BUTTE — A clear leader emerged in the girls field during the first round of the Class AA state golf tournament at the Butte Country Club on Thursday while there's a logjam for first place in the boys race.

Billings Senior's Payton Tryan, the Eastern AA divisional champion, carded a 5-over 76 to take a four-stroke lead over Bozeman's Heidi Huber. In the boys tournament, Helena Capital's John Gilbert, Missoula Sentinel's Jack Schaefer and Great Falls CMR's Jack Pinksi — who won the Eastern AA — settled into a three-way tie atop the leaderboard with all three shooting a 2-over 72.

STATE AA ROUND 1 RECAP: State AA golf: Billings Senior's Payton Tryan leads; 3 boys tied for first

In the boys field, Glacier's Luke Nelson settled into fourth place with a 73, and Capital's Reece Chapman is in

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