tied for 17th place entering today’s final round.
“He started out a little rough,” Wolves coach Bill Shea said of his son.
“He was a little amped up and a little nervous, and was 5-over after the first five holes.
“He just had a couple of missed putts, a couple of tough chips that didn’t go his way. But he turned it back around and played even par for the final 13.”
Sequim’s Travis Priest missed the cut after shooting 85.
“Travis went out in 45, so he played the back nine really well,” Bill Shea said.
Washington State University commit Aaron Whalen of Ephrata holds the first-day lead after a 4-under-par 66.
Port Angeles’ Alex Atwell fired a 76 and is tied for 20th.
Mason Jackson just made the cut after posting a 79 for the Roughriders to end up in a tie for 35th.
Alex Brown missed the cut for Port Angeles with a score of 87.
The top 40 and ties advance to today’s final round.
McMenamin sixth
Sequim’s Alex McMenamin shot a 9-over-par 81 Wednesday and is in sixth place at the 2A girls state tournament at MeadowWood Golf Course in Liberty Lake.
McMenamin is 10 shots back of first-round leader Kenedee Peters of Ephrata.
Brianna Kettel missed the cut for the Wolves after carding a 102.
Chimacum and Port Townsend
Five of six Jefferson County golfers made the cut at the Class 1A boys state tournament at par-72 Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.
James Porter is tied for 16th after his 79 led the four-player Cowboys team, while Port Townsend’s Zack Glover was one back of Porter, tied for 17th after a round of 80.
“He played really solid,” Chimacum coach Mitch Black said of Porter.
“He was 1-under-par on the back until the closing holes when he had a bogey and double bogey.”
Marcus Bufford was next for Chimacum, in a tie for 31st after an 82.
Jack Hilt and Chris Bainbridge tied for 36th place with rounds of 84 to squeeze in just below the cut line.
“They all played pretty solid, except for a couple of blow-up holes,” Black said.
“The course winds through a housing development, and there are some white stakes out on the course that are marked as out-of-bounds, and our guys and a bunch of other guys found those spots.”
Austin Khile shot an 87 to miss the cut by three strokes for the Redhawks.
