HAMILTON — Senior Will McGree led the way Saturday as the Butte Central golf team had a very good day.
McGree fired a 1-over-par 73 at the Hamilton Golf Club to place third at the Hamilton Invitational prep golf tournament. That round highlighted the day for the Maroons, who tied for third place with Frenchtown at 322.
McGree finished in the top 10 of a tournament for the second straight tournament. He placed sixth at the two-day Butte High Invitational that wrapped up on Friday. The Hamilton tournament featured 64 boys competing.
Corvallis won the boys’ team title at 295. Whitefish placed second at 319.
Central sophomore Beau McGree tied for sixth place at 76. Kelton Berger fired an 86 for the Maroons, while Connor Kachmarik shot an 87 and Drew Kachmarik shot a 94.
On the girls’ side, BC eighth grader Mya McGree shot a 105 to tie for 18th place. She is Central’s lone girl golfer.
Karlee Brown of Whitefish ran away with medalist honors with a 78. Briley Alberi of Dillon took second at 92, while Bigfork’s Keegan Campbell and Dillon’s Tatum Nagle tied for third at 93.
Whitefish won the girls’ title at 370, beating second-place Dillon by 11 shots.
The tournament was the final warmup before the Maroons head back to Hamilton on Friday for the Western A Divisional tournament. The State tournament is Oct. 3-4 in Sidney.
Complete results for the Hamilton Invitational can be found on the Golf Genius app using the passcode “HAM2025.”

