The Ravalli Republic has partnered with Bitterroot Health to honor a Bitterroot Valley boys and girls high school athlete of the week throughout the 2024-25 high school sports season. This weeks' winner for the boys is Corvallis golfer Brady Powell.
Powell, a junior at Corvallis, helped his Blue Devils win the Class A western divisional tournament at the Old Works Golf Course in Anaconda. He also won the individual title, edging out Hamilton's Tyce O'Connell after a three-hole playoff. Corvallis shot 13-over as a team, 22 strokes above second-place Whitefish. Powell has enjoyed a successful junior campaign, opening the fall with a 4-under round in the Corvallis Invitational back in August.
At the state tournament last year, Powell placed second in the individual leaderboard, just one stroke shy of the victor. Corvallis placed third as a team, so both Powell and his teammates will surely be hungry to take the next step this weekend at the Class A state tournament in Polson.