Sam Warkentin of Bainbridge Island, Wash. became the first three-time champion in the 40-year history of the Washington Junior Golf Association State Championship.
In the final round, Warkentin stood on the tee of the par-3 192-yard 18th hole at historic Bellingham Golf & Country Club in a tie with Joe Highsmith of Lakewood, Wash. Warkentin then hit his tee shot to within one inch for a tap-in birdie and one-stroke victory. His three-day total of 6-under par 210 gave him his third consecutive boys overall title.
Last year, Warkentin was named the 2015 WSGA Junior Boys' Player of the Year. In the fall, he will be a freshman playing on the University of Washington men's golf team.
On the girls' side, 15-year-old Brittany Kwon of Bremerton, Wash. secured her victory with a final round 1-over par 74. Her three-day total of 1-under par 217 gave her a 3-shot victory over Georgetown University commit Ashley Fitzgibbons of Sammamish. In 2014, Kwon won the Pacific Northwest Junior Girls' Amateur, while just 13 years old at the time.
In all 258 boys and girls competed over three days to determine boys and girls state champions in age divisions of 8-11, 12-13, 14-15 and 16-17. The field is cut to roughly 85 total players after two rounds.
Final scores are available at www.wjga.net
Final Results
Bellingham G&CC
Boys 14-17: 6,521 yards Par 72
Boys 12-13: 6,074 yards Par 72
Boys 8-11: 5,527 yards Par 72
Girls 14-17: 6,074 Par 73
Girls 8-13: 5,527 yards Par 73
Boys 16-17
*Sam Warkentin, Bainbridge Island - 70-69-71--210
Joe Highsmith, Lakewood - 67-73-71--211
R J Manke, Lakewood - 72-70-70--212
Devin Andrews, Kirkland - 74-71-70--215
Sean Kato, Redmond - 72-73-71--216
Mason Koch, Auburn - 72-71-74--217
Ryan Maine, Spokane - 74-70-73--217
Gabriel Barnes, Olympia - 73-72-75--220
Parker Kneadler, Maple Valley - 71-78-72--221
Nick Baker, Cle Elum - 77-71-74--222
Rohit Sirosh, Bellevue - 75-75-72--222
Travis Kay, Bellevue - 72-75-75--222
Blake Cooper, Seattle - 72-77-74--223
Gabe Spach, Seattle - 75-70-78--223
Zach Stocker, Liberty Lake - 78-70-75--223
Tyler Fitchett, Yakima - 74-72-78--224
Ryan Park, Bellevue - 73-74-79--226
Connor Golembeski, Redmond - 78-73-76--227
Thomas McCoy, Sammamish - 77-72-78--227
Boys 14-15
Ian Siebers, Bellevue - 71-67-77--215
Alvin Kwak, Mukilteo - 70-74-72--216
Devin Kim, Mukilteo - 75-76-73--224
Drew Halili, Port Orchard - 75-75-74--224
Josef Koznek, Tulalip - 78-76-71--225
Blake Kukula, Ocean Park - 73-74-79--226
Dylan Bissell, Yakima - 76-77-73--226
Gunnar Knutson, Mead - 76-75-75--226
Victor Wang, Sammamish - 76-74-77--227
Zachary Torrey, Woodinville - 74-81-72--227
Cameron McCauley, Tumwater - 76-78-75--229
Michael Came, Olympia - 72-83-74--229
Drew Warford, Snoqualmie - 74-80-76--230
Griffin McCauley, Sammamish - 74-80-77--231
James Navarro, Renton - 75-78-79--232
Andrew Martin, Everett - 76-79-80--235
Tyler Spalti, Mill Creek - 76-76-87--239
Nicholas Feighner, Auburn - 80-76-89--245
Boys 12-13
Ethan Evans, Mercer Island - 75-72-75--222
Kevin Hollomon, Seattle - 71-73-81--225
Daniel Kim, Mukilteo - 78-71-77--226
Nate Plaster, Spokane - 75-72-79--226
Stephen Dai, Bellevue - 76-75-75--226
Jahan Bains, Dupont - 77-73-78--228
Tommy Kimmel, Spokane - 77-75-81--233
Luke Sherrell, Maple Valley - 73-76-85--234
Evan Pierce, Spokane - 77-78-80--235
Ronny Kildall III, Marysville - 78-77-85--240
Boys 8-11
Max Herendeen, Bellevue - 72-74-77--223
Conrad Chisman, Stanwood - 77-77-74--228
Logan Medcalf, Lynden - 76-75-77--228
Zachary Miller, Buckley - 74-77-85--236
Billy Davis, Chewelah - 83-71-83--237
Alexander Cooke, Spokane - 78-80-81--239
Tyler Pride, Nine Mile Falls - 79-79-85--243
Owen Price, Tacoma - 81-82-82--245
Wyatt Stubblefield, Kenmore - 84-79-85--248
Girls 16-17
Ashley Fitzgibbons, Sammamish - 74-74-72--220
Kenedee K Peters, Ephrata - 76-71-75--222
Samantha Hui, Kennewick - 76-75-76--227
Emma Johnson, Spanaway - 76-78-76--230
Megan Billeter, Mead - 72-82-82--236
Morgan Bentley, University Place - 76-80-82--238
Caitlin Maralack, Snoqualmie - 84-77-78--239
Elise Filuk, Camas - 78-83-82--243
Girls 14-15
*Brittany Kwon, Bremerton - 74-69-74--217
Therese Warner, Kennewick - 81-77-78--236
Alyssa Nguyen, Renton - 80-77-80--237
Cassie Kim, Yakima - 80-80-80--240
Samantha Na, Bellevue - 81-79-83--243
Janine Surge, Seattle - 80-77-88--245
Grace Xu, Federal Way - 78-81-93--252
Girls 12-13
Gihoe Seo, Mercer Island - 79-75-72--226
Lauryn Nguyen, Seattle - 79-79-79--237
Hannah Elaimy, Seattle - 83-81-77--241
Julia Bordeaux, Tacoma - 83-82-79--244
Grace Lee, Bellevue - 84-76-90--250
Claire Xu, Federal Way - 83-82-87--252
Girls 8-11
Anna Davis, Chewelah - 78-80-79--237
Suzie Tran, Poulsbo - 83-82-87--252
Annika Yeh, Vancouver - 87-84-86--257
Kasey Maralack, Snoqualmie - 95-85-90--270
Jillian Hui, Kennewick - 89-90-94--273
Amanda Nguyen, Spokane - 92-88-96-276
*Overall Champion
