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Flathead girls 3rd, Glacier finishes 5th at Butte Invite golf

by The Daily Inter Lake
| August 29, 2018 10:19 PM

BUTTE — The Flathead girls, led by Marcella Mercer’s fourth-place finish, placed third in the team standings at the Butte Invitational golf tournament on Wednesday.

Mercer shot 81-87—168 to finish 15 shots off the pace.

Mercer has finished in the top five of every outing this fall.

Tricia Joyce of Butte Central was the medalist, 80-73—153.

Bozeman, 672, took the team title with Butte, 738, second and Flathead, 773, third.

Glacier, 829, was fifth.

Flathead’s No. 2 scorer was Jillian Wynne, who 14th. She shot 94-97—191.

Kate Trukle was 15th for Glacier with her 96-96—192.

For the boys, Bozeman, 600, Hamilton, 631, and Missoula Big Sky, 657, finished 1-2-3.

Glacier, 704, was 10th and Flathead, 724, 12th.

Jordan Verge of Bozeman was the medalist, 76-72—148, edging Tristan Hanson of Hamilton, 72-77—149, for top honors.

Flathead and Glacier did not have a top 15 finisher.

Butte Invitational

Tuesday/Wednesday

At Fairmont Hot Springs

Boys

Team Totals

1. Bozeman 600, 2. Hamilton 631, 3. Missoula Big Sky 657, 4. Helena Capital 659, 5. Missoula Sentinel 665, 6. Butte 675, 7. Helena 690, 8. Great Falls CMR 690, 9. Butte Central 703, 10. Glacier 704, 11. Belgrade 722, 12. Flathead 724, 13. Butte High JV 732, Missoula Hellgate 754.

Top 15

1. Jordan Verge, Bozeman, 76-72-148; 2. Tristan Hanson, Hamilton, 72-77-149; 3. Ramey Lloyd, Bozeman, 71-79-150; 4. Jack Thorsen, Bozeman, 76-76-152; 5. J.R. Small, 76-76-152; 6. Tucker Pietrykowski, CMR, 73-80-153; 7. Connor Mora, Great Falls, 79-75-154; 8. Justus Verge, Bozeman, 74-81-155; 9. Bryce Reed, Hamilton, 82-74-156; 10. Jack Johnston, Sentinel, 85-73-158; 11. Dan McCloskey, Butte, 80-79-159; 12. Trevor Swanson, Helena Capital, 85-74-159; 13. Zach Harvey, Big Sky, 79-82-161; 14. Zach Taylor, Hamilton, 80-81-161; 15. Caleb Binfet, Helena, 83-78-161.

Girls

Team Totals

1. Bozeman 672, 2. Butte High 738, 3. Flathead 773, 4. Missoula Sentinel 818, 5. Glacier 829, 6. Great Falls 840, 7. Helena Capital 854, 8. Butte High JV 894, 9. Hamilton 895.

Top 15

1. Tricia Joyce, Butte Central, 80-73-153; 2. Laurel Ward, Bozeman, 84-77-161; 3. Cora Rosanova, Bozeman, 84-82-166; 4. Marcella Mercer, Flathead, 81-87-168; 5. Annika Danenhauer, Bozeman, 83-87-170; 6. Emily Garden, Missoula Sentinel, 88-87-175; 7. Maya Priebe, Bozeman, 84-91-175; 8. Kodie Hoagland, Butte, 96-90-179; 9. Ella Prigge, Butte, 94-91-185; 10. Emily Kelly, Butte, 96-90-186; 11. Kylee Longenecker, Capital, 96-91-187; 12. Grace Luoma, Butte, 94-94-188; 13. Sami Yates, Bozeman, 95-93-188; 14. Jillian Wynne, Flathead, 94-97-191; 15. Kate Trunkle, Glacier, 96-96-192.