Mercer sixth, Grande ninth at Butte golf

BUTTE — Flathead’s Marcella Mercer finished sixth and AJ Grande of Glacier placed ninth at the Butte Invitational golf tournament at Fairmont Hot Springs on Friday.

Mercer, a freshman, shot 81-91—172 in the two-day event. Grande posted an 81-75—156 total.

Ben Kaul of C.M. Russell was the boys medalist, 72-75—147, and led CMR to the team title.

Annika Danenhauer of Bozeman, 81-79—160, was the top girl performer. Bozeman easily claimed the team title.

Butte Invitational

Fairmont Hot Springs

Boys

Team Totals

1, Great Falls CMR 617; 2, Great Falls 618; 3, Bozeman 630; 4, Butte 645; 5, Missoula Sentinel 647; 6, Missoula Big Sky 657; 7, Helena Capital 658; 8, Hamilton 670; 9, Glacier 675; 10, Helena 682; 11, Butte Central 683; 12, Missoula Hellgate 703; 13, Flathead 707.

Top 10

Ben Kaul, CMR, 72-75—147; Keaton Sunchild, Great Falls, 75-72—147; Jack Thorsen, Bozeman, 78-73—151; JR Small, Bozeman, 74-77—151; Will Hoagland, Butte, 74-77—151; Blake Hasquet, Missoula Sentinel, 74-78—152; Duncan Hollar, Great Falls CMR, 73-79—152; Rylan Periman, Great Falls, 74-79—153; AJ Grande, Glacier, 81-75—156; Blake Heintzelman, Missoula Big Sky, 77-80—157.

Girls

Team Totals

1, Bozeman 660; 2, Helena 835; 3, Great Falls 841; 4, Butte 846; 5, Helena Capital 853; 6, Missoula Big Sky 864; Flathead 893; Glacier 893.

Top 10

Annika Danenhauer, Bozeman, 81-79—160; Kameryn Basye, Bozeman, 79-84—163; Laurel Ward, Bozeman, 84-82—166; Tricia Joyce, Butte Central, 82-84—166; Ellie Jackson, Bozeman, 87-84—171; Marcella Mercer, Flathead, 81-91—172; Cora Rosanova, Bozeman, 97-85—182; Kielar Jones, Helena Capital, 90-97—187; Reyla Williams, Helena, 92-96—188; Kelly Jones, Great Falls, 101-95—196.