Defending 4A champion Ridgeline is in prime position to repeat its state championship after Day 1 of the 4A state tournament at Palisade State Park.
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The Riverhawks hold a team score of 294, just six strokes ahead of second-place Crimson Cliffs. Dixie is three strokes behind the Mustangs.
While Desert Hills sit at a distant fifth, Thunder junior Luke Christensen leads the pack individually after shooting a 3-under 69 Wednesday.
Christensen’s lead is razor-thin, as East sophomore Ben Wright shot two-under, while Crimson Cliffs’ Will Milne and Ridgeline’s Dallin Anderson are tied for third at one-under.
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Ridgeline leads with its three golfers in the top six and four in the top 20. Anderson, Beckham Skinner and Sam Leishman are all in the top six, while Porter Thomson is tied for 20th.
In last year’s state championship, Skinner finished as the runner-up and Anderson tied for third.
Park City originally finished seventh, but its top golfer was disqualified for an incorrect score sheet, dropping the team 17 strokes and missing Day 2. The dropped score let Orem qualify after it beat Judge Memorial by one stroke.
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Class 4A state tournament
At Palisade State Park
Full leaderboard
Team scores (Day 1)
- 294 — Ridgeline
- 300 — Crimson Cliffs
- 303 — Dixie
- 305 — East
- 308 — Desert Hills
- 312 — Uintah
- 320 — Highland
- 322 — Mountain View
- 323 — Green Canyon
- 329 — Orem
- 330 — Judge Memorial (Missed Cut)
- 333 — Deer Creek (Missed Cut)
- 335 — Park City (Missed Cut)
- 335 — Timpanogos (Missed Cut)
- 340 — Murray (Missed Cut)
- 346 — Snow Canyon (Missed Cut)
Individual leaders (Top 25)
- 69 — Luke Christensen, Desert Hills
- 70 — Ben Wright, East
- 71 — Will Milne, Crimson Cliffs
- 71 — Dallin Anderson, Ridgeline
- 72 — Beckham Skinner, Ridgeline
- 73 — Linus Einum, Park City
- 73 — Sam Leishman, Ridgeline
- 73 — Kahai Helm, Dixie
- 73 — Luke Brown, Dixie
- 74 — Taylor Jacobsen, Crimson Cliffs
- 75 — Sutton Harris, Uintah
- 75 — Jack Johnson, Crimson Cliffs
- 75 — Laslo Waltman, East
- 76 — Aiden Peterson, Mountain View
- 76 — Korver Clark, Mountain Crest
- 76 — Reece Griffin, Highland
- 77 — Korver Hawkins, Uintah
- 77 — Lincoln Maxfield, Stansbury
- 77 — Dade Westfall, Orem
- 78 — Spencer Esplin, Timpanogos
- 78 — Russel Israelsen, Dixie
- 78 — Porter Thomson, Ridgeline
- 78 — Leo McFee, Deer Creek
- 79 — Gavin Spackman, Green Canyon
- 79 — Cy Anderson, Dixie
- 79 — Asher Banham, Ridgeline
- 79 — Eli Garner, Desert Hills
- 79 — Milo Pratt, East