Kirkland leads West Monroe to tie with Jesuit for lead at LHSAA Division I boys golf championship

LAFAYETTE – Joey Kirkland of West Monroe and Charlie Flynn of C. E. Byrd both carded two-under-par 70 scores Monday and share the individual lead after the first round of the Division I boys Allstate Sugar Bowl LHSAA State Golf Championships.

Kirkland had four birdies in a four-under 32 back side and Flynn had a one-under 35 on each side of the 6,348-yard par-72 The Wetlands course, good enough for a one-stroke lead over Payne Johnson of Byrd and Chance Queen of Alexandria going into Tuesday’s final round.

Flynn and Johnson’s subpar scores, coupled with an even-par 72 from Jake Marler and a 74 from Luke Atchison, gave Byrd an impressive one-under-par 287 score and a 12-stroke lead over Alexandria in the team chase. Byrd had won three straight state titles before finishing third in last year’s Division I tournament.

West Monroe and defending champion Jesuit are tied for third at 304 and Catholic-Baton Rouge, last year’s runner-up, stands in fifth at 310.

Kirkland, Flynn, Queen and Johnson posted the only sub-par scores for the day. Marler’s even par score puts him in fifth place, and Karan Patel of Alexandria and Grayson Glorioso of Jesuit are tied for sixth at one-over 73.

2018 ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL LHSAA STATE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

Division I Boys First-Day Results

Monday, April 30, 2018

At The Wetlands (6,348 yards, par 72), Lafayette, La.

TEAM STANDINGS

C. E. Byrd 287

Alexandria 299

West Monroe 304

Jesuit 304

Catholic High 310

Brother Martin 311

Zachary 319

Sulphur 325

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS

Joey Kirkland, West Monroe 38-32 – 70

Charlie Flynn, C. E. Byrd 35-35 – 70

Chance Queen, Alexandria 36-35 – 71

Payne Johnson, C. E. Byrd 36-35 – 71

Jake Marler, C. E. Byrd 37-35 – 72

Karan Patel, Alexandria 37-36 – 73

Grayson Glorioso, Jesuit 36-37 – 73

Zaire Stevenson, Brother Martin 35-39 – 74

Luke Atchison, C. E. Byrd 40-34 – 74

Carson Caruso, Catholic 37-38 – 75

Marshall Laborde, C. E. Byrd 37-38 – 75

Kyle Bennett, Zachary 38-37 – 75

Daniel Dial, Airline 38-38 – 76

Chase Campo, Alexandria 37-39 – 76

Tyler Armstrong, Zachary 40-36 – 76

Collin Stinson, Dutchtown 39-37 – 76

Dezmann Reich, Barbe 40-36 – 76

Britton Khalaf, Jesuit 38-38 – 76

Peyton Canter, St. Amant 38-39 – 77

James McMahan, West Monroe 37-40 – 77

J. T. Holmes, Jesuit 40-37 – 77

Porter Tuberville, West Monroe 36-41 – 77

Nick Ashy, Catholic 38-39 – 77

Andrew Barreca, Jesuit 42-36 – 78

Jake Kuebel, Jesuit 40-39 – 79

Michael Faust, Brother Martin 41-38 – 79

Jonathan Ellis, Catholic 35-44 – 79

Will Perriloux, Catholic 34-45 – 79

Cameron Avery, Brother Martin 38-41 – 79

John Amlingmeyer, Brother Martin 40-39 – 79

Zach Bollinger, Alexandria 41-38 – 79

Jacob Slaughter, West Monroe 44-36 – 80

Derek Raymond, Fontainebleau 42-38 – 80

Austin Stewart, Sulphur 37-43 – 80

Brayden Wright, Sulphur 46-34 – 80

Jace Benoit, Sulphur 40-40 – 80

Christian Gremillion, Alexandria 41-39 – 80

Dwayne Heron, Brother Martin 38-44 – 82

Jay Beatmann, Holy Cross 42-40 – 82

Cameron Siebert, Zachary 45-37 – 82

Brayden Seguin, Catholic 41-41 – 82

John Adam Lengefeld, West Monroe 43-40 – 83

Logan Moore, Sulphur 42-43 – 85

Torbin Breit, Destrehan 42-43 – 85

Andrew Bennett, Zachary 42-44 – 86

Matt Jordan, Airline 41-47 – 88

Brogan Gibbon, Zachary 47-43 – 90

Luke Hightower, Sulphur 45-52 – 97